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This blog belongs to the CSS’ coronavirus blog series, which forms a part of the center’s analysis of the security policy implications of the coronavirus crisis. See the CSS special theme page on the coronavirus for more.
What impact is the coronavirus crisis having on international relations and security? How are different global actors responding to the pandemic? What are the implications of the crisis for the future? To help further discussion on these questions and more, we have here collected together analyses produced by the CSS Resources’ network of think tanks and other organizations on the coronavirus. We have also listed relevant sources to help keep you up to date on the situation in Switzerland.
As the crisis continues to develop, we will also continue to update this blog with new articles.
Politics, International Relations and Global Governance
- The Multilateral System Still Cannot Get Its Act Together on COVID-19
Stewart M. Patrick, Council on Foreign Relations, Washington, DC, USA 26.3.2020 - Coronavirus and the End of Resilience
David Chandler, E-International Relations, United Kingdom, 25.03.2020 - The Coronavirus Pandemic is a Global Test of Leadership
Vernon White, Australian Strategic Policy Institute, Barton, Australia, 23.03.2020 - Contagion, War, and Strategy: Lessons from Military Campaigns for Coping with Coronavirus
Assaf Orion, The Institute for National Security Studies INSS, Tel Aviv, Israel, 27.3.2020 - Chronicle of a Pandemic Foretold
Andrea Rebnda and Rosa J. Castro, Centre for European Policy Studies, Brussels, Belgium, 23.03.2020 - Coronavirus Could Tear Down Dictators and Democracies Alike
Peter Jennings, Australian Strategic Policy Institute, Barton, Australia, 07.03.2020 - Coronavirus Shock Will Cascade through the Indo-Pacific Region
Rory Medcalf, Australian Strategic Policy Institute, Barton, Australia 03.03.2020 - Public Health and Politics Clash in International Response to New Coronavirus
Michael R. Snyder, IPI Global Observatory, New York, USA, 18.02.2020
Human Security
- Coronavirus and the Looming Refugee Crisis
Denis Dragovic, Australian Strategic Policy Institute, Barton, Australia, 26.03.2020 - COVID-19 & Humanitarian Response: Leave No-One Behind
Allistair D. B. Cook, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Singapore, 20.03.2020 - The Burden of Covid 19 – Urgent Need for Social Safety Nets
Jose Ma. Luis P. Montesclaros and Mely Caballero-Anthony, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Singapore, 19.03.2020 - Amid Global Coronavirus Outbreak, What About Refugees?
Fouad Pervez, United States Institute of Peace, Washington, DC, USA 18.03.2020 - COVID-19: Is the Humanitarian Sector Prepared?
Lina Gong, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Singapore, 11.03.2020
Global Health
- Tested: Preparing for COVID-19
Susan Froetschel, YaleGlobal Online, USA, 27.02.2020 - Beyond COVID-19: Global Priorities Against Future Contagion
Jose Ma. Luis P. Montesclaros, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Singapore, 20.02.2020 - The Wuhan Coronavirus Poses Three Tests for Global Public Health
Stewart M. Patrick, Council on Foreign Relations, Washington, DC, USA, 03.02.2020
Economy
- Economic Impacts of COVID-19
David Dapice, YaleGlobal online, USA, 26.03.2020 - The Coronavirus Recession Deepens Financial Market Turmoil
Hung Tran, Atlantic Council, Washington, DC, USA, 16.03.2020 - If History Repeats: Coronavirus’ Economic Danger To Youth
Nicole Goldin, Atlantic Council, Washington, DC, USA, 13.03.2020 - Will Africa’s Economies Buckle under the Coronavirus?
Ronak Gopaldas, Institute for Security Studies, South Africa, 09.03.2020 - Why It’s Not Easy to Estimate the Economic Effects of Coronavirus
David Uren, Australian Strategic Policy Institute, Barton, Australia, 04.03.2020 - COVID-19: Quality Shock to Globalization
Stephen Roach, YaleGlobal Online, USA, 03.03.2020 - Coronavirus and the Oil Market: The Effects Thus Far and What to Expect Next
Reed Blakemore, Atlantic Council, Washington, DC, USA, 03.03.2020 - COVID-19’s Economic Fallout: The Logic of Pump Priming
Kaewkamol Pitakdumrongkit, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Singapore, 03.03.2020 - Covid-19 Can Trigger a Global Economic Crisis: Time for the G20 to Act
Hung Tran, Atlantic Council, Washington, DC, USA, 02.03.2020 - The Coronavirus, Oil, and Global Supply Chains
Amy M. Jaffe, Council on Foreign Relations, Washington, DC, USA, 24.02.2020
Information and Trust
- Trust During the Time of Covid-19
Joel Ng, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Singapore, 18.03.2020 - Addressing the Coronavirus “Infodemic”
David A. Wemer, Atlantic Council, Washington, DC, USA, 16.03.2020 - Information Control and The Covid-19 Crisis
Kristine Eck and Sophia Hatz, Political Violence at a Glance, USA, 04.03.2020
Countries and Regions
Switzerland
- Federal Office of Public Health FOPH
- Coronavirus coverage from Switzerland by swissinfo.ch
- SRF-Podcast «Corona kompakt»
- ETH Zurich podcast special series on #COVID-19
Europe
- The EU and the Coronavirus Pandemic
Tsilla Hershco, Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies, Ramat Gan, Israel, 01.04.2020 - Is China Winning the Coronavirus Response Narrative in the EU?
