Coronavirus pandemic as a universal catalyst of identification political processes in the states of The Associated Trio
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.61345/1339-7915.2023.3.11Keywords:
pandemic, identification, globalization, civil society, universalismAbstract
The authors analyze possible consequences of COVID-19 which triggered political processes both in the states of the European Union and the states of the Associated Trio. It is noted that in current conditions, European nations will have to affirm their European status and their own self-reliance. Besides, in a new world order, during new political fragmentation, there is the probability of individual states’ enhanced roles and the discovery of new opportunities for the states of the Associated Trio. The article states that the pandemic objectively provided a convenient opportunity for the legitimization of the new world order philosophy, based on self-interest and protectionism. Because many states adopted a self-centered strategy of behavior, the issue of identifying opportunities and related political proceedings had been brought to the forefront. The authors of the article defined the main negative and positive consequences of the pandemic. Among the negative ones, the democratic regime’s weakening of competitive abilities is highlighted, which can lead to the volatility of the identification of political processes in the Associated Trio states. The possible revision of the balance of power between nations is noted as positive consequence for the Associated Trio states, which is associated with the effectiveness of response to the spread of the virus in each individual nation and the societal unity based on identification priorities.
References
Bickley, S.J., Chan, H.F., Skali, A. et al. (2021), How does globalization affect COVID-19 responses? Global Health, 17. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12992-021-00677-5.
Dabla-Norris, E., Gaspar, V. and Kochhar, K. (2020), Preparing for an Unknown World, Finance and development. Policies, Politics, and Pandemics. A Quarterly Publication of the International Monetary Fund, 57(2), pp. 24-25 (retrieved from https://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/fandd/2020/06/pdf/ fd0620.pdf).
Deutsche Welle (2021), Angela Merkel says unvaccinated have duty to get jab, 21 November (retrieved from https://p.dw.com/p/42uWS
Edelman, R. (2020), Trust Imperative, Finance and development. Policies, Politics, and Pandemics. A Quarterly Publication of the International Monetary Fund, 57(2), pp. 30-31 (retrieved from https://www. imf.org/external/pubs/ft/fandd/2020/ 06/pdf/fd0620.pdf).
European Parliament (2021), The EU’s role in combating the COVID-19 pandemic: how to vaccinate the world (continuation of debate), 24 November (retrieved from https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/ document/CRE-9-2021-11-24-INT-3-170-0000_EN.html).
Flinders, M. (2021), Democracy and the Politics of Coronavirus: Trust, Blame and Understanding, Parliamentary Affairs, 74(2), pp. 483 502. https://doi.org/ 10.1093/pa/gsaa013
Frieden, J. (2020), The Political Economy of Economic Policy, Finance and development. Policies, Politics, and Pandemics. A Quarterly Publication of the International Monetary Fund, 57(2), pp. 4-9 (retrieved from https://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/fandd/2020/06/pdf/fd0620.pdf).
Fukuyama, F. (2020), The Pandemic and Political Order (retrieved from https://www.foreignaffairs.com/ articles/world/2020-06-09/pandemic-and-political-order).
Gates, B. (2020), The first modern pandemic: the scientific advances we need to stop COVID-19 (retrieved from https://www.gatesnotes.com/Health/Pandemic-Innovation).
Gonzalez-Padilla, D.A., Tortolero-Blanco, L. (2020), Social media influence in the COVID-19 Pandemic, International Braz J Urol, 46. https://doi.org/10.1590/S1677-5538.IBJU.2021.02.01
Highfield, R. (2021), The COVID-19 pandemic: when science collided with politics, culture and the human imagination, Interface Focus, 11. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsfs. 2021.0070
Kelemen, R. D. (2020), The European Union’s Authoritarian Equilibrium, Journal of European Public Policy, 27, pp. 481–499. https://doi.org/10.1080/13501763.2020. 1712455
Kepli, S. (2020), Pravda o koronaviruse: opravdal li sebya osobyj put’ SHvecii? Glava MID Ann Linde v Conflict Zone [The truth about the coronavirus: did Sweden justify itself in a special way? Foreign Minister Anne Linde in the Conflict Zone], Deutsche Welle, 3 July (retrieved from https://p.dw.com/p/3el9I).
Kissinger, H.A. (2020), The Coronavirus Pandemic Will Forever Alter the World Order, (retrieved from https:// www.wsj.com/articles/the-coronavirus-pandemic-will-forever-alter-the-world-order-1158595 3005).
Lavrynenko, H. (2019), Modeling modern trends of retraditionalism in the post-Soviet states, Społeczeństwo i Polityka, 1(58), pp. 79–94.
