Invisible enemy tests a fractured global order

International response to coronavirus key to preventing economic meltdown

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Policies such as President Donald Trump's "America First" have weakened international cooperation in recent years. © Reuters

MIKIO SUGENO, Nikkei Washington bureau chief

WASHINGTON -- The new coronavirus is fast becoming one of the greatest challenges of the 21st century, rivaling the terror attacks on 9/11 and the 2008 financial crisis. The invisible enemy has caught humanity on its back foot.

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