This report argues that the Biden Administration needs to take steps to ensure vaccines are distributed equitably, efficiently and effectively around the world, as it would not only restore U.S. global public health leadership, but also prevent the emergence of future coronavirus variants.

The two main threats to natural resource management caused by COVID-19 are the negative impact on ecosystems (and thereby resources) of increased human interaction with the environment, and the increased disregard for international environmental laws, norms and regulations, by both individuals and nations. This paper looks at some of the issues facing Indo-Pacific nations.

COVID-19 presents new challenges to the existing governance objectives of USAID’s Indo-Pacific Strategy, especially as great power competitors, like China, use the pandemic as a vehicle to further exacerbate existing democratic backsliding, corruption and disinformation.