COVID-19: Global Crisis

Life Under Lockdown on a Small Island: a Personal Perspective

July 2, 2020

One small state’s ability to weather the coronavirus storm by remaining transparent and drawing upon the population’s sense of community.

Climate Change and COVID-19: There Is More Than One Curve to Flatten

By Dania El Akkawi

June 28, 2020 / Summer 2020

What COVID-19 response can tell us about our readiness to deal with climate change

The Viral Quotient: How Arab Media Responded to COVID-19

By Lobna Khairy and Sarah El-Shaarawi

June 24, 2020

From social media to government narratives, the audience was bombarded with a plethora of information, some of which was confusing and contradictory.

Reviving Botswana’s Tourism Industry after COVID-19

By Wame L. Hambira

June 23, 2020

Countries which depend on tourism as a major revenue source have been struggling in the wake of the COVID-19 crisis.

COVID-19: Isle of Man Response and Issues for the Future for Small States

By Mark Shimmin

June 19, 2020

“There are decades where nothing happens, and there are weeks where decades happen.” Vladimir Lenin

COVID-19 and ‘Reinventing’ a New Economic Model

By Ahmed Fayed

June 17, 2020

Recovery from the recession brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic may require the development of a new and more equitable economic model.

Urban-Rural Disconnect: COVID-19 and Sustainability

By Thomas L. Crisman David Dumke and Zachary S. Winters

June 16, 2020

The Urban-Rural Disconnect and how COVID-19 is influencing the Nexus of water, energy and food.

Building a More Multilateral World Order

By Amina Abdel-Halim

June 11, 2020

As COVID-19 amplifies isolationist trends in the West, Asian voices call for increased international cooperation.

Will China’s E-commerce Reshape a Reopening World?

By Cheng Li and Ryan McElveen

June 10, 2020 / Summer 2020

China’s advances in digital-buying make the nation a harbinger of how a post-lockdown global economy could look.

COVID-19 and Social Policies in the MENA Region

By Ghada Barsoum

June 5, 2020

A new test to overly-stressed systems.

Suspending Immigration Will Hurt America’s Recovery

By Laura Collins

June 3, 2020

Suspending immigration is not the key to U.S. economic woes; rather, it will be a hindrance to getting the economy back on its feet.

How to Deal with COVID-19 in Africa

By Arnaud Oulepo and Carl Manlan

May 30, 2020

Strengthening the capacity, the data networks, and the community response to win against COVID-19.

COVID-19: Lessons from the Black Death

By Peter L. Larson

May 29, 2020 / Summer 2020

In order to map our future, we may look to the past on how health threats changed societies … or did they?

Gulf Arab States Review Tax Regimes Amid Economic Crisis

By Robert Mogielnicki

May 28, 2020

Value-added and excise taxes offer Gulf Arab states narrow fiscal levers to help offset the economic impact of the coronavirus crisis and drop in oil prices.

How Will the Coronavirus Crisis Affect Africa’s Developmental Focus?

By Magda Shahin

May 22, 2020

Mitigating the effects of the coronavirus in Africa and implementing the African Continental Free Trade Area go hand-in-hand.

Reinventing Governance for a Fragile and Complex New World

By Ashraf Swelam

May 15, 2020

The COVID-19 crisis has laid bare the weaknesses of the international system; to fix the present and prepare for the future, we must pivot to a resilience paradigm.

Egypt’s Most Vulnerable and COVID-19

By Elena Habersky

May 13, 2020 / Summer 2020

Are refugees and asylum seekers protected by its strong domestic laws and international commitments?

Women and Education in the Arab World

By Sean David Hobbs

May 12, 2020

Malak Zaalouk, education expert, discusses the position of women and access to education in the Arab World with the Cairo Review’s Senior Editor Sean David Hobbs in a special podcast recorded during the COVID-19 pandemic lock-down.

Erdoğan Fails the Coronavirus Test

By Gönül Tol

May 11, 2020

The president’s concentration of executive power has left Turkey vulnerable to decisions based more on saving the economy—and thus his own skin—than on stopping the COVID-19 pandemic.