"Its greatest impact has been economic." From global economies to local communities, the outbreak has shaken the world. What comes next exactly is unpredictable, but we should prepare for heightened tensions and continued global economic challenges and disputes.

Johns Hopkins University professor and Brooking Institutions senior fellow Vali Nasr tackles questions on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the global economy and how President Donald Trump’s latest attack on WHO reflects his “America First” attitude and the anti-multilateralism feelings that run deep in the Republican Party. The highly-respected foreign policy scholar says that it is in the interest of the world for the Chinese economy to do well, and for the Chinese economy to do well, the American economy and European economies have to be doing well as well.

The world needs strong global partnerships in times of trouble. Jeffrey Sachs, economist and University Professor at Columbia University, sits down with our host James Chau to discuss the importance of international collaboration.

The world needs strong global partnerships in times of trouble. Jeffrey Sachs, economist and University Professor at Columbia University, sits down with our host James Chau to discuss the importance of international collaboration.

This crisis has hit hard for those who rely on fragile incomes, refugees and migrants especially. The international community is called to not only work to support those disenfranchised today, but to work to solve the issues of tomorrow. Our host James Chau speaks with UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, about how global leadership is needed to ensure a sustainable future for the world's most vulnerable.

Helen Clark was Prime Minister of New Zealand and Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme. Today, she is a pivotal leader who is exercising her statesmanship against COVID-19, the greatest threat to space and security. In her communications with the UN Security Council and G20 leaders, she has made a clarion call for a global coordinated action to include urgent funding, debt relief, and a reset mindset that will allow countries to go hard and forward together.

As a pivotal node in global supply chain, China plays a critical role in ensuring public safety and global economic health that has been severely disrupted with the COVID-19 outbreaks across the world. After a bruising fight, and now with encouraging signs for containment, China has begun to share its expertise and lessons learned, as well its resources with the rest of the world. China-US Focus Editor-at-Large James Chau explains.

In the final of a four-part interview with Cui Tiankai, PRC’s top diplomat in Washington, Editor-at-Large James Chau poses the question: “how do you bring two disparate sides together as China and the United States has done this week as it did monumentally four decades ago?” Hear Ambassador Cui’s response in this video and his further insights on removing biases, groundless suspicion and hostility that has strained the bilateral relationship.