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Aftershocks : pandemic politics and the end of the old international order / Colin Kahl and Thomas Wright.

by Kahl, Colin, 1971- author.

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New York : St. Martin's Press, 2021.

COVID-19 (Disease) -- Political aspects.

Epidemics -- Economic aspects.

Epidemics -- Social aspects.

9781250275745 (hardcover) :

1250275741 (hardcover) :

viii, 448 pages ; 25 cm

The 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.

"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. 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. 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"--

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