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In the scramble for Africa’s critical minerals, the West must not abandon the ESG agenda

By Zainab Usman and Rama Yade

As this race for minerals and metals critical for the energy transition heats up, both companies and governments must not abandon environmental, social, and governance principles in Africa.
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Haring and Klain in The National Interest: How Will the Poorest Country in Europe Deal with the Coronavirus?

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This Women’s History Month, focus on African women’s achievements, not just their challenges

By Rama Yade

African women deserve recognition not just for the indignities they face, but for the heights they achieve.
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Haring and Klain in The National Interest: How Will the Poorest Country in Europe Deal with the Coronavirus?

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Syria’s women face a new chapter. Here’s how to amplify their voices.

By Diana Rayes , Hind Kabawat

It is critical for women to be involved in transitional justice and constitutional reform processes in Syria.
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Mar 30, 2020

Haring and Klain in The National Interest: How Will the Poorest Country in Europe Deal with the Coronavirus?

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Atlantic Council</span>

Coronavirus Economy & Business

New Atlanticist

Mar 30, 2020

Coronavirus hits Pakistan’s already-strained economy, and its most vulnerable

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Uzair Younus</span>

During every major economic crisis in Pakistan—and there have been several of them—the wheels of the informal economy have chugged along. Today, the informal sector stands to lose the most, particularly the tens of millions of workers who rely on this cash-based sector to provide them with the bare-minimum income required to meet their daily needs.

Coronavirus Inclusive Growth

AfricaSource

Mar 30, 2020

Coronavirus comes to Sudan

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Cameron Hudson</span>

Not yet one year into a historic political transition and in the midst of an economic collapse, Sudan’s future was already hanging in the balance. The addition of a national and global public health crisis now has the potential for a ‘make or break’ impact on the country.

Africa Coronavirus

New Atlanticist

Mar 30, 2020

Defusing Bangladesh’s COVID-19 time bomb

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Irfan Nooruddin and Rudabeh Shahid</span>

Bangladesh has a health crisis in the making. The lack of preparation in the United States and Europe that has spawned the ongoing crisis there still exceeds the preparedness of developing countries such as Bangladesh, which will have to battle the COVID-19 pandemic with limited financial resources and a legacy of poor healthcare infrastructure, especially for the urban poor.

Bangladesh Coronavirus

UkraineAlert

Mar 30, 2020

Coronavirus must not distract the world from Russia’s war in Ukraine

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze</span>

The coronavirus crisis is creating unprecedented challenges for the international community, but existing security threats like the Russian attack on Ukraine must not disappear from the diplomatic agenda, argues Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze.

Conflict Coronavirus

New Atlanticist

Mar 30, 2020

Coronavirus and transatlantic security: Implications for defense planning

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Christopher Skaluba and Ian Brzezinski</span>

Once the West gains control over the coronavirus, NATO and its national defense establishments will have to conduct a hard-nosed assessment of the longer-term military implications and requirements that flow from the current reality—that pandemics can, within weeks, debilitate populations, sink economies, shutter borders, degrade military operations, and fragment unity among the closest of allies.

Coronavirus Crisis Management

New Atlanticist

Mar 30, 2020

What COVID-19 means for the United States’ economic and financial statecraft

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert">Michael Greenwald</span>

In response to the coronavirus pandemic, monetary authorities at the US Federal Reserve have undertaken unprecedented actions to support liquidity in global markets. These steps have included support for domestic debt markets, including a recent expansion in the corporate bond market, as well as swap lines targeting the global dollar shortage. Beyond these moves, the broader policy response during and after the COVID-19 outbreak may drive longer-term changes in the global trading system.

Coronavirus Macroeconomics

The future is here

Mar 30, 2020

Trump extends coronavirus restrictions after grim forecast by Fauci

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Atlantic Council</span>

US President Donald J. Trump extended travel restrictions through April 30 after expert Dr. Anthony S. Fauci predicted that the US death toll from coronavirus could be as high as 200,000 people. Cases worldwide continued to rise, albeit at a slower pace. More senior figures in the UK government were affected by the virus.

Coronavirus

MENASource

Mar 30, 2020

The coronavirus crisis highlights the unique challenges of North African countries

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Karim Mezran, Alessia Melcangi, Emily Burchfield, and Zineb Riboua</span>

It is important to monitor the evolution of the coronavirus pandemic, its effects on each North Africa system, and the debate between government elites and masses to better understand the situation in these countries and the long-term implications of the health crisis.

Coronavirus Libya
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GeoTech Cues

Mar 30, 2020

Getting ahead of the crisis: Global food security during COVID-19

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert">Sara-Jayne Terp</span>

Much has been written about the economic consequences of lockdown policies; less attention, however, has been paid to emerging issues like food security in the age of a global pandemic. A topic that is certainly a crucial issue because COVID-19 is also a crisis of logistics – whether it is with regard to necessary medical equipment, labor availability, or food supplies.

Civil Society Coronavirus
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