The Coronavirus and Our Future | The New Yorker
We’re trying, despite many obstacles, to flatten the curve—to avoid mass death. Doing this, we know that we’re living in a moment of historic importance.
Beware Russian and Chinese Positioning for After the Pandemic | Chatham House
Authoritarian regimes can use the COVID-19 crisis to improve their international standing, taking advantage of others’ distraction.
Yan Lianke: ‘Propaganda is a nuclear bomb’ | Financial Times
"Foreign media tend to think all my books are about politics. I’m not concerned with politics; I’m concerned with the life struggles of Chinese people"
How the World Will Look After the Coronavirus Pandemic | Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
This much is certain: Just as this disease has shattered lives, disrupted markets and exposed the competence (or lack thereof) of governments, it will lead to permanent shifts in political and economic power in ways that will become apparent only later.
The EU and the Coronavirus Pandemic
The union cooperates well in non-crisis situations, but its complacency, lumbering bureaucracy, and sluggish decision-making processes hamper its ability to respond to urgent developments.
What COVID-19 Reveals About China-Southeast Asia Relations – The Diplomat
The COVID-19 outbreak that began in Wuhan in December 2019 will not leave Southeast Asia unscathed. As of April 7, some 15,000 COVID-19 cases have been identified in the region, according to official measures. Many believe that underestimates the true spread of the virus.
Communovirus
The virus communizes us because we have to face it together, even if by isolating ourselves. It is a chance to really experience our community, argues Jean Luc Nancy.
MR Online | Coronavirus: A disaster of capitalism’s making
From the beginning, medical experts were clear that they simply did not know how bad or otherwise the virus was, yet many non-experts seemed to have an opinion.
Arundhati Roy: ‘The pandemic is a portal’ | Free to read | Financial Times
Even while the virus proliferates, who could not be thrilled by the swell of birdsong in cities, peacocks dancing at traffic crossings and the silence in the skies?
Spies Are Fighting a Shadow War Against the Coronavirus Pandemic
Intelligence agencies will play a growing role in keeping their countries safe during the pandemic—by any means necessary.