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New Atlanticist

May 28, 2020

The EU recovery plan: A “Merkel” but not a “Hamilton” moment

By Hung Tran

While the EU coronavirus recovery plan is a good step toward more fiscal cohesion, it is nowhere near fostering a fiscal union.

Coronavirus European Union

In the News

May 28, 2020

How tech, data and geopolitics impact food

By Atlantic Council

On May 28, 2020, Ms. Daniella Taveau, Dr. Molly Jahn, and Dr. David Bray, Director of Atlantic Council's GeoTech Center, discussed how tech, data, and geopolitics impact food. The conversation focused on how these vulnerabilities have existed for sometime and how the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated these issues, amplifying existing instabilities, inequities, and insecurities, and will continue to do so unless action is taken to address problems in the food system.

Coronavirus Economy & Business

UkraineAlert

May 28, 2020

Can post-pandemic Ukraine prevent another exodus?

By Michael Druckman

As Ukraine looks towards the post-coronavirus recovery period, the country needs to think hard about how it intends to persuade millions of Ukrainian migrant workers to build their futures at home.

Coronavirus Economy & Business

UkraineAlert

May 27, 2020

Ukrainians who fled Putin face new pandemic realities

By Iryna Matviyishyn

For the estimated 1.4 million Ukrainians internally displaced by Putin's war, the past six years have brought traumatic change. These IDPs are now facing the further challenge of the coronavirus pandemic.

Conflict Coronavirus

In the News

May 27, 2020

Riaz as a panelist at the UC Berkeley Institute for South Asia Studies: Vulnerable Populations and COVID-19: Bangladesh During a Global Pandemic

By Atlantic Council

Bangladesh Coronavirus

In the News

May 27, 2020

Pavel discusses COVID-19 and preparing for future crises on DefAero podcast

By Atlantic Council

Atlantic Council senior vice president and Scowcroft Center Director Barry Pavel discusses lessons learned from COVID-19 and necessary reforms to prepare for future crises on the DefAero Report Daily Podcast.

Coronavirus Politics & Diplomacy

TURKEYSource

May 27, 2020

Turkey seems to avoid COVID-19 nightmare

By Matthew Bryza

In Turkey, the world's steepest coronavirus infection curve is now declining precipitously. The country can offer lessons to others as it may have found a way to keep the economy partially—or even largely—open while taming COVID-19, though there is still a way to go.

Coronavirus Turkey

New Atlanticist

May 27, 2020

Suma Chakrabarti says EBRD is committed to financing post-coronavirus recovery

By Larry Luxner

Unlike the much larger International Monetary Fund (IMF) or World Bank, the London-based European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) stands out as being the only international financial institution that will focus its 2020-21 activities exclusively on the COVID-19 pandemic.

Coronavirus Inclusive Growth

Long Take

May 27, 2020

The Russian economy in health, oil, and economic crisis

By Anders Åslund

Russia’s response to the COVID-19 epidemic and the ensuing economic crisis does not impress. Arguably, it has hardly been worse than the average EU response—except for the Central European countries, where the pandemic arrived late and who protected themselves much better. The Russian authorities’ attempts to deny and conceal the epidemic have undermined popular trust in Putin, which is lower than ever. Nor have the authorities shown any sign of restart long dormant reforms.

Coronavirus Economy & Business

New Atlanticist

May 27, 2020

COVID-19 will not change Italy’s Euro-Atlantic position, defense minister says

By Francesco Bechis

"Many countries have shown solidarity toward Italy in an extraordinary situation. We talk to everyone, but the pillars of our security are NATO and the European Union, and these shall remain," Guerini said.

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Experts

Fellow

Oluwayemisi Ajumobi

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Africa Center

Technology & Innovation Non-Traditional Threats

Fellow

Jonathan Esole

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Africa Center

Africa Coronavirus

Staff

Uri Friedman

Senior Editorial Director

Coronavirus Democratic Transitions

Millennium fellow

Jamechia Hoyle

Senior Consultant, LMI

Millennium Leadership Program

Coronavirus Crisis Management

Millennium fellow

Jaclyn Levy

Director, Public Policy, Infectious Diseases Society of America

Millennium Leadership Program

Coronavirus Non-Traditional Threats

Millennium fellow

Junaid Nabi

Senior Researcher, Harvard Business School

Millennium Leadership Program

Coronavirus Disinformation
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