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The coronavirus pandemic has no parallel in living memory. The novelty of the virus itself is a massive medical challenge. But the pandemic is also a unique social problem for us…
Sukhayl Niyazov argues that central banks have become impotent and their traditional macroeconomic tools are not working.
Following the 2008 global financial crisis, the…
Nayef Al-Rodhan overviews the pandemic's affects so far and offer recommendations for states and international organisations seeking to learn from the crisis.
From the…
As COVID19 rages across the world, it is renting asunder the global order. With the US in self-isolation, Europe on its knees and China discredited, the war on the virus is being…
Laurissa Mühlich, Barbara Fritz, William N. Kring, and Kevin P. Gallagher call for an urgent upgrading of global institutions for short-term crisis finance.
The ongoing COVID-19…
The coronavirus pandemic is yet another case that demonstrates the limits of international collaboration in dealing with global challenges. A reform and strengthening of the UN…
Border closures and travel restrictions were among the first measures most governments took to halt the Covid-19 pandemic. But now, getting the disease under control requires that…
Most governments have been overwhelmed by the scale of the COVID19 pandemic. But it is the nimbleness of the businesses community that’s provided crucial support where governments…
Ariel Colonomos explores the difficult choices facing states tackling the COVID-19 pandemic.
Numbers Count
Maybe there is no difference, ethically, between saving 10 thousand…
With the death toll from coronavirus mounting around the world, it appears to have claimed another important victim in the political arena: the idea of China and Russia as a…
Avoiding the Terrorist Trap: Why Respect for Human Rights is the Key to Defeating Terrorism by Tom Parker. London and Singapore: World Scientific, 2019. 892 pp., £200 hardcover…
Bernard Hoekman, Matteo Fiorini, and Aydin Yildirim look at some of the counterproductive trade policy responses to COVID-19 pandemic and suggest ways to expand production of…
The oil price crash has left Donald Trump’s always tattered Middle East policy in ruins with uncertain but worrisome potential consequences.
“No one will thrive in the current…
Amidst the many consequences it will leave in its wake, COVID-19 might reveal that global health governance should focus on systemic risk management, just as their peers in…
Chris Humphrey examines the governance and early operations of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank and New Development Bank.
The world is in urgent need of infrastructure…