Overcoming Vaccine Distrust Among Black Americans, Rebuilding the US Foreign Service, and More

January 4, 2021

Black Americans are 60% less likely than other racial groups to say they will definitely or probably take the COVID-19 vaccine. In a recent op-ed, Rashawn Ray provides recommendations for how the U.S. should address this gap to ensure that the group hardest hit by COVID-19 gets vaccinated.

There is no question that the U.S. foreign service suffered under the Trump administration. But an “amnesty” to rehire former foreign service officers will not revitalize America’s professional diplomacy in the ways most needed to meet contemporary challenges, argues Jeffrey Feltman.

“In the years to come, geopolitical multipolarity will need to be made compatible with international peace and cooperation—the best guarantees of human progress. We will also need to repair the cracks in our digital societies and achieve a sustainable equilibrium with nature. These are tough but manageable challenges,” writes Javier Solana.

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