In this week’s editors’ discussion on Trend Lines, WPR’s Judah Grunstein and Freddy Deknatel talk about the transformation of daily life in countries facing lockdowns to battle the COVID-19 pandemic. They also discuss the longer-term political and societal impacts the pandemic is likely to have in Western democracies.
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Relevant Articles on WPR:
A Rough Guide to Getting a COVID-19 Lockdown Right
How the COVID-19 Pandemic Has Rewritten the Script for a Global Crisis
Planning for the World After the Coronavirus Pandemic
Albin Kurti Believes Kosovo Is ‘Ready to Turn a New Page’
How Arms Proliferation Is Driving Herder-Farmer Conflict in the Sahel
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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