Coronavirus

War stories from the future: Launch of new Forward Defense practice

By Andrew Farnsworth

On Tuesday, June 2, at the inaugural event for the Atlantic Council’s newly-established Forward Defense practice, the Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security hosted a panel of distinguished speakers to discuss the importance of thinking creatively about national security and defense.

Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta says his country needs ‘fiscal space’ amid the COVID-19 crisis

By Larry Luxner

“Coronavirus is mainly a health issue, and our key focus is ensuring that we keep our people safe,” Kenyatta said. “But this is also an economic crisis because it has resulted in some key sectors hugely affected by lockdowns. We were forced to close our airspace, which affected tourism, a very critical part of our economy.”

Houseless in a pandemic: How community “shows up” for their own to survive and thrive together

By Andrea Snyder and Jacqueline Malaret

Houseless individuals are experiencing firsthand how the pandemic has exacerbated existing inequities and further stigmatized the houseless population.

Ukrainian educators find multimedia solution to coronavirus school closures

By Veronika Selega

The Ukrainian Online School initiative was Ukraine's response to the closure of schools due to the coronavirus pandemic. It featured both online lessons and TV broadcasts to make sure no child was left out.

Germany, urging EU support deal, suffers local outbreak; Beijing cases slow

By Atlantic Council

Germany suffered its worst local outbreak of coronavirus after opening up its economy in mid-May. The rate of new cases in Beijing slowed, while in Europe Germany’s Angela Merkel urged fellow members of the European Union to press ahead and agree on coronavirus support measures.

WHO plans guidelines update on steroid hopes; shadow remains on jobs

By Atlantic Council

CORONAVIRUS ALERT 06/17/2020 The Atlantic Council’s Coronavirus Alert is a regular summary of policy, economic, and business events around the emergency. To stay updated, sign up to the Coronavirus Alert here. In top stories today: The World Health Organization (WHO) plans to update its treatment guidelines after a common steroid was hailed as a potential breakthrough treatment […]

Disproving the discourse of danger: Kazakhstan at thirty

By Stephen Blank

Central Asian independence in the 1990s spawned enormous anxiety among observers who foresaw cascading threats of Islamic terrorism, internecine war, ethnic conflicts within or between these states, or violence between Russian settlers and their new governments. Thirty years on, Kazakhstan has steered past many of these potential flashpoints and avoided the "discourse of danger."

European Leadership and the Corona Crisis: Geopolitical Effects on Northern Europe

On June 15, 2020, the Atlantic Council Northern Europe Office in cooperation with the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) Nordic Office, organized a seminar on the topic of ”European Leadership and the Corona Crisis: Geopolitical Effects on Northern Europe”. The public seminar was attended by experts from all around Europe, representing parliaments, governmental institutions, political parties, think-tanks and […]

Beijing steps up measures to contain coronavirus outbreak; UK jobs hit

By Atlantic Council

Beijing stepped up measures to control a coronavirus outbreak in the Chinese capital, with financial hub Shanghai calling for quarantine of some travelers from the city. The coronavirus crisis took its toll on UK jobs, although economists said the full effect is some months off.