President Duque outlines how Colombia is handling dual coronavirus challenges

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President Duque outlines how Colombia is handling dual coronavirus challenges

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President Duque outlines how Colombia is handling dual coronavirus challenges

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New Atlanticist

Apr 14, 2020

President Duque outlines how Colombia is handling dual coronavirus challenges

By David A. Wemer

For most countries around the world, the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has strained resources and demanded singular attention from policymakers. For Colombia, this new crisis must also be juggled with the ongoing collapse of neighboring Venezuela, which has already seen 2 million Venezuelans seek refuge in Colombia. “We have had to manage two crises at the same time,” President Iván Duque explained on April 14, which forced Colombia to take drastic measures to contain coronavirus earlier than many of its neighbors.

Colombia Coronavirus

New Atlanticist

Apr 14, 2020

A more coordinated global coronavirus response is needed, Turkish foreign minister argues

By David A. Wemer

Çavuşoğlu cautioned that it is very possible that the pandemic ushers in a “world that is less open, less prosperous, and less free,” but he hoped that effective global leadership would allow the international community to grow stronger. The need for solidarity might even “force us into more multilateralism,” as governments pursue common solutions to the crisis. While many leaders continue to be singularly focused on the situations within their own borders, “we can only eradicate this threat through collective effort,” Çavuşoğlu said. “We must work together.”

Coronavirus Economy & Business

In the News

Apr 14, 2020

Cimmino in Spectator USA: Curbing China’s rise should be America’s top priority

By Atlantic Council

Global Strategy Initiative program assistant Jeffrey Cimmino argues the United States needs to prioritize curbing China’s rise. China’s human rights abuses, expansionist impulses, and mismanagement of the coronavirus pandemic in its early stages show clearly that its authoritarian values are fundamentally incompatible with the rules-based order led by the United States and its allies for […]

China Coronavirus

SouthAsiaSource

Apr 14, 2020

Surveying opinions from rural India on the COVID-19 lockdown

By South Asia Center

India is now several week into the government-mandated lockdown intended to control the spread of COVID-19. Led by Non-Resident Senior Fellow Dr Edmond Fernandes, the CHD Group and the Atlantic Council’s South Asia Center surveyed Indian citizens in rural Karnataka to capture the impact of the outbreak and lockdown on their access to public health services […]

Coronavirus Hindi

The future is here

Apr 14, 2020

Ten US states mull joint approach on lifting restrictions; Europe starts on early ‘balancing act’

By Atlantic Council

Ten US states on the East and West coasts plan to work on a joint approach to reopen the economy gradually. Not their decision to make, US President Donald J. Trump said during a testy press conference. Lockdowns in Europe were extended even as some countries started on tentative steps to reopen some economic activity while remaining wary of new infections of coronavirus.

Coronavirus

New Atlanticist

Apr 14, 2020

Oil price war ends, but coronavirus demand crisis remains

By Reed Blakemore

The result of the OPEC+ marathon negotiations should help restore some positive market sentiment and possibly firm up something of a price floor over the short term. However, the impact of a month-long price war, amidst deteriorating oil demand, risks eventually drawing the deal into sharp relief over the next few weeks.

Coronavirus Energy Markets & Governance

New Atlanticist

Apr 14, 2020

Putin concedes defeat in the oil price war

By Anders Åslund

Russia's price war with Saudi Arabia backfired, and Putin's backtracking may signal that he is starting to sour on one of his key officials.

Coronavirus Oil and Gas
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GeoTech Cues

Apr 13, 2020

Expert survey series: COVID-19’s potential impact on global technology and data innovation

By Stewart Scott

Atlantic Council’s GeoTech Center submitted a questionnaire to more than 100 technology experts to record their expectations about the impact of COVID-19 on innovation in five key fields: the future of work, data and AI, trust and supply chains, space commercialization, and health and medicine.

Coronavirus Economy & Business

In the News

Apr 13, 2020

Brzezinski in The Hill: We need a US-European Partnership Recovery Program

By Ian Brzezinski

Ian Brzezinski co-published an op-ed on the need for a strong US and European economic partnership.

Coronavirus Economy & Business

In the News

Apr 13, 2020

Hudson quoted in Bloomberg on the Sudanese Rapid Support Forces providing services during the COVID-19 pandemic to improve its public image

By Atlantic Council

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Caitlin Thompson is a nonresident senior fellow at the Adrienne Arsht National Security Resilience Initiative of the Atlantic Council’s Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security.

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