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For rich countries, there was always only one right answer: Impose strict early lockdowns to crush the virus and enable a return to economic growth.

Ignoring the central role of race and colonialism in world affairs precludes an accurate understanding of the modern state system.

Emergency monetary policies produce an unintended consequence: rising food prices around the world.

With the coronavirus now an excuse for inaction, the threat to the embattled minority is growing ever sharper.

In India and around the world, community health workers are being rerouted to deal with the pandemic—with dangerous results.

The coronavirus will ravage a resilient Somalia—with ripples far beyond its borders.

America needs a medical microgrid focused on treating patients where they are. Without locally focused care, doctors will continue to fail those who need them most.

COVID-19 has strained medical systems worldwide, but some countries already lacked capacity long before the pandemic struck.

Rather than relying on mass infection to build resistance to the coronavirus, the country needs a long-term, data-driven, decentralized approach.

The coronavirus hit Lebanon in the middle of an economic crisis. Unless the country can overcome rampant corruption and provide adequate social services, it won’t stop the pandemic.

Americans are still living with the botched response to terrorism in 2001. The post-pandemic world needs better.

The United States suffers record unemployment while Europe fares better in battling the coronavirus shutdown.

The pandemic is causing crisis for energy-producing governments around the world—and could change the global economy forever.

Conspiracy theories and pseudoscience have left the United States fatally unprepared for real biological warfare.

Democratic governments need digital tools and personal data to combat the crisis, but too much sharing can be dangerous to individuals. How can they strike the right balance?

New barriers are going up at breathtaking speed. The pandemic will accelerate not the demise of globalization but its transformation.

As the crisis worsens, even more extreme groups may prosper.

Refugees, migrant laborers, and the global poor are especially susceptible to the pandemic. There’s little time to bridge the gap between haves and have-nots.

Trade restrictions are breaking supply chains, and coronavirus lockdowns are preventing laborers from working on farms. Countries need to step back and stop panicking.

Lessons from Taiwan, Canada, South Korea, Georgia, and Iceland show that the coronavirus can be stopped.

Many island nations rely on foreign tourists, but the world’s major economies will also see drastic declines in spending as the coronavirus shuts down travel.

The pandemic will soon magnify the threats festering in the Middle East’s longest-running war.

When societies shift their economies to a war footing, it doesn’t just help them survive a crisis—it alters them forever.

China may be getting something close to a V-shaped bounceback from the coronavirus. The question is whether it can last—and whether the rest of the world can achieve anything like it.

Clinical evidence suggests the BCG vaccine may provide vital protection against the coronavirus.

Countries such as South Korea that test thousands of people per day have slowed the outbreak. Other nations must adopt Seoul’s model before it’s too late.

U.N. and relief agencies warn the coronavirus pandemic could leave an even bigger path of destruction in the world’s most vulnerable and conflict-riven countries.

What we’re reading, watching, playing, and listening to as we muddle through social distancing.

America’s politicians are older than ever—and dangerously vulnerable to the coronavirus as a result.

Once again, markets are crashing and taxpayers are bailing out wealthy insiders. It's time we reform this perverse social contract.

A major outbreak and looming recession in the United States has transformed the 2020 campaign—and could have major consequences for the future of great power politics.

The delivery giant is likely to come out of the coronavirus crisis even more powerful.

Which Politicians and Senior Officials Have the Coronavirus?

The last global economic crisis was a financial heart attack. This one might be a full-body seizure.

Get daily updates on the epidemic and learn how it is affecting countries around the world.

With outbreaks worldwide, the prospect of quarantine looms. Here are some tips for surviving it.

Markets took a new tumble on Monday as WHO indicated a global pandemic may be on the way. If coronavirus becomes 2020’s biggest story, what should the world prepare for?

As it improvises its way through a public health crisis, the United States has never been less prepared for a pandemic.

Racist memes target Chinese eating habits, but the real causes of the virus are more mundane.

As China’s epidemic continues to spread, things may seem scary. Here are 10 simple precautions that can protect you from contracting the coronavirus.

Deadly diseases like Ebola and the avian flu are only one flight away. The U.S. government must start taking preparedness seriously.