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Weekly Brief
April 26, 2020

TLN Commentary

How the Oil Shock Will Contain Putin, John Herbst, Debra Cagan, American Interest

Food and Hunger

Pandemic could mean 260 million people worldwide ‘marching toward starvation’, David Beasley interviewed by Judy Woodruff, PBS News Hour
‘Instead of Coronavirus, the Hunger Will Kill Us.’ A Global Food Crisis Looms, Abdi Latif Dahir, New York Times
Covid-19 Threatens Global Food Security: What Should the United States Do? Julie Howard, Emmy Simmons, Center for Strategic & International Studies

COVID-19

The world after Covid-19, Bill Gates, The Economist
How America’s Urban-Rural Divide Has Shaped the Pandemic, Jonathan Rodden, Foreign Affairs
Don’t Discriminate Against Those Who Remain Uninfected, David J. Scheffer, Think Global Health
CDC director warns second wave of coronavirus is likely to be even more devastating, Lena H. Sun, Washington Post

China

How China Sees the World. And How We Should See China, H.R. McMaster, The Atlantic
Pressured by China, E.U. Softens Report on Covid-19 Disinformation, Matt Apuzzo, New York Times
Kissinger's folly: The threat to world order is China, Bradley Thayer, Lianchao Han, The Hill
Cascading Economic Impacts of the COVID-19 Outbreak in China, Kaj Malden, Suzanna Stephens, U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission
Avoiding a Virus-Induced Cold War with China, Robin Niblett, Chatham House
One country, one system: The week that China shredded its promise on Hong Kong, Shibani Mahtani, Timothy McLaughlin, Washington Post

Energy

The Coronavirus Oil Shock Is Just Getting Started, Nicholas Mulder, Adam Tooze, Foreign Policy
The Oil Industry Doesn't Need Government Protection, Mario Loyola, The Atlantic
Gas heats up the eastern Mediterranean, Luigi Scazzieri, Centre for European Reform
Smog-Free Skies Allow Germany to Break Record for Solar Power, William Wilkes, Rachel Morison, Bloomberg Green

Digital

Covid-19 has blown apart the myth of Silicon Valley innovation, David Rotman, MIT Technology Review
What happens to the internet when the coronavirus pandemic is over? Roger Cochetti, The Hill
France, Germany in standoff with Silicon Valley on contact tracing, Mathieu Rosemain, Douglas Busvine, Reuters
China's strategy to reorient US tech companies is exposed — what next? Alex Gallo, The Hill
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