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USA became Superpower after WW II
- The World became bipolar. (USA and USSR)
- USA wasn’t much affected by WW II.
- After Cold War ended, world became unipolar.
- COVID – 19 Pandemic most challenging crisis since second world war:UN chief
Covid19: Shift of Power from West to East
- COVID-19 will also accelerate the shift in power and influence from West to East.
- China has reacted well after its early mistakes.
- The response in Europe and America has been slow and haphazard by comparison.
China created demand and now fulfilling that demand
China;s coronavirus plan: Create a ‘silk road ‘ Of Health Care Leading Towards World Dominance
- China has exported
- 3.86 billion masks,
- 37.5 million pieces of protective clothing,
- 16,000 ventilators and
- 2.84 million COVID-19 testing kits since March 1,
- with orders to more than 50 countries.
- American Power Will Need a New Strategy
- In 2017, U.S. President Donald Trump announced a new national security strategy that focuses on great-power competition.
- But USA is not ready to compete.
- Has more than 3 Lakh cases
- New York (World Economic Capital) is epicentre
- Haven’t reached Peak of positive cases
- Death toll prediction of 240,000.
- The US may slip into recession for at least two quarters
- 3 out of 4 economists predict a U.S. recession by 2021, survey finds
Creation of Vacuum: A void in Global Order
- United States’ less than satisfactory response to the pandemic and Beijing’s apparent success in battling the virus as well as its outreach to other countries may result in China gaining global pre-eminence.
COVID-19 crisis has substantially dented China’s image globally
- The Chinese government took considerable time to inform its own people of the emergence of COVID-19.
- The failure to inform the global community in a timely manner is being seen as the absence of collaborative intent on the part of China.
- Outbreak turned into an epidemic and subsequently into a pandemic.
Rivalry Will Continue
- Previous plagues—including the Spanish Flu epidemic of 1918-1919—did not led to the emergence of a new superpower and neither did it end great-power rivalry.
- I would be delighted if viewers considered this as one point of view and not the holy truth.
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