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11 - The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Humankind, Society, and Politics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2023

Iulian Chifu  and
Greg Simons
By
Iulian Chifu
Iulian Chifu
Affiliation:
National Defence University, Bucharest
Greg Simons
Affiliation:
Uppsala Universitet, Sweden
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Summary

The Coronavirus pandemic brought a lot of disruption to all aspects of modern society, including social, economic, political and international aspects. The resulting crisis presented various risks and hazards globally, but where there are threats for some actors, others sense opportunities for attaining their goals. Consequently, around the virus pandemic was an infodemic that tested individual, organisational and governmental responses to COVID-19.

Keywords

COVID-19pandemicinternational relationspoliticssocietysocial mediainformation warfarecrisis
Type
Chapter
Information
Rethinking Warfare in the 21st Century
The Influence and Effects of the Politics, Information and Communication Mix
 , pp. 308 - 340
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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