The present paper has been prepared by the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED) in accordance with Security Council resolution 2395 (2017).

23 - 25 June 2020 | A Virtual Convening by WISE, Salzburg Global Seminar and HolonIQ

Brookings Institutie | Geneive Abdo and Anna L. Jacobs

New America experts and researchers are tracking the effects COVID-19 across all of our issues. From education and technology to privacy and work-life balance, it is clear that many aspects of life will look different as we move through this uncertain time.

Sanket Joshi

Asbar Center for Studies Research and Communications | An additional webinar produced by ASBAR focuses on "Education after Corona ... Opportunities and Challenges" and can be found here.

R. Andreas Kraemer, Founder & Director Emeritus | Ecologic Institute is old enough to remember the SARS pandemic 2002/2003 with the prospect of public life having to be shut down and the work-force be dispersed very much as is happening right now for SARS-CoV-2.  At the time, the decision was made to ensure Ecologic Institute could continue to function, continue as many as possible of its activities and carry forward its projects, even under conditions of a curfew or lockdown, as we now call it.  

Moscow. March 29. INTERFAX.RU - President of Primakov IMEMO RAS Professor Alexander Dynkin and Professor Elena Telegina have prepared an article on coronavirus especially for Interfax, which we publish without changes

ISPI | We are launching today the #ThinkTanksReact campaign. A wave of solidarity among the Think Tank community to show how strong and united we are, even in dark times!

This Thursday, 18 June 2020, at 18:00 Doha time, the Iranian Studies Unit at the Arab Center will host Nader Hashemi to present a lecture titled: “Coronavirus in Iran and the Question of Legitimacy” under the Lecture Series Thoughts on the Covid-19 Crisis held by the ACRPS since April 2020.

Covid-19 infects indiscriminately and given its virulence, it is important not to overlook any community. National containment efforts are only effective if they are applied to all persons within, as well as others entering the country. The Ministry of Health has also taken several steps with regard to non-citizens, including refugees and asylum seekers.

The impact of the coronavirus pandemic on global markets has been swift and shocking, leading to the most severe economic disruption since the Great Depression. As border closures and lockdowns around the world disrupt supply chains and send commodity prices into a freefall, valuations in global financial markets have crashed. What measures should governments and multilateral institutions take to minimize the economic fallout of this pandemic? What lessons does this crisis offer for building resilient supply chains? What could recovery look like?

Observer Research Foundation |

Valeria Talbot | Although every MENA country has adopted measures to contain the spread of the virus, there is no escaping the fact that here too, as in other regions of the world, the responses have not been as swift everywhere. And even where they have been, they are unlikely to be able to protect such vulnerable systems as those of the MENA region.

The COVID-19 pandemic is the defining global health crisis of our time and the greatest global humanitarian challenge the world has faced since World War II. The virus has spread widely, and the number of cases is rising daily as governments work to slow its spread. India has moved quickly, implementing a proactive, nationwide, 21-day lockdown, with the goal of flattening the curve and using the time to plan and resource responses adequately

With the coronavirus crisis evolving at a breakneck pace, Brookings scholars look forward, sharing their thoughts on what are likely to be the key implications of the pandemic for the MENA region. In the following outlooks, the scholars outline critical regional challenges, touching on political, economic, security, and social issues. Though many facets of the pandemic remain unknown, these outlooks offer important insights into the impact that the coronavirus has already had on the region, as well as implications of what is yet to come.