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  2. Rome, February 18, 2020 - The Civil Protection Operational Committee met to coordinate the repatriation operation of Italian citizens from the Diamond Princess to Japan. Global Health

    Urban Governance: Cities in a Time of COVID-19

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    World Economic Forum by Robert Muggah

    The COVID-19 pandemic is exposing the quality of governance and competence of the world’s leaders. When politicians and civil servants fail to deliver, they quickly lose credibility and legitimacy.

  3. Paul Poast speaks about COVID-19. Global Health

    Changing the Rules of International Relations - Paul Poast on COVID-19

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    University of Chicago by Paul Poast

    Paul Poast discusses how COVID-19 will change the global economy, US-China relations and the World Health Organization.

  4. Paris coronavirus. Man wearing a mask walking in front of the Eiffel Tower on the first day of Paris lock-down.
    Fran Boloni
    Global Cities

    How Cities Around the World Are Handling COVID-19

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    World Economic Forum by Robert Muggah

    It is not just cities, but also their local and global supply chains, travel networks, airports and specific neighborhoods that are sources of contagion.

  5. A health care worker takes test samples for the Covid-19 from a man at a temporary virus testing station near Namdaemun in Seoul on August 10. Global Health

    South Korea's Success in Containing the Coronavirus Highlights Importance of Digital Resilience

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    South China Morning Post by Robert Muggah

    One of the emerging lessons of the Covid-19 pandemic is that countries and companies that digitised early are more likely to recover faster than those that did not

  6. Dominick Walton, who is homeless herself, serves food to homeless people amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Houston, Texas, U.S
    Reuters
    Inclusion and Equity

    Viral Inequality

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    Project Syndicate by Robert Muggah

    Far from merely reflecting an unequal distribution of economic means, rising inequality comes with a range of toxic side effects, many of which the COVID-19 pandemic has thrown into sharp relief.

  7. President Biden delivering remarks about COVID-19 response and vaccination program, blue suit partly blocking view in foreground.
    Carlos Fyfe
    Defense and Security

    Biden Must Remove Barriers to Engagement with North Korea

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    NK News by Matthew Abbott

    "To change the trajectory of the relationship between North Korea and the US, it is critical that Americans pursue principled engagement," writes Matt Abbott in NK News.

  8. A woman rides a Divvy bike in front of the Chicago skyline.
    Reuters
    Global Cities

    A New Shared Mobility for Changing City Needs

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    ISPI by Samuel Kling

    Samuel Kling analyzes the new challenges shared mobility (such as app-based ride-hailing and e-bikes) has faced during the COVID-19 pandemic.

  9. Exterior view of a university building Global Cities

    Imperiled Higher Education Institutions Key to State's Future

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    Crain's Detroit by John Austin

    The Midwest's colleges and universities are central to community economic renewal and COVID-19 recovery, a revival put at risk by recent fiscal, demographic and short-sighted public policy headwinds.

  10. A notice about COVID-19 safety measures is pictured next to closed doors at a departure hall of Narita international airport
    Reuters
    Global Politics

    Omicron Proves World Fails to Face Global Threats with Global Solutions

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    Chicago Tribune by Elizabeth Shackelford

    “The biggest cost of the nationalist reaction [to omicron] is its damage to future global cooperation,” writes Elizabeth Shackelford in the Chicago Tribune.

  11. A nurse prepares COVID-19 vaccine for a patient in India
    REUTERS
    Global Health

    India's COVID-19 Crisis Pushes the US to Get Vaccine Diplomacy Right

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    Chicago Tribune by Elizabeth Shackelford

    “Viruses don't respect borders and neither do their knock-on effects,” Elizabeth Shackelford writes in the Chicago Tribune. “An uncontrolled outbreak in a country of 1.4 billion people is a crisis for all.”