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Corona Crises, English7. April 2020 | Antonia Witt
An Island of Internationalism: The African Union’s Fight Against Corona
Although corona is a global health threat, immediate reactions to contain its spread have mainly followed a logic of national sovereignty, threatening many of the hard-won achievements of decades of international cooperation. In this situation, the African Union (AU) is a rare case of internationalism: it has played an important role in providing coordination, expertise and technical support to its member states, engaging in advocacy, and mobilizing resources. It is imperative to applaud, but…

Corona Crises, English, Series6. April 2020 | Mikhail Polianskii
From Russia with Love?! Putin and the Pandemic
For Russia the novel SARS-CoV-2 still seems to be the best of a bad lot, as the country still reports relatively low numbers of infected people. But, if coupled with other pre-existing problems (power transfer and economic hardships), the pandemic could exacerbate an already unstable situation and lead to new unpredictable foreign policy moves. Russia’s strategy in times of SARS-CoV-2 is most likely going to be threefold: further working on its global image by sending aid and offering…

Corona Crises, Deutsch3. April 2020 | Ben Christian, Sascha Hach
Infizierte Weltordnung: Ende des Lagerdenkens – Comeback der UN!
Das Corona-Virus könnte die schon länger kriselnde internationale Ordnung grundlegend verändern. In den Reaktionen auf die globale Pandemie deutet sich – so unsere These – ein einschneidender Paradigmenwechsel an: Das bisher dominante Paradigma des Wettkampfs wird Schritt für Schritt abgelöst von einem neuen Paradigma der Kooperation. Noch ist unklar, wie nachhaltig dieser Trend ist. Aber die Krise macht Wandel möglich. Globale Solidarität lautet das Wort der Stunde: Es ist Zeit für egalitären…

Corona Crises, Deutsch, Series2. April 2020 | Gregor Hofmann
Corona und die humanitäre Situation in Syrien: Die drohende Katastrophe in der Katastrophe
In der aktuellen Berichterstattung über die COVID-19-Pandemie wird kaum über das Schicksal derer berichtet, für die die Coronaviruskrise eine dramatische Verschlechterung ihrer ohnehin oft hoffnungslosen Situation bringen könnte: Vertriebene, Flüchtlinge, Menschen in Konfliktgebieten. Die Corona-Krise droht existierende humanitäre Krisen zu verschärfen. Ein Blick auf Nordsyrien zeigt, dass ein COVID-19-Ausbruch in solchen Situationen einerseits neue Konflikte hervorrufen und andererseits die…

Corona Crises, English1. April 2020 | Felix Bethke, Jonas Wolff
COVID-19 as a Threat to Civic Spaces Around the World
As countries across the globe are desperately trying to control the COVID-19 pandemic, a rapidly increasing number of governments have started to impose severe restrictions on core civic freedoms. Although restrictions are currently necessary to save lives and protect health care from overburdening, these emergency measures must be proportional and strictly limited in time. It is crucial to monitor how restrictions are implemented to prevent governments from using the current crisis to justify…

Corona Crises, English, Series30. March 2020 | Manjana Sold, Clara-Auguste Süß
The Coronavirus as a Means to an End: Extremist Reinterpretations of the Pandemic
Various aspects of society and everyday life have become affected by the clampdown on the Coronavirus pandemic and the restrictions enforced to prevent it from spreading. While the spread of COVID-19 continues to be fought and researched under extreme pressure, many uncertainties remain regarding its origin and the social, political and economic consequences. These uncertainties are easily exploited by extremists such as right-wing and Islamist extremists. The spread of the Coronavirus is thus…

Corona Crises, Deutsch26. March 2020 | Nicole Deitelhoff, Stefan Kroll
Corona ist mehr als eine Krise
Die Rede an die Nation von Angela Merkel markiert in verschiedener Hinsicht einen Wendepunkt in der Corona-Krise: Die Maßnahmen werden akzeptiert, die politische Kontroverse kehrt zurück, die Krisenfelder erweitern sich. Einleitung zu einer PRIF-Blogreihe.