Chronicle of a Pandemic Foretold
By Michael T. Osterholm and Mark Olshaker
Why warnings of a looming crisis went unheeded.
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March 11, 2021, marks one year since the World Health Organization declared the COVID-19 outbreak a pandemic. Not long before, total reported cases had passed 100,000; earlier this year, cases passed 100 million.
In some ways, we understand the crisis better than we did a year ago: the failures of detection, preparation, and cooperation; the economic and social toll; the political repercussions; the missteps and the successes of the scientific response. But even now, much remains uncertain—including the question of whether the world will be better prepared the next time.
HOW THE PANDEMIC STARTED
When the System Fails
By Stewart Patrick
The horrific costs of global dysfunction.
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Why the World Lost to the Pandemic
By Yanzhong Huang
Politics and paranoia doomed the collective response.
Read MoreHOW THE PANDEMIC WILL END
Finding a Vaccine Is Only the First Step
By Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
No one will be safe from COVID-19 until everyone in the world is safe.
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The Pandemic That Won’t End
By Michael T. Osterholm and Mark Olshaker
How new variants are tightening the race against COVID-19.
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The Tragedy of Vaccine Nationalism
By Thomas J. Bollyky and Chad P. Bown
Competition will prolong the pandemic. Only cooperation can end it.
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Fighting a Pandemic Requires Trust
By Thomas J. Bollyky, Sawyer Crosby, and Samantha Kiernan
The countries hardest hit by COVID-19 had one thing in common: a lack of trust in government.
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All Epidemiology Is Local
By Robert Malley and Richard Malley
There’s no one-size-fits-all solution to the coronavirus.
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The Folly of Hoarding Knowledge in the COVID-19 Age
By Tahir Amin
How rich countries can shrink the vaccine gap.
Read MoreHOW THE PANDEMIC WILL CHANGE GLOBAL POLITICS
The Pandemic and Political Order
By Francis Fukuyama
COVID-19 is testing democracies and autocracies alike. Which will come out ahead?
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The Pandemic Hasn’t Killed Populism
By Nadia Urbinati
Why demagogues will outlast the coronavirus.
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The Coming Post-COVID Anarchy
By Kevin Rudd
Pandemic failures in the United States and China could destabilize the world.
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The Pandemic Will Accelerate History Rather Than Reshape It
By Richard Haass
Why COVID-19 won’t turn out to be a turning point for world order.
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The Coronavirus Could Reshape Global Order
By Kurt M. Campbell and Rush Doshi
Will the balance of power shift away from Washington and toward Beijing?
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The Sting in COVID-19’s Tail
By Tarek Ghani
Instability could plague poor countries for years to come.
Read MoreHOW TO AVOID THE NEXT PANDEMIC
System Failure
By Ashish Jha
The old global health system is no longer viable, and a new one is emerging to take its place.
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To Stop a Pandemic
By Jennifer Nuzzo
The world needs to overhaul the infrastructure meant to prevent pandemics.
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How to Forecast Outbreaks and Pandemics
By Caitlin Rivers and Dylan George
Can a centralized system help the United States track infectious diseases like it does hurricanes?
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A Grand Strategy of Resilience
By Ganesh Sitaraman
The right policies can help the country endure—and bounce back from—the next crisis.
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