Reuters

COVID-19 has exacerbated tensions and exposed political and economic inadequacies in Russia, testing the strength and legitimacy of institutions and confidence in national leadership. In this regard, the pandemic could hardly have come at a worse time for the Kremlin, writes Leon Aron.

Twenty20

Nicholas Eberstadt writes that the COVID-19 pandemic has precipitated the deepest and most fundamental crisis for Pax Americana that this set of global economic and security arrangements has faced in the past three postwar generations.

Reuters

As we have learned in recent weeks, if we didn’t know before, there are a lot of people out there with no support network and no backup plan to care for children in case of emergency, explains Naomi Schaefer Riley.

Reuters

This latest legislative effort, useful and necessary though it is, suggests that Congress and the administration are still behind the curve, explains Yuval Levin.

Reuters

Coronavirus will have fresh opportunities to spread as workers return to the job, write Scott Gottlieb and Stephen Ostroff. But businesses can take steps to minimize risk and make the country safer.

Reuters

The Salafi-jihadi ecosystem in the Sahel is strengthening rapidly. The number of attacks will continue to rise and become deadlier as groups’ capabilities improve, explains Katherine Zimmerman.