Dimitar Bechev, Sophia Besch, Ian Brzezinski, Michel Duclos, Katerina Sokou, Anna Wieslander, Atlantic Council, Washington, DC, USA, 25.03.2020 - International Order and the European Project in Times of COVID19
Nathalie Tocci, Istituto Affari Internazionali, Rome, Italy, 20.03.2020 - The EU, Coronavirus and Crisis Management: Is ‘Solidarity’ Real or just a Prop?
Ilke Toygür, Elcano Royal Institute, Madrid, Spain, 20.3.2020 - The Consequences of the Coronavirus Epidemic for the EU Economy
Damian Wnukowski, Polish Institute of International Affairs (PISM), Warsaw, Poland, 13.03.2020 - British Tudget Takes Coronavirus Head-On
John M. Roberts, Atlantic Council, Washington, DC, USA, 11.03.2020 - Coronavirus Crisis: Ukraine Needs IMF Support Not Political Purges
Anders Åslund, Atlantic Council, Washington, DC, USA, 10.03.2020 - COVID-19 Emergency: Europe Needs a Vaccine
Nicoletta Pirozzi, Istituto Affari Internazionali, Rome, Italy, 18.03.2020
USA
- America amidst Coronavirus: Implications for the Future
Ari Heistein, Eldad Shavit, Daniel Shapiro, The Institute for National Security Studies INSS, Tel Aviv, Israel, 27.3.2020 - Andrew Yang’s Moment: The Economic Costs of the Pandemic Mean the Time for UBI Is Now
Edward Alden, Council on Foreign Relations, Washington, DC, USA, 16.03.2020
China
- Corona-Epidemie: Internationale Koordinierung, Reaktionen in China, wirtschaftliche Folgen
Maike Voss, Nadine Godehardt, Hanns Günther Hilpert, Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik, Berlin, Germany 27.02.2020 - How the Coronavirus Impacts China and its Foreign Policy
Jacob Stokes; Rachel Vandenbrink; Paul Kyumin Lee, United States Institute of Peace, Washington, DC, USA 13.02.20
Russia
- How Is Russia Coping With Coronavirus?
Andrei Kolesnikov, Tatiana Stanovaya, Alexander Baunov, Carnegie Moscow Center, Moscow, Russia 24.03.2020
Southeast and East Asia
- Global Health Security – COVID-19: Trying Times for Singapore’s Social Resilience
Nazneen Mohsina, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Singapore, 27.02.2020 - What the Coronavirus Response Tells us about Singapore and its Neighbours
Stephen Dziedzic, Australian Strategic Policy Institute (APSI), Barton, Australia 18.02.2020 - Japan Divided over Coronavirus Control
Hiromi Murakami, Australian Strategic Policy Institute (APSI), Barton, Australia, 9.03.2020
Middle East
- Food for Thought during the Corona Crisis: Ten Potential Negative Scenarios in Israel’s Strategic Environment
Itai Brun, Yoel Guzansky, Daniel Rakov, Sarah J. Feuer, The Institute for National Security Studies INSS, Tel Aviv, Israel, 01.04.2020 - The Calm before the Storm? Coping with Corona in the Middle East
Itai Brun, Sarah J. Feuer, The Institute for National Security Studies INSS, Tel Aviv, Israel, 26.3.2020 - Why the Middle East is Especially Vulnerable to Coronavirus Crisis
Mona Yacoubian, United Institute for Peace, Washington, DC, 19.03.2020 - COVID-19: The latest shock to a battered Iranian system
Barbara Slavin, Atlantic Council, Washington, DC, 16.03.2020 - Israel Exemplifies How to Respond to the Coronavirus
Daniel J. Samet, Atlantic Council, Washington, DC, 12.03.2020 - The Impact of Coronavirus on Gulf Economies
Jonathan Fulton, Atlantic Council, Washington, DC, 5.03.2020
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