| Week | Date | Topic | Speaker |
| 1 | June 24 | Patchwork Responses to Pandemic in Comparison · Defining concepts (nation-states, federalism, regime type, regional/global authorities, non-governmental organizations, etc.) · Differential responses across countries, regions, and states · Public opinion, trust & compliance · Covid-19 vs Democracy · Ideology, rise of populism on left/right |
Panel: Makrukh Doctor Vivien Schmidt |
| 2 | July 1 | Information Warfare & Pandemic: How Countries media Organizations and Civil Society Frame the Virus · Civil Society Response · (Mis)Information · World Health Organization (WHO) warned of a massive coronavirus “infodemic,” describing this as “an over-abundance of information” |
Dr. Jonas Kaiser, Dr. Jennifer Kavanagh, Felice Freyer, Dr. Shoshana Madmoni-Gerber |
| 3 | July 8 | From Quorum to Proxy: Remote Governance · How to run elections, campaigns, and conventions during pandemics? · Virtual Legislating · Economic Impact · Getting out the Vote |
Congressman Jim McGovern & Professor Michal Ben-Josef Hirsch |
| 4 | July 15 | Militarization of US Policy-Costs, Consequences, and COVID | Dr. Andrew Bacevich, Professor Rachael Cobb, Professor Christina Kulich-Vamvakas |
| 5 | July 22 | Migrants, Refugees, & Fragile States—The Humanitarian Crisis and COVID-19 | Doulas S. Massey, Maria Toyoda, Ragini Shah, Adriana Lafaille, Dara Lind |
| 6 | July 29 | Partisanship vs. Pandemic: Common Enemy, Disjointed Responses, Unequal Impact · Competent leadership and the role of experts in agencies and legislatures · Congressional / Legislative response · Executive Leadership · Societal Response |
Panel: Sarah Binder,
Julia Azari,
Brian Conley
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| 7 | August 5 | Coronavirus Negligence: Risk, Liability & Liberty · Privacy vs. Pandemic · Freedom vs Quarantine · Liability Issues |
Panel: Renee Landers, Rachel Rollins, and Shannon Liss-Riordan |
| 8 | August 12 | How Covid-19 will Change National Security · NSC Threat Assessment · Preparedness, command & control · Intelligence · Homeland Health Security |
Panel: Quentin Palfrey, Esther Sperling, Dr. Gregory F. Treverton, Dr. Kathleen J. McInnis, Jen Kirby |
| 9 | August 19 |
What do we know? Looking ahead to the New Normal · The future of work, school & welfare? |
Panel: Mark Boyer, Shareen Hertel, Daron Acemoglu, David Paleologos, Roger Fisk |
