EPRS Strategy By / May 27, 2020

Coronavirus: The world in limbo [What Think Tanks are thinking]

Most countries recovering from the first – and hopefully last – wave of the coronavirus pandemic are now in limbo.

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Written by Marcin Grajewski,

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Most countries recovering from the first – and hopefully last – wave of the coronavirus pandemic are now in limbo. Confinement measures are cautiously being relaxed while short-term assessments on the impact of the virus on the economy and society are being refined. Meanwhile, analysts are now also looking at the mid- to long- term implications of the disease and also assessing the situation in the developing world, as well as in Russia, where, notably, they see the crisis working against President Vladimir Putin.

This note offers links to recent commentaries and reports from international think tanks on coronavirus and related issues. Earlier publications on the topic can be found in the previous item in this series, published by EPRS on 15 May.

Rebooting Europe: A framework for a post Covid-19 economic recovery
Bruegel, May 2020

Covid-19 calls for European strategic autonomy: The EU needs to manage global dependencies without pulling up the drawbridges
Finnish Institute for International Affairs, May 2020

Coronavirus is pushing the EU in new and undesirable directions
Centre for European Reform, May 2020

Options for a European Recovery Fund
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Auswärtige Politik, May 2020

From Wuhan to the world: How the pandemic will reshape geopolitics
Fondation pour la Recherche Stratégique, May 2020

European identity and the test of Covid-19
Instituto Affari Internazionali, May 2020

Covid-19 will reshape our relationship with the state
Chatham House, May 2020

Coronavirus: Navigating a new storm with an old boat?
Fondation Européenne d’Etudes Progressistes, May 2020

Le Rapport Schuman sur l’Europe, l’état de l’Union 2020
Fondation Robert Schuman, May 2020

What is the world doing to create a Covid-19 vaccine?
Council on Foreign Relations, May 2020

The health and economic impacts of Covid-19 interventions
Rand Corporation, May 2020

Peace, conflict, and Covid-19
Council on Foreign Relations, May 2020

Taiwan’s coronavirus lesson: Technology with transparency
German Marshall Fund, May 2020

Greener after
Institut Jacques Delors, May 2020

European defence should not be the casualty of the ‘great lockdown’
Institut des relations internationales et stratégiques, May 2020

The EU and the Covid-19 crisis: Emerging stronger or weaker on the international stage?
Friends of Europe, May 2020

Impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the Chinese economy
Polish Institute of International Affairs, May 2020

Developing policies for effective COVID-19 containment: The TRACE model
Brookings Institution, May 2020

Watch out, Putin’s star in Europe is declining
German Marshall Fund, May 2020

Le monde d’après: L’entreprise-providence?
Fondation Jean Jaurès, May 2020

Navigieren auf Sicht ist für einen grünen Wiederaufschwung nicht genug
Bruegel, May 2020

How the coronavirus revived Angela Merkel
Carnegie Europe, May 2020

Germany’s epic corona-tracing debate: A risky game with public trust
Heinrich Böll Stiftung, May 2020

The meaning of systemic rivalry: Europe and China beyond the pandemic
European Council on Foreign Relations, May 2020

Strategy for a pandemic: The UK and Covid-19
Fondation pour la Recherche Stratégique, May 2020

Whatever it takes, for as long as is needed: Mapping a new European Recovery Programme
Wilfried Martens Centre, May 2020

Coronavirus: Not Putin’s kind of crisis
European Council on Foreign Relations, May 2020

What Covid tells us about the politics of the former Soviet Union
International Institute for Strategic Studies, May 2020

Covid-19 and the climate: Energy nexus
Egmont, May 2020

Covid-19 spotlighted European migrants’ vital role: The EU must tell their story
Friends of Europe, May 2020

Towards urban decoupling? China’s smart city ambitions at the time of Covid-19
European Union Institute for Security Studies, May 2020

In the Covid-19 era, healthcare should be universal and free
Chatham House, May 2020

A double pandemic: Domestic violence in the age of Covid-19
Council of Foreign Relations, May 2020

Should communities be concerned about digital technologies to fight Covid-19?
Rand Corporation, May 2020

Digital tracking: Why it’s no
Institut Thomas More, May 2020

Risking their health to pay the bills: 100 million Europeans cannot afford two months without income
Bruegel, May 2020

How Iran was hit by and could overcome the COVID-19 crisis
European Policy Centre, May 2020

No triumph for Putin on Victory Day
Centre for European Reform, May 2020

Power shifts and the risk of a ‘crisis within the crisis’: Covid, oil and the MENA Region
Instituto Affari Internazionali, May 2020

Covid-19 and the oil price crash: Twin crises impacting Saudi-Iran relations
Instituto Affari Internazionali, May 2020

As Covid-19 spreads in ICE detention, oversight is more critical than ever
Brookings Institution, May 2020

How the coronavirus will harm state and city budgets
Council on Foreign Relations, May 2020

The coronavirus challenge for Puerto Rico
Council on Foreign Relations, May 2020

Needed: A blueprint for a post-vaccine world
Rand Corporation, May 2020

Why Europe still matters
Carnegie Europe, May 2020

Le Covid-19 au Sahel: Pandémie lente mais impacts multiples
Institut français des relations internationales, May 2020

La Gestion très politisée du Covid-19 en Turquie
Institut français des relations internationales, May 2020

Strategy for a pandemic: The UK and Covid-19
International Institute for Strategic Studies, May 2020

Sanctioning pandemic-plagued Iran
International Institute for Strategic Studies, May 2020

The struggle for democracy in Asia: Regression, resilience, revival
Bertelsmann Stiftung, May 2020

Covid-19 and technology in the EU: Think bigger than apps
Wilfried Martens Centre, May 2020

Coronavirus: Nigeria’s ‘fiscal flu’
Chatham House, May 2020


Read this briefing on ‘Coronavirus: The world in limbo‘ in the Think Tank pages of the European Parliament.

Read all EPRS publications on the coronavirus outbreak


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