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COVID, Multipolarity & the BRI

“The COVID-19 pandemic has affected the world in myriad ways. For the geopolitically minded, however, the pandemic’s biggest side effect has been obvious: the acceleration of the multipolar trend in international affairs [...] the emergence of a truly multipolar world has gone from being a trendy prediction to a present reality. Multipolarity has arrived and will govern international political dynamics for a generation. No corner of the world will remain untouched by the shift to multipolarity [...] The pandemic accelerated multipolarity”

Paragraphs 1-2 & 18

https://web.archive.org/web/20220316193415/https://valdaiclub.com/a/highlights/the-arrival-of-multipolarity-and-its-impact/?sphrase_id=1374864 

Dugin: “We entered the coronavirus epidemic as an open society, as a global world and we will emerge from it as a multipolar world.”

13th paragraph 

https://www.memri.org/reports/anti-liberal-russian-philosopher-dugin-new-multi-polar-world-order-upon-us-where-russia 

“The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the importance of cooperation between countries, and the Belt & Road Initiative (BRI) would provide opportunities for greater cooperation in economic recovery, participants at a BRI Post COVID-19 dialogue”

https://web.archive.org/web/20201118033124/https://www.beltandroad.news/2020/11/12/pandemic-has-highlighted-the-belt-road-importance-cooperation/ 

According to him, the physical connectivity of infrastructure made solid progress under the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) last year. Major projects such as the China-Laos railway and the new Haifa port in Israel were completed. The construction and operation of projects in relation to the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, the Piraeus port, the Jakarta-Bandung high-speed rail, and the Budapest-Belgrade railway advanced steadily. The China-Europe Railway Express reached new records in the number of freight services and the amount of cargo transportation, providing a strong boost to economic recovery in relevant countries. [...] These facts aptly show that Belt and Road cooperation is moving forward with more partners, stronger foundation, and brighter prospects, Wang said, and it is sure to bring new development opportunities to the post-COVID world.”

http://en.people.cn/n3/2022/0309/c90000-9968604.html 

China Expanding its Powers, the World is busy Fighting COVID-19.

“As the World continues to fight the COVID-19 Pandemic, China is constantly trying to expand its powers across its borders with the neighboring Countries, including India & Hong Kong.”

https://web.archive.org/web/20200627054840/https://www.beltandroad.news/2020/06/23/2020-06-22-china-expanding-its-powers-the-world-is-busy-fighting-covid-19/ 

COVID-19 Accelerates China’s Political Economic Transformation

https://web.archive.org/web/20201115090458/https://www.beltandroad.news/2020/07/02/covid-19-accelerates-chinas-political-economic-transformation/ 

UN Chief: “The world is no longer bipolar or unipolar, and is instead moving toward multipolarity… COVID-19 is a warning that must spur the world to action. We have no choice. Either we come together in global institutions that are fit for purpose, or we will be crushed by divisiveness and chaos. [for post-COVID global governance to work] We need more and better multilateralism”

http://en.people.cn/n3/2020/0926/c90000-9764573.html 

“Change is the only constant in the world. Believing that the US will remain a global leader for all time contradicts this universal truth. With the pandemic, the future of world order came to light once again. Its cause is Beijing’s efficiency in curbing the contagion and Washington’s incompetence to deal with it.”

https://asiatimes.com/2020/04/is-pandemic-leading-to-bi-multipolarity/ 

 

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Excellent comment, full support.

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Quote from mate24 on March 23, 2022, 18:11

Excellent comment, full support.

Thank you.