Members' Research Service By / March 18, 2020

Coronavirus: The latest [What Think Tanks are thinking]

The world is currently facing the fastest-spreading pandemic since the Spanish flu (in the aftermath of the First World War), prompting governments to take unprecedented decisions to contain this highly contagious coronavirus, which leads to COVID-19 infection.

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Written by Marcin Grajewski,

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The world is currently facing the fastest-spreading pandemic since the Spanish flu (in the aftermath of the First World War), prompting governments to take unprecedented decisions to contain this highly contagious coronavirus, which leads to COVID-19 infection. The measures taken include closing borders in some countries, encouraging telework as much as possible, and shutting schools, universities, restaurants and many other facilities, except for shops selling groceries, supermarkets and pharmacies. People are urged to stay at home and avoid physical contact with others. In a growing number of countries, confinement is being enforced.

This note offers links to recent commentaries and reports from international think tanks on the coronavirus and related issues. Earlier publications on the topic can be found in the previous item in the series, published on 11 March.

Coronavirus: Global response urgently needed
Chatham House, March 2020

How leaders can stop corona from undermining the EU
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Auswärtige Politik, March 2020

Bold policies needed to counter the coronavirus recession
Centre for European Reform, March 2020

‘Whatever it takes’ must be EU member states’ Covid-19 pledge
Friends of Europe, March 2020

COVID-19 is a reminder that interconnectivity is unavoidable
Brookings Institution, March 2020

Trade policy and the fight against coronavirus
European Centre for International Political Economy, March 2020

Corona Crisis: Italy needs European solidarity – now
Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik, March 2020

Coronavirus: All citizens need an income support
Chatham House, March 2020

The economic policy response to COVID-19: What comes next?
Brookings Institution, March 2020

Tracking Coronavirus in countries with and without travel bans
Council on Foreign Relation, March 2020

Trump’s trade policy is hampering the US fight against COVID-19
Peterson Institute for International Economics, March 2020

The Coronavirus can make or break the Union
European Policy Centre, March 2020

Coronavirus has shattered many long-held myths about globalisation
Friends of Europe, March 2020

Europe braces for Coronavirus spread
Bertelsmann Stiftung, March 2020

Responding to the coronavirus outbreak
Clingendael, March 2020

An effective economic response to the Coronavirus in Europe
Bruegel, March 2020

The coronavirus recession deepens financial market turmoil
Atlantic Council, March 2020

Estimates of COVID-19’s fatality rate might change: And then change again
Rand Corporation, March 2020

What you need to know about the Coronavirus outbreak
Council on Foreign Relation, March 2020

Addressing the coronavirus ‘infodemic’
Atlantic Council, March 2020

Designing an effective US policy response to Coronavirus
Peterson Institute for International Economics, March 2020

What the Coronavirus emergency means for the US-Iran conflict
Atlantic Council, March 2020

International cooperation for the Coronavirus combat: Results, lessons, and way ahead
Shanghai Institutes for International Studies, March 2020

Coronavirus: The view from Italy, China, Singapore, India, and the UK
Council on Foreign Relation, March 2020

Responding to the coronavirus outbreak
Clingendael, March 2020

Global macroeconomics of coronavirus
Brookings Institution, March 2020

Covid-19 & OPEC+ collapse: Preliminary assessment of implications for energy markets, policies and geopolitical balances
Institut français des relations internationales, March 2020

The Coronavirus outbreak could disrupt the U.S. drug supply
Council on Foreign Relations, March 2020

Coronavirus, campaigns, and connectivity
Brookings Institution, March 2020

Covid-19 & OPEC+ collapse: Preliminary assessment of implications for energy markets, policies and geopolitical balances
Institut français des relations internationales, March 2020

The World Health Organization
Council on Foreign Relation, March 2020

Le coronavirus, une géopolitique des peurs
Institut Montaigne, March 2020

COVID-19 is a reminder that interconnectivity is unavoidable
Brookings Institution, March 2020

How Europe should manage the Coronavirus-induced crisis
Centre for European Policy Studies, March 2020

Uncharted territory: Italy’s response to the coronavirus
European Council on Foreign Relations, March 2020

Three macroeconomic issues and Covid-19
Bruegel, March 2020

Only the coronavirus can convince Trump of the virtues of international cooperation
Bruegel, March 2020

An effective economic response to the Coronavirus in Europe
Bruegel, March 2020

What if the rest of Europe follows Italy’s coronavirus fate?
Bruegel, March 2020

Three macroeconomic issues and Covid-19
Bruegel, March 2020

Ill will: Populism and the coronavirus
European Council on Foreign Relation, March 2020

Coronavirus forces colleges online: Will learning ever be the same?
Rand Corporation, March 2020

Coronavirus and the labor market
Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry, March 2020

Coronavirus outbreak intensifies: Q&A with RAND experts
Rand Corporation, March 2020

The consequences of the Coronavirus epidemic for the EU economy
Polish Institute for International Affairs, March 2020

Will China learn from the COVID-19 epidemic?
East Asia Forum, March 2020

Coronavirus, telemedicine, and dustbusters
Rand Corporation, March 2020

How Europe should manage the Coronavirus-induced crisis
Centre for European Policy Studies, March 2020

Pour une Europe de la santé. Chronique d’une épidémie, crise sanitaire, perturbant fortement l’économie
Fondation Robert Schuman, March 2020


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

Read all EPRS publications on the coronavirus outbreak


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  • Like I said in my post,as above on April 21,2020 at 17:53 pm,what the IMF/World Bank and the Pakistani state could not do for 73 years – COVID and my prophecy has ! dindooohindoo

    The CAD has crashed and will turn surplus in less than 5 months – as IRP (Islamic Republic of Pakistan is the only viable exporter,for several labour intensive and agri and animal husbandry products).It will be viable to fly camels and donkeys,to the world in 747s and C-130s for meat – it will occur soon !

    https://www.dawn.com/news/1562821/current-account-deficit-shrinks-a-whopping-73pc-to-under-3-billion-economic-survey-reveals

    The austerity which an Islamic state SHOULD have – BUT DID NOT – has come via COVID !

    This is the time to code austerity in the DNA of all subjects of Islamic states – which will also offset the Oil shock to Islamic economies

    It might be noted that 90% of the dead and 95% of the infected are in Christian nations !

    The next issue for IRP is the fiscal deficit – and for that also there is a solution !

    The disaster is for large populated nations,with higher cost manufacturing (w.r.t PRC) and large unskilled labour in manufacturing and agriculture.

    Which is India !

    We are witnessing the destruction of India – in slow motion !

    The IRP can give me a diplomatic passport and a posting in Geneva and USD 5 million !

    I will pray for them and solve all their problems

  • I think if we concentrate on isolating the vulnerable and let nature take its course wed all be better off

  • It may seem crazy or a wild idea ..but i think this we can beat this virus…here is my idea …it flys in the face of everything thats is out there…and most people will dismiss this instantly..but ive got to put it out there because this is such a huge problem …on so many levels…
    What if instead of isolating everything and everyone and crippling the whole world on so many levels …
    We do the opposite…isolate and take care of the 10 -20 % of the population thays vulnerable….the other 80 -90 % get the mild symptoms….and contaminate each other ..and get sick in rounds like men going to war with this bug …a few thousand at a time …these after they recover repeat until we all get it …mild sympoms….until we have a lot of people that wont re infect others …that way we stop running from it ..and face it ..and keep the economies going …sorry it not a well thought out but if what there saying is true half of us are going to get it anyway so lets get it over with..before most of our lifes are ruined financially

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