COVID-19

Africa’s Disproportionate COVID-19 Pandemic

Marcelle Bessa • Jun 2 2020 • Articles

The African continent shows that the coronavirus does not affect everyone equally and the pandemic intensifies existing lines of social segmentation.

Anxiety and COVID-19: The Role of Ontological Security and Myth

Xander Kirke • May 29 2020 • Articles

Myths that lift the collective morale, that does not necessarily ‘other’, but instead strengthens bonds, may be positive and necessary in these challenging times.

Opinion – Sustainability for the Urban Poor Beyond COVID-19

Jaimin Parikh • May 27 2020 • Articles

The ‘win-win’ scenario for governments, the urban poor, as well as private players is likely to emerge if public private partnership models are adopted.

Afghan Refugees and the Coronavirus Pandemic

Grant Farr • May 26 2020 • Articles

Afghanistan has neither the medical facilities nor the organizational structure to deal with these returning refugees and the pandemic they bring.

COVID-19 and Democracy in the European Union

Alexander Brotman • May 26 2020 • Articles

without reform, the transformative power of Europe risks providing a false sense of renewal that will only help nationalists and populists in the years ahead.

Opinion – Thinking about Heroes and Humanity During COVID-19

Murat Akan • May 24 2020 • Articles

Even the ones among us whom we would consider the freest because they leave in the free parts of the world are dominated.

Global Health Diplomacy and the Security of Nations Beyond COVID-19

Ali Al Bayaa • May 22 2020 • Articles

Post-modern health diplomacy, more health attachés, more sophisticated bilateral data sharing and long term data partnerships would deliver better solutions.

Beyond COVID-19: From Crisis to Compassion

Alejandro Chávez-Segura • May 22 2020 • Articles

We are facing a great opportunity to wake up as a global civil society, one of sovereign states working together by aligning individual needs with collective ones.

Bolsonaro’s Brazil in Times of COVID-19: A Necropolitical Pharmakon

Manuela da Rosa Jorge • May 19 2020 • Articles

Once seen by millions as the remedy for Brazil’s “disease”, Jair Bolsonaro is turning into the poison many feared he would become.

The European Union’s Digital Strategy and COVID-19

Eduard Hovsepyan • May 19 2020 • Articles

The strategy in its current state successfully addresses most of the issues the outbreak of COVID-19 raises. Nevertheless, there is still room for improvement.

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