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The Political Implications of COVID-19 for Globalization: Ways to Develop a Global World After the Pandemic

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 November 2021

Andrey Volkov*
Affiliation:
Faculty of Global Studies, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskiye Gory GSP-1, Building 13A, 119991, Moscow, Russian Federation. Email: and.volkov@rambler.ru

Abstract

The article is concerned with analysing the key challenges afflicting the world order. The coronavirus pandemic has hit the entire world order, and only now is humankind beginning to realize its far-reaching consequences. An analysis of expert opinions allows us to conclude that, in the near future, not much of the global balance of power will change, although tensions will rise among the world powers regarding leadership and ‘survival’ in terms of the political and economic crisis of the world system caused by the pandemic. The research results can be used to reinforce the line of international and foreign policy activities, as well as be used in the development of scientific programmes in the field of challenges and alternatives to globalization.

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© The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of Academia Europaea

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