Le Monde avec AFP (2021), Manifestations dans plusieurs villes contre le passe sanitaire, tensions à Paris, Lyon et Annecy, Le Monde, 14 July (retrieved from www.lemonde.fr/politique/article/2021/07/14/ des-milliers-de-personnes-mobilisees-en-france-contre-le-passe-sanitaire_6088263_823448.html).
Lemarié, A. (2021), L’offensive vaccinale d’Emmanuel Macron face à la menace épidémique, Le Monde, 13 July (retrieved from www.lemonde.fr/politique/article/2021/07/13/covid-19-emmanuel-macron- contraint -de-mettre-un-coup-de-frein-au-virus-et-a-ses-reformes_6088090_823448.html).
Lomsadze, G. (2020), Georgia gets rare plaudits for coronavirus response, 20 March (retrieved from https://eurasianet.org/georgia-gets-rare-plaudits-for-coronavirus-response).
Martin, J.C., Roman, C. (2021), The effects of COVID-19 on EU federalism, Eastern Journal for European Studies, 12, Special Issue, pp. 126-148. https://doi.org/10.47743/ejes-2021-SI06.
Milne, R., Crow, D. (2020), Why vaccine ‘nationalism’ could slow coronavirus fight, Financial Times, 14 May (retrieved from https://www.ft.com/content/6d542894-6483-446c-87b0-96c65e89bb2c).
Müller, J.W. (2020). Populists Are Likely to Benefit from the Coronavirus Pandemic, 16 April (retrieved from https://www.republic-of-letters.eu/populists-are-likely-to-benefit-from-the-coronavirus-pandemic/).
Oxford Economics (2020), Coronavirus: World economy faces a short, sharp shock, 4 March (retrieved from https://resources.oxfordeconomics.com/hubfs/Virus% 20news%20release%206%20March%20 2020/World%20economy%20faces%20a%20short,%20sharp%20shock%20.pdf).
Pinker, S. (2012), The Better Angels of Our Nature. Why Violence Has Declined, Penguin Books, 832 p.
Prymush M., Lavrynenko H. (2020). Political identity as a security factor of Ukrainian statehood, Przeglad Strategiczny, Х (13), pp. 297-316. https://doi.org/10.14746/ ps.2020.1.18.
Reuters News Service (2021), Greek PM says Covid-19 vaccinations mandatory for some groups, Сyprus Mail, 12 July (retrieved from https://cyprus-mail.com/2021/07/12/greek-pm-says-covid-19- vaccinations-mandatory-for-some-groups/).
Robertson, R. (1992), Globalization: Social theory and Global culture, London: Sage.
Salmon, W.C. (1963), Logic. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 2d ed.
Sheyko, Y. (2021), Trio Gruzii, Moldovy, Ukrainy - konkurent “Vostochnomu partnerstvu”? [Trio of Georgia, Moldova, Ukraine - a competitor to the “Eastern Partnership”?], Deutsche Welle, 1 July (retrieved from https://p.dw.com/p/3vtDG ).
Supreme Court of United States (1905), Jacobson v. Massachusetts, 197 US 11 (retrieved from https://scholar. google.com/scholar_case?case=16169198038706839183&q= jacobson+v+massachusetts&hl=en&as_ sdt=2006).
Susskind, D. (2020), Life Post–COVID-19, Finance and development. Policies, Politics, and Pandemics. A Quarterly Publication of the International Monetary Fund, 57(2), pp. 26–29 (retrieved from https://www. imf.org/external/pubs/ft/fandd/2020/06/pdf/ fd0620.pdf).
Triandafyllou, V., Konstantinidis, A. (2021), In Athens, thousands rally against COVID-19 vaccinations, Reuters, 14 July (retrieved from www.reuters.com/world/ europe/athens-thousands-rally-against- covid-19-vaccinations-2021-07-14/).
UNDP (2020), COVID-19: Assessing the impact, envisioning the recovery, 1 January (retrieved from http://hdr.undp.org/en/hdp-covid).
UNICEF (2021), COVID-19 vaccines shipped by COVAX arrive to the Republic of Moldova, 4 March (retrieved from https://www.unicef.org/moldova/en/press-releases/covid-19-vaccines-shipped-covax-arrive- republic-moldova).
Varieties of Democracy Institute (2022), Democracy Report 2022. Autocratization Changing Nature? (retrieved from https://v-dem.net/media/publications/dr_2022.pdf).
Zimmermann, K.F., Karabulut, G., Bilgin, M.H., Doker, A.C. (2020), Inter-country distancing, globalization and the coronavirus pandemic, The World Economy., 43(6), pp. 1484–1498. https://doi.org/10.1111/twec.12969.
Downloads
Published
Issue
Section
License
Copyright (c) 2023 Hanna Lavrynenko, Mykola Palinchak, Olena Chaltseva, Tetiana Poiarkova, Mykola Prymush
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
