Laurie Trautman

1 month ago | foreignaffairs.com | Edward Alden |Laurie Trautman |Paul C. Avey |Nicholas Mulder

When the COVID-19 virus began spreading across the world, five years ago, countries handled the crisis in myriad ways. Some locked down their populations; some encouraged testing, masking, and social distancing; some traced the outbreaks to cut off new infections; and some did almost nothing at all. But amid this variety of domestic public health measures, nearly every country pursued one common policy: closing their borders. Conservatives and liberals alike embraced border closures.

Jan 10, 2025 | foreignpolicy.com | Edward Alden |Laurie Trautman

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Dec 13, 2024 | theglobeandmail.com | Laurie Trautman |Edward Alden

Dec 1, 2024 | libraryjournal.com | Edward Alden |Laurie Trautman

. Jan. 2025. 336p. ISBN 9780197697818. $29.99. SOC SCI COPY ISBN This work explores how nearly every country closed its borders during the COVID pandemic, complicating life for residents on both sides of the boundaries.

Nov 6, 2024 | cfr.org | Edward Alden |Laurie Trautman

More people traveled internationally in 2019 than in any year in history. After COVID spread rapidly throughout the world, though, international travel plummeted, and nations across the world hardened their borders. For the first time, governments took the same tools that have been used against less privileged migrants and asylum seekers and turned them on citizens from countries that had long enjoyed relatively unfettered travel—and sometimes on their own citizens.