Changes in International Relations and Collaboration Among Nations Due to COVID-19
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COVID-19 AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
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Covid-19 and International Relations: Collaboration and Support among Nations Across the Globe The current health pandemic caused by / COVID-19 posits the need for a revision in the way nations interact with each other. In many countries, the policies made to curb the spread of the novel virus are dictated by the political class of the nation. However, international society has been affected the national policies and politics. Therefore, global interaction has been highly affected by the pandemic. There are no clear pointers on how international relations among nations will be affected by the pandemic, especially several years after the health crisis is resolved. Therefore, the current research explores how the pandemic will affect how nations interact, especially when facing an international crisis. The Vital facets to explore will include the influence of international organizations such as the World Health Organization (WHO) on the national policies and politics, the level of interaction and collaboration when addressing international issues. Introduction COVID-19 has affected many facets of national and international affairs such as the economic and commercial activities carried out by nations. Therefore, the pandemic has become a global issue that is affecting people across the globe. Nations have been forced to take measures such as closing economic activities that put people together, full lockdowns, and even curfews at certain times (Koh, 2020, p. 322). As explained by Arndt et al. (2020, p. 100410), the adverse results of the pandemic to nations include an economic slump in many economic areas across the globe. The fact that nations have been affected regardless of their economic status has forced nations to come together and take mutual effort towards addressing the crisis. This collaboration is eminent in efforts such as immunization, enforcing the health standards, and even sharing of research progress in addressing the pandemic (Davies and Wenham, 2020, p. 1228). The collaboration is what has seen effective positive results as nations rely on each other to steer the global society out of the crisis. One of the issues affecting the progress is the fact that the virus is mutating, and therefore, rendering the immunization process less effective. There are chances that one might still get infected by the virus even after getting immunized. Therefore, there is a need for advanced collaboration across the research institutions across the globe to ward of the mutation of the virus and ensure that a lasting solution is realized (Banda et al., 2021, p. 320; Feng, et al., 2020, p. 10203). The collaborations will ensure that the improved vaccines developed after research are more effective and cater to the various variants of the virus. The pandemic has forced nations to work together to realize the appreciable progress in the effort towards warding off the virus. What remains unclear is how the collaboration established will be maintained and help drive the global community and the nations forwards as they face future issues. The current collaboration has not been without certain glitches. However, the glo...
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