COVID-19 and International Political Theory

Ruairidh J Brown is Head of International Relations and Political Science at Forward College, Portugal. He is currently based at Forward’s Lisbon Campus, where he teaches International Political Thought and International Relations.

• 1.Introduction. COVID-19: The Event.- 2.Emergency Powers and Authoritarian Shift.- 3.Freedom of Speech and Information.- 4.COVID Kryptonite? Chinese Socialism and the Normative Virtue of Collective Solidarity.- 5.Liberalism and Political Obligation: Debating the Remits of State Intervention.- 6.Hermeneutic Liberalism at the International Level.- 7.Can we get Beyond Enmity? On a Post-pandemic International Order.