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Cover Story
Wildfires Leave Lasting Scars,
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Pandemic Impetus
Coronavirus Could Upend
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People of World Influence
Ex-Pentagon Official Offers Perspective
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Contagion Learning Curve
After Botched Ebola Response, WHO
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Failure of Forcible Regime Change
Academics Say U.S. Interventions
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Why America Slept
JFK’s Analysis of Pre-War Britain
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Contested Waters
U.S. Races to Broker Egypt-Ethiopia
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In Memoriam
Yoko Elizabeth Sugiyama, Wife
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Quiet Trailblazer
America’s First Female Ambassador
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Medical
COVID-19 Tied to Blood Clots;
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Opinion
How Would a Statesman in the
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Living in Limbo
As Azerbaijan Resettles IDPs,
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Remembering the Dead
Visiting Quba’s Genocide Complex:
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Book Review
Oral Histories Offers Reflections
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As coronavirus grips Australia, the country has barely recovered from another crisis: the catastrophic wildfires that consumed parts of the continent. But Australia’s new ambassador, Arthur Sinodinos, is no stranger to crisis. 
It’s hard to imagine things could get any worse in Yemen, which was already the Arab world’s poorest country before war broke out five years ago. With the coronavirus health crisis sweeping the globe, however, experts fear the situation in Yemen could indeed get much, much worse. 
Michèle Flournoy, one of the highest-ranking women to serve in the Pentagon, talks about the litany of security crises facing the world, but when asked what keeps her up at night, one worry stands out: the Yes Men surrounding President Trump.
The World Health Organization was sharply criticized for its response to the Ebola outbreak in West Africa in 2014. Today, however, the early reviews of the WHO’s response to coronavirus are much more nuanced. 
There is a long history of countries overthrowing other countries’ governments to get what they want and an equally long history of such efforts ending in abject failure, ranging from the American morass in Vietnam to the botched Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. 
Published in July 1940, John F. Kennedy’s “Why England Slept” provides a template for how to analyze the Covid-19 pandemic in the United States in 2020. His approach can help us understand “Why America Slept.” 
The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam along the Nile River could be a game-changer for Ethiopia’s 100 million people, transforming their country into Africa’s biggest power exporter. But for Egypt and its 100 million people, the Nile Dam is an existential threat 
Yoko Elizabeth Sugiyama, the wife of Japanese Ambassador to the U.S. Shinsuke J. Sugiyama, died Feb. 10 of apparent sudden heart failure at the couple’s home in Tokyo at the age of 66.
One of the first things that stands out in the book “Mrs. Ambassador: The Life and Politics of Eugenie Anderson” is that history really does repeat itself. Were America’s first woman ambassador to return to the job today, she would find herself on somewhat familiar ground. 
As more evidence emerges that COVID-19 is tied to an increased risk of dangerous blood clots, new research suggests that giving patients blood thinners may improve their odds of survival. 
How would a world-class statesman or stateswoman residing in the White House respond to the Covid-19 pandemic? Obviously there is no simple solution in tackling this crisis; however, the history of American statesmanship suggests a roadmap. 