By Roger Bate, AEI President Trump has halted funds to the World Health Organization (WHO). Undoubtedly he is looking to avoid blame for a slow U.S. government response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the tens of thousands of US deaths. But he also has a point. We need a global agency to combat […]
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The G20 is a big deal again
“The revived centrality of the G20” By Suman Bery and Sybrand Brekelmans, courtesy of the Bruegel Institute A series of summits of governments and international financial institutions took place in April. Much was expected of these. They were seen as the opportunity for global financial leaders to provide authoritative guidance on the global response […]
Rwanda’s lessons on gender equality, public health, and development
“Women Leaders in Global Health 2019: Powerful Lessons from Kigali” By Dr. Nicole de Paula, courtesy of IASS Potsdam Rwandans are a testimony to human resilience. Following the country’s darkest times, when around 800,000 Tutsis were slaughtered by ethnic Hutu extremists during the 1994 genocide, Rwanda has emerged as the “Switzerland of Africa”. […]