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.
The Realist’s Guide to the Coronavirus Outbreak | Foreign Policy
Globalization is heading for the ICU, and other foreign-policy insights into the nature of the growing international crisis.
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.
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.
What’s in the New Coronavirus Ceasefire Talk in Myanmar’s Ethnic Conflict? – The Diplomat
Within Myanmar, individual armed ethnic groups, including the Karen National Union and the Chin National Front, have called for a ceasefire of this sort
COVID-19 Response | OSCE
The OSCE, together with other international organizations, continues to undertake measures against the COVID-19 outbreak, in line with guidance from the authorities of host countries.
Water Wars: Coronavirus Spreads Risk of Conflict Around the South China Sea – Lawfare
Some reporting speculates that a decelerating Chinese economy and a military hampered by COVID-19 could force China to scale back its maritime ambitions in the South China Sea.
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.
How Beijing Exploits Inflammatory ‘China Virus’ Rhetoric – Alliance For Securing Democracy
Beijing’s information strategy appears to have changed in recent weeks — one of many facets of geopolitics the coronavirus has upended in its wake. How that strategy unfolds — including whether these changes stick or constitute a one-time departure — and how the United States engages will have implications for the contest between democrats and autocrats.