"Coronavirus & Global Politics" - This online #iq2 event has just started, with Ritula Shah, Anne Applebaum, David Goodheart, and Paul Mason
Initial audience responses at #iq2:
Governments have done the right thing "to shut down the global economy" and "countries are too reliant on global supply chains"
"Beware coronavirus confirmation bias" - wise advice from @David_Goodhart at #iq2
In the face of #covid19: The potential capabilities of the USA are sorely restricted by deeply toxic divisions; Politicians in the EU have fewer toxic divisions but coordination is oh-so-slow. Even EU fans are frustrated by its apparent collective incompetence - #iq2 panellists
Whatever the reaction against globalism, it's unlikely that even the most populist anti-globalist leaders would restrict imports into their countries of #covid19 vaccines developed overseas. International trade is bound to continue in some form - @anneapplebaum at #iq2
People arguing to push back against Chinese influence in the wake of #covid19 are going to get a surprise when they discover the extent of the power of the network China has created with international & geopolitical influence - @paulmasonnews at #iq2
The #iq2 audience doesn't have much confidence in cooperation at G7/G20 to fight the virus. But there's more confidence that future elections will be digital rather than at physical polls. My view is that moving parliament online is long overdue
Q for #iq2: Rather than a return of austerity or higher taxes, is there any prospect of a wider change in society, with less interest in consumerism in the wake of the trauma being lived through?
Many countries that went quickly to lockdown have Catholic heritage: France, Spain, Italy, Poland. Countries with Protestant heritage moved more reluctantly to lockdown, or like Sweden don't have it yet. What to think about this distinction, raised by @David_Goodhart at #iq2?
The countries that have responded best to #covid19 include Asian countries like South Korea with vigorous democracies. That observation from @anneapplebaum at #iq2 may provide some reassurance for the future
Trump will go full Bonapartist, taking national control in the US of what is presently a fractured response to #covid19, creating a national health system in the process, and will win the next election as a result - prediction by @David_Goodhart in his closing thoughts at #iq2
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