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If We Knew Then What We Know Now

Apr 17, 2020

If We Knew Then What We Know Now

If We Knew Then What We Know Now
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In this week’s editors’ discussion on Trend Lines, WPR’s Judah Grunstein, Freddy Deknatel and Prachi Vidwans talk about the things we previously took for granted, didn’t sufficiently appreciate or simply didn’t know—on a national or international level—that the coronavirus has brought into sharper focus.

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The Many Ominous Signs About the Shambolic U.S. Response to Coronavirus

How the Coronavirus Is Challenging Global Food Supply Chains

How ‘Medical Nationalism’ Is Undermining the Fight Against the Coronavirus Pandemic

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Are Governments Sacrificing Privacy to Fight the Coronavirus Pandemic?

In Sierra Leone, Corruption Isn’t Gone, but It Is Falling Under Bio

Trend Lines is produced and edited by Peter Dörrie, a freelance journalist and analyst focusing on security and resource politics in Africa. You can follow him on Twitter at @peterdoerrie.

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