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!

Mikuláš Dzurinda, President of the Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies | Think-tanks have a huge role and responsibility - now more than ever - in disseminating information and in making concrete policy-proposals. We want once again to take on the challenge and focus our production and efforts in the fulfilment of this goal, especially now that Europe needs innovative ideas to overcome the crisis and build up its future.

Marcus Vinicius de Freitas | A feeling of collective insanity has overtaken the world since the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-2019) emerged in Wuhan, China. The virus—more lethal than influenza—was initially treated lightly by the West. This approach showed the lack of preparedness of many countries in dealing with the epidemics we are currently facing. Instead of implementing immediate measures to deal with the challenges imposed, some political and business leaders started labeling COVID-19 as the Chinese virus or Kung-Flu.  Asian people around the world have been attacked or ostracized, enhancing racial discrimination and unfairness.

Dr. James G. McGann is a Senior Lecturer, International Studies and Director of the Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program at the Lauder Institute, University of Pennsylvania, a Senior Fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute and founder/director of the Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program.