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We Must be on Guard as China Seeks Strategic Advantage
In his novel The Plague, Albert Camus wrote, “There have been as many plagues as wars in history; yet plagues and wars always take people equally by surprise.” This should remain a warning for the world; and not just because of the COVID-19 virus that originated in China last December. Considering the severity and scale of
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Gaza’s Ongoing and Potential Calamity
- Analysis
- April 6, 2020
The first Palestinian fatality from COVID-19 was on 26 March. A sixty-year-old woman from Biddu, north of Jerusalem passed away as a result of the virus. By the end of March, some 117 people tested positive for the disease, though the exact number of those suffering-but unable to get tested-is likely to be much higher.
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The SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic: Lessons for International Development
- Analysis
- April 3, 2020
The SARS-CoV-2 epidemic has gone global, transcending the traditional categories of North and South, “developed” and “developing” countries. While most international media coverage focuses on China, Europe and North America, the implications of the pandemic for the developing countries and the future of globalization are only now becoming apparent. We need to ask what the
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Watching the Watchers: The National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians in Action
- Analysis
- April 1, 2020
The National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians (NSICOP) has had a brief and tumultuous life. It was under the gun from the start; once its authorizing legislation was passed in the summer of 2017 it had to get up and running quickly for 2018; then it faced a shortened work horizon in 2019, having
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