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Who will solve the world's looming debt crisis? And how?

29th April 2020 Starting the conversation… Alfredo Hernandez Sanchez, PhD Candidate at the Central European University Sovereign borrowing and lending have a geopolitical logic that parallels economic considerations. Governments consider who to borrow from as carefully as they consider when to borrow and how much. As many...

How will the pandemic affect existing crises in the Middle East?

25th April 2020 Starting the conversation… Philipp Hirsch , Research Assistant at the Centre for Geopolitics Corona is changing everything. A lot of new problems and questions will have to be addressed once the current crisis is somewhat under control, about the global economic model or international health policy. However...

What do past pandemics tell us about the likely impact of the Coronavirus pandemic on the international order?

22nd April 2020 Starting the conversation… Brendan Simms , Director of the Centre for Geopolitics It is a common belief that the international order will be fundamentally changed by the coronavirus crisis, with some fearing the final death of the ‘rules based’ system and others celebrating its revival. If so, it may be...

The COVID-19 crisis: what we need from China and why getting it may be difficult

20 April 2020 Starting the conversation… Charles Parton, Senior Associate Fellow, RUSI This title deliberately reflects an ubiquitous and harmful mistake. We should talk of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), not China. Xi Jinping stresses that the Party leads in all spheres. It is important to believe him. Firstly, blaming...

What fallout from sickening-thy-neighbour export curbs on medical supplies?

11th April 2020 Starting the conversation… Simon J. Evenett, Global Trade Alert and University of St. Gallen, Switzerland By my count , as of Good Friday, 102 curbs on COVID-19-related exports of medical supplies have been imposed by 75 governments this year. Currently, Australia, Canada, and Japan are the only sizeable...

How will the pandemic shape conflict?

3rd April 2020 Starting the conversation… Suzanne Raine , Affiliated Lecturer, Centre for Geopolitics In the Middle Ages, plagues altered the course of war. Towns became citadels with their city gates closed as if in a siege. Sometimes, the plague stopped conflict: the Black Death in 1348 caused a seven year pause (but not...

Two paths diverge in global order with the Coronavirus pandemic?

3rd April 2020 Starting the conversation… Kun-Chin Lin, Deputy Director, Centre for Geopolitics We are told that we are standing before a fork in the road – one path draws nations into protectionist, xenophobic cocoons, and the other commits us to a liberal vision of inclusive cooperation across the North-South divide to...

Who will solve the world's looming debt crisis? And how?

How will the pandemic affect existing crises in the Middle East?

What do past pandemics tell us about the likely impact of the Coronavirus pandemic on the international order?

The COVID-19 crisis: what we need from China and why getting it may be difficult

What fallout from sickening-thy-neighbour export curbs on medical supplies?

How will the pandemic shape conflict?

Two paths diverge in global order with the Coronavirus pandemic?

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