Thomas J. Bollyky

Thomas J. Bollyky is director of the Global Health program and senior fellow for global health, economics, and development at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR). He is also an adjunct professor of law at Georgetown University. Bollyky is also the author of the book Plagues and the Paradox of Progress: Why the World Is Getting Healthier in Worrisome Ways.  

Municipal health workers travel on a boat along the Solimoes river banks to administer the Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine in Manacapuru, Amazonas state, Brazil on February 1, 2021.
Governance

The Middle-Income Nation Squeeze

by Samantha Kiernan, Priyanka Sethy, Kailey Shanks, Thomas J. Bollyky

Equity and the global COVID-19 vaccine rollout

A general view of Alemao slums complex during the coronavirus disease outbreak in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on March 22, 2020.
Urbanization

Where the Sidewalk Ends

by Thomas J. Bollyky, Samantha Kiernan

The implications of COVID-19 for urban health

Dr. Ronni Gamzu is vaccinated against coronavirus as Israel kicks off its vaccination campaign, at Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center (Ichilov Hospital) in Tel Aviv, Israel on December 20, 2020.
Governance

Inside Israel's Vaccination Campaign

by Ted Alcorn, Thomas J. Bollyky

Interview with former Israeli coronavirus czar Dr. Ronni Gamzu on Israel's pandemic response