Aftershocks: Pandemic Politics and the End of the Old International Order by Kahl, Colin

St. Martin's Press. New. Thomas Wright is a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and a contributing writer at The Atlantic Tom has written several definitive pieces analyzing Donald Trump's foreign policy, mixing research into the historical record of Trump's remarks over three decades with reporting from contacts inside and near the administration He is also author of the book All Measures Short of War: The Contest for the 21st Century and the Future of American Power (Yale University Press 2017)

The COVID-19 pandemic killed millions, infected hundreds of millions, and laid bare the deep vulnerabilities and inequalities of our interconnected world The accompanying economic crash was the worst since the Great Depression, with the International Monetary Fund estimating that it will cost over $22 trillion in global wealth over the next few years Over two decades of progress in reducing extreme poverty was erased, just in the space of a few months Already fragile states in every corner of the globe were further hollowed out The brewing clash between the United States and China boiled over and the worldwide contest between democracy and authoritarianism deepened It was a truly global crisis necessitating a collective response?and yet international cooperation almost entirely broke down, with key world leaders hardly on speaking terms