Unlike their neighbors, the Finns never stopped stockpiling after the Cold War. Now Finland sits on an enviable supply of medical and survival gear in the Covid-19 era.

2019 Aspen Ideas Festival speaker Leta Hong Fincher on the oppression of women abroad and in the US, and the role gender equality plays in a healthy democracy.

Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen is expressing cautious optimism that her country will be able to begin a gradual reopening after Easter. "The Danish way of doing things is working," she said Monday.

Norway, one of the first European countries to curb activities to rein in the spread of the coronavirus, will relax restrictions "little by little", the prime minister said on Tuesday.

Sophie Wilmès was only meant to be a caretaker leader. Instead, she’s calmly leading Belgium through its worst crisis since World War II.

As other countries limit tests, Iceland has undertaken an ambitious model to test anyone who is willing.

Women’s representation in political decision-making continues to increase but at a sluggish pace

From the White House to the CDC, political and institutional failures cascaded through the system and opportunities to mitigate the pandemic were lost.

At critical turning points, Chinese authorities put secrecy and order ahead of openly confronting the growing crisis and risking public alarm or political embarrassment.