What Is 5G?

December 20, 2019

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Mapping China’s Health Silk Road

As part of its effort to position itself as a global health leader in the COVID-19 pandemic, China has resurrected the “Health Silk Road” moniker, suggesting that the concept may take on new importance.

Blog Post by Kirk Lancaster, Michael Rubin and Mira Rapp-Hooper April 10, 2020 Asia Unbound

Coronavirus

What Is the Defense Production Act?

President Trump has turned to the Defense Production Act to deal with a shortage of critical medical supplies created by the coronavirus pandemic. What does the law do?

In Brief by Anshu Siripurapu April 10, 2020

Coronavirus

Coronavirus: How Are Countries Responding to the Economic Crisis?

The coronavirus pandemic is slowing global commerce to a crawl, but many of the world’s largest economies are taking extraordinary actions to propel them through the crisis.

Backgrounder by Jonathan Masters April 10, 2020

Top Stories on CFR

Trade

The Instability of Global Supply Chains in a Pandemic, With Shannon K. O’Neil

Shannon K. O’Neil, CFR vice president, deputy director of studies, and Nelson and David Rockefeller senior fellow for Latin America Studies, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss what the coronavirus pandemic means for international supply chains and trade. Read O’Neil’s article, “How to Pandemic-Proof Globalization: Redundancy, Not Reshoring, Is the Key to Supply Chain Security,” on ForeignAffairs.com.

Podcast with James M. Lindsay and Shannon K. O'Neil April 1, 2020 The President's Inbox

United States

Reducing Disaster Costs by Building Better

Although local communities decide where and how development occurs, the federal government pays for those decisions when disaster strikes. In the face of climate change, the federal government should insist on local risk reduction measures.

Policy Innovation Memorandum by Alice C. Hill April 2, 2020 Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies

Syria

Can the World Alleviate Idlib’s Humanitarian Disaster Amid a Pandemic?

At the outset of 2020, the conflict in Idlib province was emerging as the worst humanitarian crisis of Syria’s nine-year war. Now, the coronavirus pandemic has made relief efforts even more difficult.

In Brief by Kali Robinson April 6, 2020