Kaushik Basu has told The Wire that he is “extremely worried” about the state of the economy, pointing out that of the 90 countries that measure quarterly economic results only Peru, with an economy that has shrunk 30.2%, has done worse than India. 
 

Magnus Fiskesjö, (EAP, SEAP, PACS) associate professor in anthropology, writes this opinion piece about the seizing of Swedish citizen Gui Minhai from Thailand by Chinese agents and its relevance for other countries that have seen their citizens seized by China.

Eswar Prasad, professor of economics, says that China is likely to be the “key driver of global growth” in 2020 and 2021.

"The regime’s declaration of a state of emergency offers a pretext for a crackdown on protests not just in Bangkok, but in cities in the north, south and northeast,” says Tamara Loos, professor of history. 

"Polarized: Partisanship, Social Movements, and the Transformation of American Democracy" examines the dangers of U.S. polarization.

"If people want to remember personal experiences, the best way is to put them online,” said lead author Qi Wang, PhD, EAP professor of human development in Cornell University’s College of Human Ecology. 

“It is unfortunate that the pressing need for broader debt relief for poor countries is being stymied by the apparent recalcitrance of China, which has become a major creditor,” says Eswar Prasad, professor of economics. The piece syndicated to Al Jazeera, The Washington Post and many other outlets.

"What I think has really helped is China has used that stimulus judiciously in tandem with effective virus control,” says Eswar Prasad, professor of Economics. “One lesson here is unless you control the virus, your economy is not going to have much of a recovery."