"Coronavirus & Global Politics" - This online #iq2 event has just started, with Ritula Shah, Anne Applebaum, David Goodheart, and Paul Mason
https://twitter.com/intelligence2/status/1248290323173912576
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"
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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