Policing During the Pandemic, Skepticism Toward Contact-Tracing Apps, and More

May 21, 2020

U.S. law enforcement forces are on the frontlines of coronavirus pandemic, working under difficult circumstances to preserve public safety. Vanda Felbab-Brown writes that while COVID-19 creates new challenges for policing and exacerbates others, the pandemic presents new opportunities for strengthening citizens’ safety and improving relations between communities and law enforcement.

“With the novel coronavirus continuing to spread in the United States and major American universities and technology companies actively developing digital contact-tracing tools, understanding whether the American people would be willing to use such technology to stem the outbreak has never been more important,” write Sarah Kreps, Baobao Zhang, and Nina McMurry.

Ukrainian President Zelenskiy came into office with the promise of reform propelling him to victory. Steven Pifer writes about Zelenskiy’s challenging presidency now a year in and what he needs to do to make reform a reality in Ukraine.

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