Abstract
From the beginning of the year 2020 until now, the Covid-19 pandemic has heavily, deeply and comprehensively impacted the state of international politics and security in both positive and negative directions. On one hand, the pandemic has encouraged nations to strengthen cooperation in order to effectively deal with the risks that it brought; on the other hand, it has contributed to a rise in competition as well as opposition between countries and global powers alike, especially between the U.S. and China, in multiple politics and security-related issues. In the coming times, the state of international politics and security is predicted to witness many changes, especially in the context where the U.S. is highly expected to adjust its policies. For this text, the writer will place an emphasis on providing in-depth analysis on the negative impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic on the state of international politics and security, and therefore provide commentary on the trends of the state of international politics and security in the coming times.
Highlights
It can be stated that the Covid-19 pandemic has greatly impacted the state of international politics and security, both positively and negatively, even though the impact is still negative
That the U.S will not be straying from this trajectory regardless of who its leader is is supported by the fact that while the U.S is undergoing the Trump-Biden transition of power, China has thoroughly exploited the gaps in the U.S.’s power to successfully sign with 15 Asian and Pacific countries the RCEP Treaty (Eleanor Albert, 2020)
With the signing of this Treaty, China has initially succeeded in breaking through the political and economic blockade (Vietnam News Agency, 2020c) that the Trump administration has imposed on this country since 2017, by making the RCEP countries China’s domestic export markets and importers for Chinese microchips, avoiding the disruption of China’s supply chain that was caused by the U.S.’s economic sanctions
Summary
It can be stated that the Covid-19 pandemic has greatly impacted the state of international politics and security, both positively and negatively, even though the impact is still negative. According to the figures provided by the World Health Organization (WHO) on November 28th 2020, the total number of Covid-19 cases is 60.3m globally, with 1.42m having perished (VTV News, 2020a). This has brought the world’s economic growth rate from 3% (2019) to -4.9% (2020) (VTV News, 2020b), and affected the international politics and security outlook through increasing nationalism, competition of global powers such as the U.S.-China rivalry, and unconventional security issues such as nuclear security, terrorism, separatism and ultra-nationalism.
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