Intelligence Squared

Coronavirus and Global Politics: Your Questions Answered

Apr 10, 2020

In a thought-provoking discussion, Anne Applebaum, a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian, David Goodhart, a renowned author, and Paul Mason, a political commentator, tackle the pandemic's impact on global politics. They debate whether the rise of 'big government' is here to stay and how populist leaders might emerge stronger amidst the crisis. The guests explore the chaotic effectiveness of border controls, China's growing influence, and the potential for renewed global solidarity. They also reflect on the balance between state power and individual freedoms in a rapidly changing world.

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Intro

3min

Pandemic Politics: The Shift towards Big Government

10min

Border Controls and Global Responses During the Pandemic

19min

Geopolitical Tensions and COVID-19: Global Responses

2min

China's Geopolitical Strategy and Global Influence

8min

Authoritarianism on the Rise: Hungary's Political Maneuvering

2min

Public Health Challenges in a Pandemic

7min

Crisis Response and Societal Change

18min

Reflections on Community Spirit and Global Solidarity During Lockdown

2min

The coronavirus pandemic threatens to remake the world's political systems. But how exactly? In the third in a new series of interactive events from Intelligence Squared - Coronavirus: Your Questions Answered - we brought together a panel of leading commentators in a free live online event to examine how the crisis will affect politics around the world. Does the pandemic hail the return of big government? Will it prove to us that the globalised economy has gone too far, leaving us with dangerously overstretched supply chains? And will populist leaders be strengthened by the sense that the already dispossessed will be worst affected by the pandemic? Or will the indiscriminate nature of the virus help foster a new era of social and international solidarity? Addressing these questions were Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and political commentator Anne Applebaum, author and journalist David Goodhart and political commentator and writer Paul Mason. Chairing the proceedings and taking questions from our live audience was BBC presenter Ritula Shah.

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