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Apr 30, 2020

Engelke in CBS News about Post-Covid scenarios

By Atlantic Council

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Conflict, Risk, and Tech

Apr 30, 2020

Loose cobras: DPRK regime succession and uncertain control over offensive cyber capabilities

By JD Work

Unconfirmed rumors surfaced in mid April 2020 regarding the potential incapacitation of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, leading to speculation about the ramifications of a sudden transition of leadership in Pyongyang. These rumors raise serious concerns over the stability of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s (DPRK) control of offensive cyber operations capabilities.

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In the News

Apr 29, 2020

Ullman in UPI: China, US are on a collision course

By Harlan Ullman

China Politics & Diplomacy

In the News

Apr 29, 2020

Jamil in The National Interest: Kim Jong-un Likely Isn’t Dead—but His Successor Would Struggle to Consolidate Power

By Atlantic Council

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New Atlanticist

Apr 29, 2020

Pandemic response should not equal isolationism, Swedish FM argues

By David A. Wemer

International cooperation will be crucial not only to “fight the pandemic” of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), but also “to get us back on track afterwards,” Swedish Minister of Foreign Affairs Ann Linde said on April 29. She stressed that while leaders remain focused on containing outbreaks in their own countries, they must avoid the temptation to shun the benefits international trade and cooperation can bring as a much-needed economic recovery begins.

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New Atlanticist

Apr 22, 2020

Digitizing the dollar in the age of COVID-19

By Michael Greenwald

As the COVID-19 crisis continues to cast a shadow over the future of the global economy, the dollar, while currently surging, finds itself at another larger inflection point; it needs to again prove its worth as the essential global currency.

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In the News

Apr 21, 2020

Robert Manning in The Hill about the Coronavirus’ impact on China’s influence

By Atlantic Council

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New Atlanticist

Apr 21, 2020

There is a better way to counter China in multilateral organizations: Lead with allies

By Gerard Araud and Benjamin Haddad

There are plenty of reasons to be underwhelmed with the WHO’s performance in tackling the COVID-19 pandemic. The administration’s response to halt funding, however, will have the opposite of the intended effect. Rather than beginning a long overdue debate on Chinese influence over multilateral institutions, it will reinforce the very reason why Chinese influence has grown in the WHO and other institutions: US disengagement.

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In the News

Apr 20, 2020

Riaz in The Daily Star: Defunding WHO: Trump’s reckless decision

By Atlantic Council

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In the News

Apr 19, 2020

Cimmino in The National Interest: WHO has faltered, but US should commit to strengthening it

By Atlantic Council

Global Strategy Initiative program assistant Jeffrey Cimmino argues the United States should recommit to strengthening global health security by increasing democracies’ influence in the World Health Organization and forming a body made up of allies and partners devoted to pandemic-preparedness and public health resilience.

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