Experts in the News

Health policy fellow Vivian Ho talked about society’s response to Covid-19 and the latest models and strategies for a return to relative normalcy.

Once the Covid-19 pandemic has subsided, the new Israeli government will face serious flaws in, among other things, the territorial dimensions of President Trump's “Deal of the Century,” writes Middle East fellow Gilead Sher.

"Only the Great Depression would even be remotely close (to the losses this quarter) and I think this swamps that,” finance fellow John Diamond said of the economic costs of social distancing. “There’s been a shutdown of a pretty good part of the economy, and as that goes on that’s going to impact other parts of the economy. It’s a domino effect, and as we go from two to three months to three to four months and every month thereafter, it will get worse.”

“If it is reaching into the family, then it becomes an urgent issue,” said Middle East fellow Kristian Coates Ulrichsen of the Saudi royal family members believed to have contracted the coronavirus.

"It's a major climbdown for Russia and particularly Saudi Arabia, which picked a terrible time for a price war," energy fellow Jim Krane said of the OPEC+ agreement to cut 10 million bpd in May and June.