Global Strategy Initiative program assistant Jeffrey Cimmino argues the United States should recommit to strengthening global health security by increasing democracies’ influence in the World Health Organization and forming a body made up of allies and partners devoted to pandemic-preparedness and public health resilience.
The United States should commit to strengthening global health security by engaging with its allies to boost the role of democracies in the WHO. In doing so, the United States and its allies can employ the full weight of their influence to encourage norms of cooperation and openness.