What the Pandemic Means for Counterterrorism

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The global spread of COVID-19 is straining budgets and reordering national security priorities. These developments have massive implications for terrorists, as well as the governments that seek to combat them. In a new piece, Daniel Byman and Andrew Amunson discuss the challenges and opportunities for counterterrorism in the coronavirus era.

In addition, our experts look at how the pandemic is impacting America's hospitality sector, the effectiveness of the CARES Act for vulnerable populations, and the importance of implementing smarter federal rural policies during the crisis. For the full selection of Brookings research and commentary on COVID-19, visit our topic page.

The U.S. hospitality sector during the pandemic. American communities that are travel and tourism destinations—both urban and rural—have been hit especially hard by the COVID-19 crisis. In a three-part roadmap, Tracy Hadden Loh, Annelies Goger, and Sifan Liu provide a framework to help the hospitality sector recover.

Did the CARES Act reach vulnerable Americans? In a new analysis, Stephen Roll and Michal Grinstein-Weiss examine whether households were able to access the expanded unemployment benefits and Economic Impact Payments offered through the CARES Act and assess which groups of people experienced more delays.

How smarter federal policy can save rural America. "The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on rural areas is only just beginning. We must prepare for starkly unequal outcomes and recovery trajectories, and acknowledge that what we have been doing wasn’t working even before the pandemic," write Tracy Hadden Loh and Anthony Pipa.

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