Diplomacy, society and the COVID-19 challenge / edited by Erman Akıllı, Burak Güneş, and Ahmet Gökbel.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: pandemic, security, and other broken things / Erman Akıllı, Burak Güneş, and Ahmet Gökbel -- Part I: Diplomacy and COVID- -- Transformation of the international system and security conundrum during the COVID-19 pandemic / Ferhat Pirinççi and Tunç Demirtaş -- Far-right movements in the COVID-19 era / Dolapo Fakuade -- Virtual diplomacy as a new frontier of international dialogue / Alessia Chiriatti -- Diplomacy 3.0 in the pandemic: digital diplomacy and beyond / Erman Akıllı and Gülnihan Cihanoğlu Gülen -- Science diplomacy and COVID-19 politics / Ebru Canan-Sokullu and Atakan Yılmaz -- Part II: national and regional responses to COVID-19 -- Global health diplomacy and Türkiye / İdris Demir -- Government responses to the COVID-19 pandemic: comparative health policies in the US and Canada / Çağrı Erhan and Efe Sıvış -- China's global health diplomacy in the post-pandemic era: implications for Southeast Asian countries / Cemre Pekcan -- COVID-19 and South Korea: focusing on cultural public diplomacy with Hallyu / Yunhee Kim and Erman Akıllı -- ASEAN's COVID-19 pandemic response: regional and global reflections / Hatice Çelik -- Beyond central Asia's chessboard: human movement, policies, and COVID-19 / Olga R. Gulina -- The COVID-19 pandemic and the middle east: changing policies and the mindset of regional states / Muhittin Ataman and Mehmet Rakipoğlu -- The UK's new migration policy: post-Brexit and Post-COVID implications / Ayşe Gülce Uygun -- Post-pandemic world order and Russia / Fırat Purtaş -- South Caucasus and COVID-19: vulnerabilities, setbacks, responses / F. Didem Ekinci -- Part III: global responses to COVID-19 -- Human impact on the environment and the increased likelihood of pandemics / Ana-Belén Soage -- The world health organization and the COVID-19 pandemic / Haydar Karaman and Burak Güneş -- The COVID-19 pandemic as a security issue and its implications for NATO / Arif Bağbaşlıoğlu -- Post-pandemic effects on the realisation of the sustainable development goals (SDGs) for OECD countries / R. Arzu Kalemci and Mehmet Güray Ünsal -- The African Union and COVID-19: regional coordination and solidarity / Bilge Sahin -- Europe in the post-pandemic world order: a human rights perspective / Ebru Demir -- Globalisation in the era of power transition: lessons post-COVID-19 for China and the US / Matti Izora İbrahim, Büşra Yilmaz and Murat Çemrek -- Conclusion: per aspera ad astra / Erman Akıllı, Burak Güneş and Ahmet Gökbel.

"Diplomacy, Society and the COVID-19 Challenge brings together authors from various disciplinary backgrounds to examine the impacts of the pandemic on world politics and international relations, focusing on diplomacy and national, regional, and global responses to COVID-19. The authors adopt a critical perspective which questions the general assumption that security is only related to state security. The book's first part deals with diplomacy and COVID-19, exploring forms such as virtual, digital, and science diplomacy. The second part, on national and regional responses to COVID-19, provides a detailed evaluation of the foreign policies of states and regional actors and the national/regional impacts of the pandemic. The third part investigates the responses of international organisations, such as NATO and the OECD, to COVID-19's transformative and disruptive effects. This book will be of interest to students, scholars, and researchers of international relations, diplomacy, security studies, global governance, political science, political economy, and global public health, especially those with a particular focus on COVID-19 and how it has changed the world"-- Provided by publisher.