Could the Coronavirus Pandemic Revive International Cooperation?
![Delegates, wearing protective face masks, attend a UN Human Rights Council session during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak in Geneva, Switzerland, on June 15, 2020.](http://cdn.cfr.org/sites/default/files/styles/slide_3_2/public/image/2020/06/covid-hrc.webp)
In my weekly column for World Politics Review, I ask whether the COVID-19 pandemic could engender a turn toward greater international cooperation.
When does a global catastrophe stimulate a revival of international cooperation, rather than accelerate fragmentation and disorder? When does a crisis become a turning point in international relations, rather than just augur more of the same? These questions loom large in the COVID-19 pandemic, the biggest shock to world politics and the global economy since 1945. While history provides no definitive answers, it hints at three preconditions for resurrecting international cooperation from the ashes: new thinking, enlightened leadership and a favorable distribution of power.
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