With COVID-19 pandemic forcing border closures, upending economies and limiting the essential people-to-people contact, two professors from across the Pacific, Shen Dingli of China’s Fudan University in Shanghai and James Wertsch of Washington University in St. Louis, connect through a Zoom meeting

With COVID-19 pandemic forcing border closures, upending economies and limiting the essential people-to-people contact, two professors from across the Pacific, Shen Dingli of China’s Fudan University in Shanghai and James Wertsch of Washington University in St. Louis, connect through a Zoom meeting moderated by China-US Focus

"Its greatest impact has been economic." From global economies to local communities, the outbreak has shaken the world. What comes next exactly is unpredictable, but we should prepare for heightened tensions and continued global economic challenges and disputes.

Johns Hopkins University professor and Brooking Institutions senior fellow Vali Nasr tackles questions on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the global economy and how President Donald Trump’s latest attack on WHO reflects his “America First” attitude and the anti-multilateralism feelings that run deep in the Republican Party. The highly-respected foreign policy scholar says that it is in the interest of the world for the Chinese economy to do well, and for the Chinese economy to do well, the American economy and European economies have to be doing well as well.

The world needs strong global partnerships in times of trouble. Jeffrey Sachs, economist and University Professor at Columbia University, sits down with our host James Chau to discuss the importance of international collaboration.

The world needs strong global partnerships in times of trouble. Jeffrey Sachs, economist and University Professor at Columbia University, sits down with our host James Chau to discuss the importance of international collaboration.

Helen Clark was Prime Minister of New Zealand and Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme. Today, she is a pivotal leader who is exercising her statesmanship against COVID-19, the greatest threat to space and security. In her communications with the UN Security Council and G20 leaders, she has made a clarion call for a global coordinated action to include urgent funding, debt relief, and a reset mindset that will allow countries to go hard and forward together.

Our host James Chau speaks with global leader Helen Clark about how the world needs solidarity and testing, not name-calling and inaction.