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A Future for the European Union After the Pandemic?

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Global Insight by Karin Larson

With the loss of Angela Merkel, will the EU survive COVID-19, which is yet another institutional and existential blow? ​

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Christian Lue
Global Politics

Reducing Food Loss and Waste by Improving Smallholder Storage

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Global Food for Thought by Coauthors

Reducing postharvest losses by half would result in enough food to feed a billion people, increase smallholder income levels and minimize pressure on natural resources.

A farmer rides a tractor through a crop while harvesting
Jed Owen
Food and Agriculture

The Gendered Consequences of Coronavirus

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E-International Relations
Coauthors

How are men and women experiencing the effects of the coronavirus differently? Why is it important to understand these differences?

A woman wearing a mask with her child strapped to her chest.
Marcin Jozwiak
Women and Girls

What the US Can Learn from the Global Responses to COVID-19

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Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

POLITICO’s Ryan Heath joins Deep Dish to explains the lessons the United States can learn from countries around that world in the effort to contain COVID-19.

Colorful double exposure of US Coronavirus COVID-19 cases
Brian McGowan
Global Health

Global Publics Respond to Increase in COVID-19 Restrictions

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Running Numbers by Coauthors

Governments around the world impose increasing restrictions upon their citizens’ daily lives as the number of active infections surges worldwide. How are global publics reacting?

A man in PPE stands in an empty airport
Govind Krishnan
Public Opinion

Despite Unfavorable Views of the War in Afghanistan, Americans Split on Complete Withdrawal

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Running Numbers by Eliza Posner

Although the American public doesn't believe the war with Afghanistan was worth the cost, they also think the US should maintain bases in the country.

A US helicopter in Afghanistan
Captain Brian Harris
Defense and Security

Systems Thinking at Work in South Asia's Food Production

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Global Food for Thought by Coauthors

How can we achieve food and nutritional security in ways that also enhance rural livelihoods, reduce environmental degradation, and boost agriculture’s resilience?

A farmer rides a tractor through a crop while harvesting
Jed Owen
Food and Agriculture

Global Public Opinion on Continued COVID-19 Response

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Running Numbers by Coauthors

Council experts analyze global public opinion after the WHO officially declared the spread of COVID-19 a global pandemic.

A social distance marker on the ground in London
Chloe Evans
Global Health

The COVID Wake-Up Call

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Project Syndicate
Robert Muggah

If the international community does not respond to the coronavirus pandemic by creating new global structures to deal with such outbreaks in the future, it will be guilty of criminal neglect.

Coronavirus cases in the United States mapped out. Global Health

How Cities Around the World Are Handling COVID-19

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World Economic Forum
Robert Muggah

It is not just cities, but also their local and global supply chains, travel networks, airports and specific neighborhoods that are sources of contagion.

Paris coronavirus. Man wearing a mask walking in front of the Eiffel Tower on the first day of Paris lock-down.
Fran Boloni
Global Cities