THE rapid spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) changed life on the planet virtually overnight. It also became a crash test for international relations, both at the level of individual countries and multilateral associations. The obvious consequences include an economic recession, a crisis of global governance and the growth of protectionist and isolationist sentiments. The pandemic has seriously limited humanitarian, cultural and tourist exchanges, as well as people-to-people contacts. But this is only the tip of the iceberg.
Of course, when we leave the crisis behind, which will certainly happen one day, we will need to make a comprehensive analysis of the world’s ability to withstand such challenges and find common responses to them. However, we believe that some conclusions can already be made now.
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