Black Swan, Second Act: A Dress Rehearsal for the World After the Pandemic
Around a year ago, when over half of the world was on lockdown, I wrote about how the world was doing ballet-like pirouettes because of Covid-19. This black swan event has shaken the global economy, but where are we one year later?
This Ain’t Business as Usual: Eight Ways the Pandemic Shook Up the Global Trading System in 2020
Marta Bengoa et al.
The COVID-19 pandemic has shocked the global economy, and also likely altered the global trading system for good.
On the Role of Women Trade Trainers
According to the International Trade Centre, women face such gendered barriers as official bans to holding certain jobs, maternity obstacles, and employment restrictions – all despite doing twice more unpaid care work.
Temporary is the New Permanent? Lingering Export Restrictions in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic
Anna Jankowska and Maria V. Sokolova
This raises a question: how temporary are temporary export restrictions and to what extent are these restrictions indicative of a “new normal”?
Is it time for women leaders in international organizations?
Maria V. Sokolova, Alisa DiCaprio, and Nicole Bivens Collinson
The nominations process that has been in place up until now for international organizations has yielded limited diversity both with regard to gender and nationality of candidates.
TradeExperettes survey of women trade professionals on the impact of COVID-19 on their lives
Maria V. Sokolova and Leila Aridi Afas
The constant stream of COVID-19 coverage is overwhelming. It makes our minds spiral in different directions without a clear understanding of whether the sacrifices we are making are indeed “flattening the curve” and minimizing the impact of the virus.
Black Swan and the 5 pirouettes the world is doing for Covid-19
The ballet “Swan Lake,” composed by Pyotr Tchaikovsky, has symbolized major political shifts in the Russian Federation since it was broadcasted for three days on Russian television during an attempted coup d’état in 1991.