The President of the International Institute for Iranian Studies (Rasanah) participated on Tuesday April 7, 2020 in “The Virtual Global Town Hall to Save Lives and Livelihoods” hosted by Think Tanks & Civil Societies Program, the Lauder Institute, the University of Pennsylvania. Over 300 think tank executives and scholars from 170 institutions in 65 countries participated in the Global Think Tank Town Hall where they discussed the ways to respond to the COVID-19 crisis. The interactive Town Hall meeting addressed the new and unprecedented policy problems our countries are facing, and will face in the coming months and the existential challenges and disruptions the virus has imposed on think tanks around the world. They also submitted policy proposals to address the crisis on the regional and international levels.
