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  • David A. Andelman
    Author and foreign correspondent

    David A. Andelman is a veteran foreign correspondent, author and commentator who contributes frequently to CNN Opinion on global affairs.

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  • Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez (L), French President Emmanuel Macron (C) and German Chancellor Angela Merkel (R) look into documents during an EU summit in Brussels on July 20, 2020, as the leaders of the European Union hold their first face-to-face summit over a post-virus economic rescue plan. (Photo by JOHN THYS / POOL / AFP) (Photo by JOHN THYS/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

    Trump could learn from Europe's leaders, who've begun charting a recovery from Covid-19

  • 200704-N-ML137-1021 SOUTH CHINA SEA (July 4, 2020) An F/A-18E Super Hornet flies over the flight deck of the Navy's only forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), maintaining Ronald Reagan's tactical presence on the seas. Ronald Reagan is the flagship of Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 5. The Nimitz and Ronald Reagan CSGs are conducting dual-carrier operations as the Nimitz Carrier Strike Force. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Samantha Jetzer/Released)

    Trump's risky nose-to-nose challenge to China in the South China Sea

  • A man and a woman walk on the Bir-Hakeim bridge in front of the Eiffel Tower in Paris on April 2, 2020 on the seventeenth day of a strict lockdown in France to stop the spread of COVID-19 (novel coronavirus). (Photo by Philippe LOPEZ / AFP) (Photo by PHILIPPE LOPEZ/AFP via Getty Images)

    A European ban on US travelers would send a humbling message

  • David Andelman

    As America reopens, I fear I'll be isolating for years

  • Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a video conference meeting with heads of Russia's regions over the Covid-19 coronavirus situation, at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence outside Moscow on April 28, 2020.

    Uh oh, Putin's following Trump's Covid-19 playbook

  • From left, Kim Jong Un, Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin

    Trump's strongman diplomacy is coming apart under Covid-19

  • In this image provided by the Michigan Office of the Governor, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer addresses the state during a speech in Lansing, Mich., Monday, April 6, 2020. Whitmer said Detroit-area hospitals are running "dangerously low" on personal protection equipment during the COVID-19 pandemic. She also reported an "incredible surge" in the number of unemployment claims and promised that people would get paid, despite computer woes and bureaucratic red tape.