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Covid-19 Impact on International Relations

2020

As a result of the spread of infection with the new Coronavirus (COVID-19) throughout the world, the social impact can create more problems than the virus itself. The outbreak of panic is the essential element in the spate of problems. Disruptions in international trade, availability of resources and goods lead to disruptions in international relations. COVID-19 demonstrated the limitations of political systems in addressing such outbreaks.

INTERNATIONAL ORDER AFTER COVID–19 PANDEMIC

4. ASIA PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON CONTEMPORARY STUDIES, 2020

The effects of the COVID-19 outbreak in many areas have the potential of leading to a subtle transformation. The spread of the disease around the globe is a multilayered issue that affects both politics and economics. Globalization and new world order debates took on a new dimension with the COVID-19 pandemic. These debates on the course of international politics and the global economy have brought up the need to reconsider the concepts of democracy, authoritarianism, economic nationalism, xenophobia and so on, which have been ignored for some time. It is one of the primary curiosities that the states, which have been tending to concentrate the power in a single center for a long time and gradually turn into them, will waive the powers they have acquired with many measures they have taken due to this pandemic. Just after the first shock of the outbreak, many discussions have started in many platforms about how to shape the world. What effects will governments' approach to the global pandemic with national solutions will have on the future of the international system? Moreover, which of the states that put forward different methods in combating the outbreak will ultimately succeed and their position in the post-epidemic world order, whether being a dominant actor at a global level is completely related to the response to this epidemic. As these debates continue, the handling of corona virus as a “security” issue by states has also begun to be on the agenda. Recently, these and similar issues caused by the new type of corona virus have been occupying the agenda of the global public opinion. In this regard, there are some questions to be answered in the minds of the global community such as could the coronavirus epidemic really open the door of a new era in which states become stronger and nationalist feelings are increasingly revived? Are we going to witness the change of the definition of globalization that we are now getting accused after the pandemic? Can we think that trade wars and economic isolation efforts will gradually strengthen? With political and economic effects, will the post-epidemic order bring about a social collapse? What transformation awaits states and international organizations, which are the main actors of the international system? What kind of future are the states that highlight their "national" policies and interests even during the “global” pandemic period? In this context, this study tries to express possible changes and transformations in the political and economic order after COVID-19 in the light of the questions above. Keywords: COVID-19 Pandemic, International Order, Globalization, Political and Economic Order, Post-Corona Global Order, USA- China Rivalry, Supply Chain

Diplomacy, Society and the COVID-19 Challenge, Routledge, 2023.

Routledge, 2023

Diplomacy, Society and the COVID-19 Challenge brings together authors from various disciplinary backgrounds to examine the impacts of the pandemic on world politics and international relations, focusing on diplomacy and national, regional, and global responses to COVID-19. The authors adopt a critical perspective which questions the general assumption that security is only related to state security. The book’s first part deals with diplomacy and COVID-19, exploring forms such as virtual, digital, and science diplomacy. The second part, on national and regional responses to COVID-19, provides a detailed evaluation of the foreign policies of states and regional actors and the national/regional impacts of the pandemic. The third part investigates the responses of international organisations, such as NATO and the OECD, to COVID-19’s transformative and disruptive effects. This book will be of interest to students, scholars, and researchers of international relations, diplomacy, security studies, global governance, political science, political economy, and global public health, especially those with a particular focus on COVID-19 and how it has changed the world.

Understanding International Politics and Making Sense of the Post-Covid-19 Period

YTB PUBLISHING, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic, considered the most important event of the new century and one of the turning points according to some, undoubtedly affects every aspect of social life. The most important factor in this pandemic is that it hinders globalization and mobilization like never before. Therefore, the international political consequences of a crisis that caused such destruction arouse curiosity. In this study, although it is accepted that the financial effects of the pandemic will have serious consequences in the short term, it is argued that it will not cause a radical change. The study is divided into four parts. In the first and second sections, the effects of pandemics on world history as an actor and factor are examined and the consequences of the COVID-19 crisis are shown. The third part shows what the international system and international politics look like and in what cases a transformation is necessary for change. In the last section, it is shown that the pandemic cannot cause such a change.

COVID-19 AND THE THEORIES OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

BIISS JOURNAL, VOL. 41, NO. 4, 2020

This article investigates the Covid-19 crisis prevalent all over the world from three dominant theories of international relations: neorealism, neoliberal institutionalism and social constructivism. The policies being taken globally, regionally and internationally by relevant states and other actors have been investigated from each of their perspectives. The study also tries to predict how the future policies can be based on the roles of actors or institutions related to the aforementioned theories. While neorealism looks at the pandemic as a traditional interstate competition under the rules of self-help and anarchy, neoliberal institutionalism emphasises on the roles of different institutional endeavours and governance structures. Social constructivism follows a different approach and brings in the dynamics of intersubjective identities, collective measures and normativity. In order to present a holistic analysis, the paper compares and contrasts the situation with other similar events like the outbreak of the Spanish Influenza in the previous century or other major epidemics.

COVID-19 from the lens of Global International Relations

OASIS, 2022

Although the initiation of COVID-19 vaccination brought hope, IFM forecasts that the main fault line to global recovery is access to vaccines, an argument that reinforces the idea that COVID-19 is a syndemic and not a pandemic. This article argues that from the lens of Global International Relations three elements impact vaccine access and affordability: human security, global governance, and International Law. First, the health emergency requires rethinking security considering the multiple risks and threats centred on the human being. Second, inefficiency of global governance led to the success of vaccine diplomacy over Covax Facility, as well as India and South Africa’s long and uncertain struggle for a waiver in the World Trade Organisation. Finally, although Law plays an essential role in building resilience in situations of vulnerability, the inter-national legal system lacks treaties that rule pandemics or establish limits to intellectual property if the immunity of herd requires it.