Senior Research Scholar Wilmot James is a member of Brown University's Pandemic Center, which has just co-published a report with the CSIS Global Health Policy Center and COVID Collaborative on American Democracy
and Pandemic Security. On December 5, 2022, Dr. James participated in "Democracy and Pandemics: Can Free Societies Remain Safe?," a high-level convening to identify solutions to better prepare the United States and other democracies for pandemic threats. This document presents a summary of key themes that emerged during the discussion.