COVID19

Foreign Affairs: Democracy Versus the Pandemic
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Foreign Affairs: Democracy Versus the Pandemic

The Coronavirus Is Emboldening Autocrats the World Over By Larry Diamond PEJOURNAL - In late March, Philippine strongman Rodrigo Duterte rammed a bill through his country’s parliament that granted him vastly expanded emergency powers, ostensibly to fight the novel coronavirus. The bill authorized Duterte to reallocate the national budget as he saw fit and to personally direct hospitals. “Do not challenge the government,” he bellowed in a menacing televised address. “You will lose.” Six days later, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban pushed even more expansive emergency legislation through his rubber-stamp parliament, enabling him to suspend existing laws, decree new ones,…
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Political Economy Journal: Mysterious Corona Virus, Who is blamed?
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Jun
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Political Economy Journal: Mysterious Corona Virus, Who is blamed?

A Reality Fact Check By: Mohammad Ghaderi ( NOURNEWS/ President )Pooya Mirzaei ( NOURNEWS ENGLISH/ Director General )Syed Ali Sakkitticha ( NOURNEWS ENGLISH/ Editor ) PEJOURNAL - Coronavirus pandemic has been in center of discussion all over the world and the cause-effect have been thoroughly investigated in different corners of the world. United states have largely alleged China for the pandemic and different accusations have been made. So many people have responded to these biases. In this article we gathered different evidence supporting Chinese defenses against US allegations. Each and every allegation made are taken into consideration. We reached this…
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Foreign Policy: How the World Will Look After the Coronavirus Pandemic
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Foreign Policy: How the World Will Look After the Coronavirus Pandemic

The pandemic will change the world forever. Foreign Policy Magazine asked 12 leading global thinkers for their predictions. PEJOURNAL - Like the fall of the Berlin Wall or the collapse of Lehman Brothers, the coronavirus pandemic is a world-shattering event whose far-ranging consequences we can only begin to imagine today. This much is certain: Just as this disease has shattered lives, disrupted markets and exposed the competence (or lack thereof) of governments, it will lead to permanent shifts in political and economic power in ways that will become apparent only later. To help us make sense of the ground shifting…
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Caracas Receives Testing Kits From Iran to ‘Strengthen Venezuela in Its Fight Against Coronavirus’
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Jun
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Caracas Receives Testing Kits From Iran to ‘Strengthen Venezuela in Its Fight Against Coronavirus’

Although Venezuela lifted its corona-virus related restrictions on 1 June, Caracas continues to grapple with the repercussions of the disease which has claimed the lives of at least 22 people there, according to the World Health Organisation. PEJOURNAL - The Venezuelan government has announced the arrival of an Iranian plane with a cargo of humanitarian aid on board to help the South American country tackle the coronavirus pandemic. Speaking on state television Monday, Venezuela's Planning Minister Ricardo Menendez said that “right now, what we are receiving is different types of testing kits”.  He echoed Iran's Ambassador to Venezuela Hojjatollah Soltani…
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How Long Will Trump’s Confrontation with China Last?
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Jun
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How Long Will Trump’s Confrontation with China Last?

PEJOURNAL - The conflict between China and the United States has a long history, but during Trump's presidency, the conflict has become more apparent, and Trump is trying to change the structure of relations between the two countries. The United States and China were informal allies during the Cold War against the Soviet Union. With the collapse of the Soviet Union, the United States changed its view of China tillthe 1990s, so much so that China was identified as one of the most serious threats to the United States in the 21st century, according to a future congressional report. The…
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