Kevin Williamson, National Review
What we know right now is that the U.S. economy (and the world economy — which, nationalists note, matters quite a bit to our own national prosperity) is cratering while the coronavirus still is spreading. This seems, from the point of view of right this moment, intolerable — or “unsustainable,” in the antiseptic language of American journalism.
Kurt Campbell & Rush Doshi, FA
China Is Maneuvering for International Leadership as the United States Falters
R. Boccia, TNI
Expert: Without question, the federal government has an important role in responding to major national emergencies such as the novel coronavirus pandemic. But its response should be specific and short-term. And it shouldn’t push us still further into debt.
D. Patrikarakos, Spect.
In the name of God. These words define the Islamic Republic of Iran. They stretch across its official paperwork and correspondence; they drive its constitution; they drop from the lips of its Ayatollahs leading Friday prayers; and they imprison its people.
Antonia Colibasanu, RealClearWorld
The COVID-19 crisis has created a common global concern and a fight against an invisible enemy. But as it develops, the crisis points to a global reset. Power distribution around the world had become more diffuse before COVID-19 hit -- that is news to nobody. But with the COVID-19 crisis, the deepening differences among classes and between rural and urban society are not only becoming more visible. They are restructuring human resources at an accelerated pace, and thus reshaping national strategies. Читать дальше...
Jill Lepore, New Yorker
In the literature of pestilence, the greatest threat isn’t the loss of human life but the loss of what makes us human.
Max Fisher & Choe Sang-Hun, New York Times
The country showed that it is possible to contain the coronavirus without shutting down the economy, but experts are unsure whether its lessons can work abroad.
Robbie Gramer & Colum Lynch, Foreign Policy
Request undercuts Trump’s claim that the U.S. has enough tests and medical equipment.
Maggie Ybarra, National Interest
People began disappearing from the Beltway's trains, buses, and streets as the coronavirus quietly began to snake its way around the nation's capital.
Mustafa Sonmez, Al Monitor
Governments across the world have sprung into desperate action to curb the massive economic impact of the coronavirus crisis, but the efficiency of the measures remains largely uncertain in the face of a pandemic that is upending economic, political and social conventions.
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Markus Becker, Der Spiegel
With the wave of coronavirus infections washing over Europe, countries have turned inward to protect themselves. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has struggled to define the EU's role in the crisis as border checks have been reintroduced across the Continent.
D. Adam, New Scientist
"Take nobody’s word for it.” That is how the motto of the UK’s Royal Society – Nullius in verba – is usually interpreted. It’s a warning against listening to arguments made purely from authority. Only the science – data and evidence – is persuasive. But what about when the science itself is presented as the de facto authority?
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Charlie Duxbury, Politico EU
James Delingpole, Spectator
There's an ongoing debate in the media as to whether or not president Trump is being 'racist' by repeatedly referring to Covid-19 as a 'Chinese' virus. 'It's not racist at all,' Trump insisted at one press conference. 'It comes from China, that's why.'
Oscar Boyd, Japan Times
At the time of writing, Japan has just over 900 confirmed cases of coronavirus. That’s 900 cases recorded over a two-month period since the first person — a man who had traveled to Wuhan — was confirmed to have the disease while in a Japanese hospital between Jan. 10 and 15.
