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Coronavirus

Tackling COVID-19: A Problem So Big, You Can See It From Space
Links between COVID-19 and other global challenges underscore the importance of multilateral cooperation across a broad array of issue areas.

Blog Post by Kaysie Brown and Megan Roberts March 24, 2020 The Internationalist

Public Health Threats and Pandemics

The World Health Organization
Since its postwar founding, the UN agency has garnered both praise and criticism for its response to international public health crises, including a new coronavirus pandemic in early 2020.

Backgrounder by CFR.org Editors March 12, 2020

Americas

The Organization of American States
The Organization of American States is an important forum for regional diplomacy and has become more assertive in promoting the rule of law, human rights, and fair elections as some states face domestic upheaval.

Backgrounder by Brianna Lee and Danielle Renwick March 10, 2020

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EU: Strongly United for Health—Deeply Divided on the Economy

by Ilona Kickbusch and Susan Bergner via Think Global Health March 29, 2020

Public Health Threats and Pandemics

The Multilateral System Still Cannot Get Its Act Together on COVID-19
In the absence of U.S. leadership, multilateral responses to COVID-19 have been inadequate to date.

Blog Post by Stewart M. Patrick March 26, 2020 The Internationalist

Public Health Threats and Pandemics

Major Epidemics of the Modern Era
For more than a century, countries have wrestled with how to improve international cooperation in the face of major outbreaks of infectious diseases. A pandemic of a new coronavirus that originated in China in 2019 underscores the urgency.

Timeline by Claire Felter March 25, 2020