For the first time in living memory, humanity is confronting a common threat that it must defeat collectively. It is time to start planning for when the eventual victory comes
The coronavirus pandemic has overturned many assumptions about the current world order. As a matter of urgency, it is time to revisit the principles of international security.
In the pandemic, for the first time in living memory, humanity is confronting a ...
... the national sovereignty of states, or new pandemics will force us to pay an increasingly higher price for the priority we give to national sovereignty and the loyalty we show to political particularism
In the four months that have passed since the coronavirus outbreak began, it seems that just about everyone has had something to say about the situation—experts, regular folk, politicians, businesspeople, footballers, ice hockey players, the G7, the G20, the European Union and the African Union....
... face even greater risks. Thus far, Iran has suffered the most. The large-scale sanctions imposed against Iran are extraterritorial in nature, meaning that many companies from third states avoid cooperating with the country as well.
Andrey Kortunov:
Coronavirus: A New Bug or Feature of World Politics?
The sanctions combine several problems and bring them into sharp focus. Iranian exports have been significantly curtailed, which, in turn, reduces the resource base for maintaining the country’s stability ...
