Peter Brookes is a senior research fellow, focusing on weapons of mass destruction and counter proliferation, in the Davis Institute for National Security and Foreign Policy at The Heritage Foundation.
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As the world battles the COVID-19 pandemic, the White House has warned time and time again that a vaccine for the SARS-CoV-2 virus won’t be… Read More
Health CareCommentary
Across the country, governments are preparing to reopen society and the economy after the initial wave of coronavirus cases subsides. Regions, states, and localities are… Read More
Health CareCommentary
Since first emerging in China late last year, the novel coronavirus quickly has become a global crisis. The SARS-CoV-2 virus and COVID-19, the disease it… Read More
Health CareCommentary
SARS-CoV-2, the biological pathogen that causes the COVID-19 disease, is a vicious virus. While much remains to be learned, the new coronavirus seems to be… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Americans can’t wait for the restrictions on their movements and interactions—widely known as social distancing—to end. That’s completely understandable. The coronavirus crisis has widely disrupted… Read More
SecurityCommentary
During the daily White House briefing yesterday on the government’s responses to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, President Donald Trump announced that he had signed an… Read More
SecurityCommentary
As the State Department warns Americans not to travel internationally and advises all Americans abroad to return home or prepare to shelter in place, the… Read More
Health CareCommentary
Some commentators have ominously suggested that the United States is just a few days—maybe a week to 10 days—behind the crippling coronavirus crisis that is… Read More
Health CareCommentary
The Trump administration’s response to the coronavirus outbreak thus far has been robust as the disease that originated in Wuhan, China, spreads across the world…. Read More
InternationalCommentary
Add surface-to-air missiles to the growing list of advanced weapons—such as cruise missiles, ballistic missiles, and armed drones—that Iran is smuggling to its proxy, the… Read More
