Critical Health Geopolitics – Lessons from COVID-19
28 Sep 2022
2022 International Risk & Resilience Conference
- Geopolitical biases prevented Europe from heeding early warnings from China on the severity of COVID-19
- Harsh lockdowns were positioned as brutalisation of citizens rather than an appropriate threat response
- Through this, COVID-19 has shown us how global risks can be politicised and weaponised
- Geopolitical alliances need to be strongly critiqued to respond appropriately to the growing environmental crises