The gaps and divisions created by the Covid-19 pandemic have profoundly affected international relations because everything about its origins, spread and aftermath has been contentious.
Mukesh Kapila discusses the field of Global Health, and his career thus far, as part of a series of interviews with the contributing authors of the textbook ‘Foundations of International Relations’.
The gaps and divisions created by the Covid-19 pandemic have profoundly affected international relations because everything about the origins and spread of the novel coronavirus has been contentious.
The idea of global health connects an individual’s private concern over their own well-being to the shared necessity to secure the health of everyone, everywhere.
This podcast from Foreign Policy should inspire listeners to think big, despite its largely abstract and Western centric approach to tackling global challenges in a post-pandemic world.
For global cooperation on common threats, the complex composition of regional-multipolar systems must be considered as rising and regional powers compete for resources.
Governments, regardless of type, that recognized the magnitude of the threat at the early stages of the outbreak and enforced social isolation early, suffered from lower infection rates.
Post-modern health diplomacy, more health attachés, more sophisticated bilateral data sharing and long term data partnerships would deliver better solutions.
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