Samantha Kiernan
Samantha Kiernan is a Schwarzman Scholar at Tsinghua University in Beijing, China. Previously, she worked as a program coordinator for global health at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), a research associate on global health, economics, and development at CFR, and an outreach and analysis consultant at the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East. She has also interned with the nonprofit buildOn, U.S. Department of State, and Irish Parliament. Samantha graduated from Brown University with a bachelor's degree in international relations and a regional focus on China.
U.S. Abortion Law and Dissenting from the Norm
The United States is an outlier on abortion access
How the U.S. COVID-19 Response Lost the Plot After Omicron
The reasons why the United States is struggling with COVID-19 are changing
North Korea's COVID-19 Crisis: An Impossible Outbreak in the "Impossible State"
Victor Cha, Korea chair at CSIS, on the health, political, and economic factors shaping North Korea's outbreak
How Russia's Invasion Shot Down Sputnik V
Russia's decision to invade Ukraine hinders the use and distribution of its vaccine worldwide
Lifting the Curtain on COVID Border Restrictions
Tracking COVID-19 entry policies for Ukrainian refugees
Billions Committed, Millions Delivered
The mixed record of vaccine donations and diplomacy
Noncommunicable Diseases Kill Slowly in Normal Times and Quickly in COVID-19 Times
Why addressing chronic diseases is crucial for future pandemic preparedness
What Afghanistan Stands to Lose
Two decades of health progress at risk with the return of the Taliban
Wanted: One Billion Booster Shots
What the COVID-19 booster shot debate means for global vaccine access
Pandemic Protests: When Unrest and Instability Go Viral
Ensuring health security is essential for maintaining national security