The following article was first published here by the RUSI (Royal United Services Institute) on Monday 19 May 2020. A scientific gold rush is underway for the first Covid-19 vaccine but, as the world is anxious and impatient for its arrival, medical protectionism and vaccine nationalism could rise considerably if unchecked. Outwardly, most governments recognise …

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The full article by @TomMcTague, published by The Atlantic on 18 May 2020, is here: https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2020/05/coronavirus-pandemic-second-wave-geopolitics-instability/611668/

The full article by BBC Defence and Diplomatic Correspondent, Jonathan Marcus, can be found here: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-52565080

By Michael Clarke It’s inevitable that the government’s ‘Integrated Review’ of external relations has gone on hold during the COVID-19 crisis, not least because the international environment is being changed, perhaps fundamentally, by it. Michael Clarke addresses the government’s key challenge – to work out the difference between those existing trends that are being exacerbated …

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