Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- February 25, 2020



James Gallagher, BBC: Analysis: How close are we to a pandemic?

Major outbreaks of the new coronavirus have suddenly been detected in both Italy and Iran in the past few days.

Meanwhile, cases in South Korea have surged making it one of the worst-affected countries.

The new coronavirus is no longer a problem just in China, with a small number of exported cases.

It has many people asking if the virus is about to become a pandemic and whether containing it is still possible?

A pandemic is a disease that is spreading in multiple countries around the world at the same time.

This virus "absolutely" has pandemic potential, according to the World Health Organization (WHO) chief Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.

But he added: "We are not witnessing uncontained global spread of the virus, using the word pandemic does not fit the facts."

Not everyone agrees.

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Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- February 25, 2020

The new coronavirus: What we know so far -- France 24

Are you still alive?’ Virus fears grip South Korean city -- Hyung-Jin Kin, AP

Coronavirus exposes the divide between China's rich and poor -- Melissa Sou-Jie van Brunnersum, DW

Coronavirus poses tough challenge for economic policymakers -- Paul Wiseman and Christopher Rugaber, AP

The Coronavirus Outbreak Is the Shape of Things to Come -- Stewart M. Patrick, WPR

Epidemic vs. pandemic? Glossary of terms for virus outbreak -- AP

Trump’s India visit a lesson for Islamabad -- Imad Zafar, Asia Times

Why a U.S.-India Partnership Must Succeed -- Jonathan D. T. Ward & Jagannath Panda, National Interest

Malaysia's political turmoil: everything you need to know -- Rebecca Ratcliffe, The Guardian

Inside story behind Malaysia’s political meltdown -- Nile Bowie, Asia Times

Jacinda Ardern's leadership under question in New Zealand despite being lauded abroad -- Melissa Clarke, ABC News Online

Cleaning Up Turkey’s Mess in Idlib -- Aaron Stein, War on the Rocks

Post-Brexit Britain starts search for new global role -- Reuters

A Conversation with Bernie Sanders’s Foreign Policy Ally in Congress -- Matthew Petti, National Interest

Can Bernie be stopped? Some Democratic donors are trying -- Brian Slodysko, AP

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