The Covid Pandemic and Political
Structure change:
National Regimes, Regional Solidarity and International Cooperation
The Covid-19 pandemic which lasted almost 2 years
since the beginning of 2020 has resulted in hard turbulence for most of the
national regimes. They must carry out a series of restrictions and closures or
lockdown of daily activities that impact on the restriction of individual
freedom for reasons of safety. In the advanced democracies or high income
country, the big issue is freedom which is repressed by the state. On the other
hand, in developing countries or non-democratic regime, the national
governments have to struggle between making closure policies on the one hand
and saved the economy from collapsing. The big issue is the availability of
economic access. While each country has self-help principle, the idea of
regional solidarity also runs paradoxically. For countries in elite blocs such
as the European Union, regional solidarity becomes meaningful that strong
economies are willing to share resources with weaker ones. However, for
countries in the region such as Africa, the problem is more complex and
international cooperation with the issue of humanitarian assistance be the only
campaign. An important question is: has the COVID-19 pandemic changed the
structure of the national regime substantially? To what the extent does this
affect the model of regional solidarity, whether it is justified as a solid
bloc or regional cooperation, such as the African Union, ASEAN or Mercosur? Do
the changes in the structure of national regimes and regional solidarity have
potentially contribute to form the pattern of international cooperation? such
as China's expansion, the tensions between WHO-America and other multilateral
cooperation such as the Non-Aligned Movement.
IJPAS will receive 12 original research manuscripts
for 2 editions with the following schedule:
Deadline for submission: November 30, 2021
First Review: December 10, 2021
Second Review: January 10, 2022
Final Decision: February 10, 2022
Publication: Volume 1, 2022. January-June 2022
Volume 2, 2022.
July-December 2022
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