The United Nations goes missing
The coronavirus pandemic should have been a moment for global action. Instead, the U.N. is riven with dissension and self-doubt, and countries are going their own way. It took more than three months, a death toll above 87,000 and cases in more than 180 countries, repeated pleas from smaller nations,…
Saving Europe from corona’s nasty geopolitics
Four months into the corona crisis and one month into the nerve-racking spectacle of social and economic shutdown, it becomes clear that the big geopolitical loser of the pandemic is likely going to be Europe.The reason for this is not primarily the poor performance of EU countries in using integrat…