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Experts on both sides of the Atlantic give their perspectives on whether the pandemic has changed national understandings, narratives, and foreign policy debates on China.

COVID-19 exposes the fragility of global supply chains, leaving companies and policymakers to reconsider a decades-long focus on efficiency and reducing costs by operating on a ‘just in time’ basis.

Brazil has become an even more dangerous country during the COVID-19 pandemic, with staggering increases in homicides, domestic violence, and violent crime.

The experience of the pandemic thus opens up a myriad of issues about how mobility is managed. Confronted with new experiences of immobility and confinement, but also with the realization of how globally connected we are across borders, the current moment provides an opportunity to rethink issues of mobility justice – in other words, who gets to move and why.

The demonstrations in the US have not been sparked over just one death and not simply in opposition to a specific administration. Protesters are demanding their share of democracy.

The United States and its allies must agree on an approach to China with a clarity of purpose, resolve, and restraint. Because the China challenge will only grow over time.

The brutal killing of George Floyd in one of America’s most progressive cities has catapulted race politics to the top of the national agenda.

The president’s emergency decrees have sidelined the congress, which is worrying for accountability and the rule of law.

The COVID-19 pandemic has intensified the debate over whether authoritarian states are gaining the upper hand across the world. In contrast, democracies are showing capacity for innovation and adaptation.

Democracy is often depicted as a means to peacefully resolve political conflict and socioeconomic discontent. But what happens when that essential safety valve of elections has been closed off?

There has been no better example of the political diversity in Latin America than the varying responses of governments to the coronavirus crisis.

Managing relations with China once the COVID-19 crisis abates will be one of the biggest challenges facing political leaders in the United States and Europe – two of the areas worst-hit by the virus that originated in China.

Planning now is essential to ensure the legitimacy of November’s elections is not impacted by COVID-19, as vulnerabilities are becoming ever more apparent if voting in person is restricted.

The urgent need for US leadership to drive forward a coordinated international response to coronavirus is developing rapidly alongside snowballing demands for Washington to step up its efforts at home.

Colombia’s President Iván Duque is trying to stabilize the country’s marginalized, conflict-wracked regions while avoiding a full implementation of the 2016 Peace Agreement. The murder of social leaders underscores the limitations of the strategy.

The apparent capacity of centralized state authority to respond effectively and rapidly is making headlines. In the United States, the opposite has been true.

As rallies are canceled and several Republican officials go into self-isolation, it's important to prepare for an eventuality when people won't be able to get to the polls