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May 22, 2020

Vajdich in Foreign Policy: Congress Has Been AWOL on U.S. Coronavirus Diplomacy

Coronavirus Politics & Diplomacy

New Atlanticist

May 21, 2020

Guatemalan president criticizes US over lack of COVID-19 assistance

By Larry Luxner

“Guatemala is an ally of the United States, but I don’t believe the US is an ally to Guatemala, because they don’t treat us like one,” he said. “We’ve seen how they’ve assisted other countries with ventilators, and we haven’t even gotten a dime from them—not even one single mask from the United States. We don’t feel appreciated.”

Central America Coronavirus

Past events

May 20, 2020

China-Brazil relations under COVID-19

By Isabel Kennon

On May 12, 2020, the Atlantic Council’s Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center hosted a timely conversation on the implications of the coronavirus on Sino-Brazilian relations. The event also marked the launch of the new China-Latin America Policy and Business Consultation Group, which will discuss some of the most pressing issues around China’s relationship with countries […]

Americas Brazil

New Atlanticist

May 20, 2020

The day after COVID-19 and saving emerging markets

By Mohammed Soliman and Francisco Campos

While developed markets have responded with historical levels of fiscal stimulus, globally there is immediate fiscal need in the emerging markets to tackle the health and economic fallout.

Africa Coronavirus

In the News

May 20, 2020

Nawaz joins the Center for Global Policy to discuss his book, “The Battle for Pakistan”

By Atlantic Council

International Norms Pakistan

In the News

May 18, 2020

Mathew Burrows quoted in Newsweek on governmental watchlists

By Atlantic Council

English Intelligence

In the News

May 16, 2020

Anca Agachi in Defense One on the rise of non-traditional security threats

By Atlantic Council

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Inflection Points

May 16, 2020

Here’s how to use tech to turn COVID-19 tragedy into “a global immune system”

By Frederick Kempe

It’s not too late for the United States – driven by the cutting-edge capabilities of its technology companies – to leverage the coronavirus tragedy into a historic opportunity. It would be built around scientifically novel but increasingly available means to prevent future pandemics through constructing a “global immune system.” It may seem hopelessly naïve to expect an even more ambitious degree of global collaboration now, but history’s lesson is that the alternatives are horrifying.

China Coronavirus

In the News

May 15, 2020

Livingston quoted in Slate on the impact on ‘middle tier’ players of an absent Chinese-US leadership

China Indo-Pacific

In the News

May 15, 2020

Kroenig and Ashford in Foreign Policy: Should the United States facilitate regime change?

By Atlantic Council

On May 15, Foreign Policy published a biweekly column featuring Scowcroft Center Deputy Director Matthew Kroenig and the Cato Institute’s Emma Ashford discussing the latest news in international affairs. In this column, they debate the risks, downsides, and rewards of facilitating regime change. The column opens with a discussion of US opposition to Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro, […]

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