...so far, the two most powerful EU nations have adopted a ‘good cop, bad cop’ approach that conveys different and confusing messages – and has not prevented escalation.
“You have to think about what are the costs of lockdowns, what are the trade-offs, and those are fundamentally subjective judgments policymakers have to make..."
"What I can say to the American people is that it's critical that this country not use apps that are made in China or can take our data and move it to servers in China".
In a sign that the US outbreak truly is slowing, it took 16 days for the number of cases to climb from 4 million to 5 million, and 22 days to go from 5 million to 6 million.
A geopolitical reset that involves scaling back US interventions and its military presence abroad will foster pragmatic foreign policy decisions and the prioritization of actual defense policies...
