How will the misinformation pandemic inflamed by the coronavirus crisis reshape the political landscape? And how might domestic and foreign actors weaponize rumors, conspiracy theories, and disinformation about Covid-19 against American voters in the lead-up to the November election?
COVID-19
Pandemics, Hegemony and Global Cooperation
I had not yet decided which coronavirus related topic I would write about next when I heard the news that the sitting president of the United States—amid a global pandemic of historic proportions—pulled America’s funding from the World Health Organization. I should not have been shocked, despite the perversity of Continue Reading
Nativism, Sinophobia, and COVID-19
In a nativist worldview, nations should be both culturally and ethnically homogenous. However, no nation on earth has such ethnic and cultural purity. Such a construct of nationhood goes against the central pillar of modern liberal democracies—pluralism—which holds that a society consists of separate groups with diverse and competing interests, each of which should be taken as legitimate.
Some Thoughts on the COVID-19 Pandemic
I found returning to this blog difficult for reasons that not only include adjusting to “shelter in place” realities but also because it is not easy to wrap my head around the enormity of our situation. Now that I had time to settle into the new normal (while growing my Continue Reading