Biden senior advisor on U.S. national security and the coronavirus

Live Wednesday at 11:00 a.m. EDT [Read this email in your browser]( Welcome to FP This Week. Our FP Insider Conference Call series continues with a conversation on the pandemic and U.S. national security, featuring Jake Sullivan, a senior foreign-policy advisor to Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden. Plus, content highlights you may have missed. We have a host of exciting FP Virtual Dialogue events planned for the coming weeks, so please stay tuned. Thank you for reading. UPCOMING EVENTS [The Coronavirus and U.S. National Security: FP Insider Conference Call]( Wednesday, June 3, at 11:00 a.m. EDT This week’s FP Insider Conference Call will focus on the coronavirus and U.S. national security. What impact have the recent nationwide protests and the global pandemic had on America's security and its interests around the globe? How has it affected the strategic balance and Washington's rivalries with Beijing, Moscow, Tehran, and others? Join Foreign Policy editor in chief Jonathan Tepperman in conversation with Jake Sullivan, a senior foreign-policy advisor to Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, and Kori Schake, the director of foreign and defense policy studies at American Enterprise Institute, to find out. [Register Here]( OTHER HAPPENINGS [In Case You Missed It: Is This the End of Globalization?]( Foreign Policy magazine’s Spring 2020 print issue explored the pushback against globalization—essays that turned out to be prescient in the era of the coronavirus. Taken alongside FP’s newer coronavirus coverage, the articles in “Is this the end of globalization?” highlight why our current predicament is so alarming, but they also look ahead to the world after the pandemic. Highlights from the issue include: - [A gift to nativists.]( Until the end of February, most policymakers and investors wrongly assumed that the effects of the coronavirus crisis would be contained to China. Instead, the worldwide economic disruption will have a lasting impact: reinforcing trends already undermining globalization and boosting nationalists who favor increased protectionism and immigration controls, Philippe Legrain writes. - [Chimerica crumbles](. The United States and China's decoupling was already underway, propelled by both Chinese President Xi Jinping's rigid ideology and U.S. President Donald Trump's nationalism. As the coronavirus pandemic destroys supply chains and portends a shift in the global order, China and the Unites States are swiftly moving even further apart, Orville Schell writes. - [Think local](. Small manufacturing towns in industrial countries have borne the brunt of the economic disruption as new technologies integrate markets around the world. Barriers to immigration and trade aren't likely to help—particularly not as the pandemic will require global cooperation. Left-behind communities should pioneer decentralized governance to save global capitalism from itself, Raghuram Rajan writes. FP Insider subscribers had the opportunity to engage with Raghuram Rajan, former chief economist of the International Monetary Fund and former governor of India’s central bank, in a special conference call on the coronavirus and the global economy. [Listen here](. [Read More]( [Our Cities May Never Be the Same Again]( On this week’s Don’t Touch Your Face podcast: How the coronavirus could transform urban life. The coronavirus has run rampant around the world’s cities, bringing them to a complete standstill. The joys of city life have been upturned as restaurants, theaters, and workplaces have all become potential vectors for transmission of the virus. This week’s episode of Don’t Touch Your Face looks at how cities could be transformed by the pandemic. Will urban residents flee to the suburbs, or will cities persist as they have through past epidemics? Do the world’s metropolises have a rare opportunity to reinvent themselves for a more equitable, sustainable future? You can check out all FP podcasts [here](. [Listen Here]( Partner with Us: Interested in learning more about FP Analytics’ cutting-edge research services, our FP Virtual Dialogue series, or podcast production by FP Studios? Or equipping your team or organization with FP access? Contact Andrew Sollinger at andrew.sollinger@foreignpolicy.com. FOLLOW FP ON This email was sent to {EMAIL} because you are subscribed to FP communications. Want to receive FP newsletters? [Manage]( your FP newsletter preferences. [unsubscribe]( | [privacy policy]( | [contact us]( | [advertise]( Foreign Policy magazine is a division of Graham Holdings Company. All contents © 2020 The Slate Group, LLC. All rights reserved. Foreign Policy, 1750 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Suite 200, Washington, DC 20006.