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100 1 $aKahl, Colin,$d1971-$eauthor.
245 10 $aAftershocks :$bpandemic politics and the end of the old international order /$cColin Kahl and Thomas Wright.
250 $aFirst edition.
264 1 $aNew York :$bSt. Martin's Press,$c2021.
264 4 $c©2021
300 $aviii, 448 pages ;$c25 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages [351]-438) and index.
505 0 $aThe Great War, the Great Influenza, and great ambitions for world order -- Ripples through time -- Primed for peril -- Secrets and lies -- Opportunities lost -- The good, the bad, and the ugly -- The great lockdown -- Vulnerable states, vulnerable peoples -- Conflict and contagion -- Demagogues and democracy -- Rights, robots, and resistance -- Variants and vaccines -- Fighting for a better future.
520 $a"Two of America's leading national security experts offer the most definitive account of the global impact of COVID-19 and the political shock waves it will have on the US and the world order in the 21st Century. The COVID-19 crisis is the greatest shock to world order since World War II. Millions have been infected and killed. The economic crash caused by the pandemic is the worst since the Great Depression, with the International Monetary Fund estimating that it will cost over $9 trillion of global wealth in the next few years. Many will be left impoverished and hungry. Fragile states will be further hollowed out, creating conditions ripe for conflict and mass displacement. Meanwhile, international institutions and alliances already under strain before the pandemic are teetering, while the United States and China, already at loggerheads before the crisis, are careening toward a new Cold War. China's secrecy and assertiveness have shattered hopes that it will become a responsible stakeholder in the international order. Colin Kahl and Thomas Wright's Aftershocks is both a riveting journalistic account of one of the strangest years on record and a comprehensive analysis of the pandemic's ongoing impact on the foundational institutions and ideas that have shaped the modern world. This is the first crisis in decades without a glimmer of American leadership and it shows--there has been no international cooperation on a quintessential global challenge. Every country has followed its own path--nationalizing supplies, shutting their borders, and largely ignoring the rest of the world. The international order the United States constructed seven decades ago is in tatters, and the world is adrift. None of this came out of the blue. Public health experts and intelligence analysts had warned for a decade that a pandemic of this sort was inevitable. The crisis broke against a global backdrop of rising nationalism, backsliding democracy, declining public trust in governments, mounting rebellion against the inequalities produced by globalization, resurgent great power competition, and plummeting international cooperation. And yet, there are some signs of hope. The COVID-19 crisis reminds us of our common humanity and shared fate. The public has, for the most part, responded stoically and with kindness. Some democracies--South Korea, Taiwan, Germany, New Zealand, among others--have responded well. America may emerge from the crisis with a new resolve to deal with non-traditional threats, like pandemic disease, and a new demand for effective collective action with other democratic nations. America may also finally be forced to come to grips with our nation's inadequacies, and to make big changes at home and abroad that will set the stage for opportunities the rest of this century holds. But one thing is certain: America and the world will never be the same again"--$cProvided by publisher.
650 0 $aCOVID-19 (Disease)$xPolitical aspects.
650 0 $aEpidemics$xEconomic aspects.
650 0 $aEpidemics$xSocial aspects.
650 2 $aCOVID-19$xeconomics$0(DNLM)D000086382Q000191
650 7 $aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / Comparative Politics.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / Diplomacy.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aHEALTH & FITNESS / Diseases / Contagious (incl. Pandemics).$2bisacsh
650 7 $aCOVID-19 (Disease)$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01984643
650 7 $aEpidemics$xEconomic aspects.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01984660
650 7 $aEpidemics$xSocial aspects.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00914088
700 1 $aWright, Thomas J.,$eauthor.
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