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Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Apr 16, 2020

Mind the gap: Reducing gender gaps will foster long-term economic prosperity in Colombia

By Camila Hernandez

Significant lags in women’s economic and political empowerment remain in countries like Colombia. Having closed educational attainment and health and survival gaps almost entirely, the country still faces important gender gaps in economic participation and opportunity (a gap of 26.5 percent) and in political empowerment (a gap of 68.2 percent). If Colombia doubles-down on its efforts to close these gaps, numerous economic and social benefits will follow.

Colombia Economy & Business

The future is here

Apr 16, 2020

Asian economic growth grinds to sixty-year halt on coronavirus pandemic, US adds five million more jobless

By Atlantic Council

Economic growth in Asia will come to a halt for the first time in sixty years as the region grapples with the coronavirus outbreak, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said. More than five million new jobless were added to the US economy in a week. Japan declared a state of national emergency and plans cash payments for each of its citizens.

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New Atlanticist

Apr 16, 2020

NATO allies have stepped up to help each other during coronavirus emergency

By David A. Wemer

Although the coronavirus pandemic has strained the medical infrastructure and economies of countries across Europe and North America, NATO allies “are coming to the rescue of those in need,” NATO Deputy Secretary General Mircea Geoană said on April 16. Despite initial focuses on the dire situation within each country’s own borders, Geoană reported that he has seen “this almost natural reaction to come to the assistance of our neighbors.”

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Event Recap

Apr 16, 2020

Event recap | What technologies, investments, and policy actions could help us rebuild from COVID-19 on a global scale

By the GeoTech Center

On April 16, 2020 - Dr. David Brin and Dr. Kathryn Newcomer shared perspectives on "What technologies, investments, and policy actions could help us rebuild from COVID-19 on a global scale" as part of a live video discussion moderated by Dr. David Bray, Atlantic Council GeoTech Center Director.

Civil Society Coronavirus

MENASource

Apr 16, 2020

Lebanon and Israel: Blue line tensions

By Frederic C. Hof

The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL)—now beginning its forty-third year of “interim” service in southern Lebanon—recently intervened to defuse an armed standoff between Israeli and Lebanese soldiers along the “Blue Line:” The line of Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon demarcated by the United Nations in 2000. These confrontations occur periodically. Why?

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MENASource

Apr 16, 2020

China’s soft power during the coronavirus is winning over the Gulf states

By Jonathan Fulton

As COVID-19 continues to batter the world, China has managed an impressive transition. A recent article in the New York Times notes that, through the short life of the coronavirus crisis, China has been able to reposition itself not as “the authoritarian incubator of a pandemic but as a responsible global leader at a moment […]

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Event Recap

Apr 15, 2020

Event recap | Why data trusts could help us better respond and rebuild from COVID-19 globally

By Corina LJ DuBois

On April 15, 2020, Lord Tim Clement-Jones and Dame Wendy Hall shared their perspectives in a live video discussion titled "Why data trusts could help us better respond and rebuild from COVID-19 globally" and moderated by David Bray, PhD, Atlantic Council GeoTech Center Director on the role of Data Trusts in the global response to and recovery from COVID-19.

Civil Society Coronavirus

UkraineAlert

Apr 15, 2020

Russian Church in Ukraine fuels coronavirus outbreak

By Victor Tregubov

The Russian Orthodox Church in Ukraine has emerged as a key source of coronavirus infection in the country over the past week after church officials refused to follow government lock down guidelines.

Coronavirus Ukraine

New Atlanticist

Apr 15, 2020

“Disaster Diplomacy” and the US response to COVID-19

By C. Anthony Pfaff

Global efforts to engage in "disaster diplomacy" during the COVID-19 virus have not met with much success. This failure has as much to do with the nature of the virus as it does with the nature of the response. Getting disaster diplomacy right requires alignment of ends, means, and interests. Otherwise, it risks being perceived as exploitive or ineffective.

Coronavirus Politics & Diplomacy

IranSource

Apr 15, 2020

COVID-19: The last nail in the coffin of Iran’s tourism industry?

By Giorgio Cafiero

While global tourism is suffering worldwide amid this terrifying pandemic, Iranians dependent on tourism will continue to suffer for the foreseeable future.

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