Volume 15 No. 2 (Summer 2020) (Coronavirus and International Affairs

(ISSN 2689-0283 (print); 2689-0291 (Online))

This issue includes Proceedings and Conference essays of the Conference Roundtable held virtually 17 April 2020, sponsored by CPE, the Research Network for Law & International Affairs, Penn State Law and the Penn State School of International Affairs (Conference Website HERE). Conference-Roundtable interventions, interviews and essays touched on a variety of aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic at the height of its early stages through the summer of 2020. Special focus was made on effects in Latin America, the Caribbean, and Africa, as well as its collateral effects on governance, the global trade and political order, and the state and nature of law and governance. Links are provided as well to interviews that preceded the event in April and form art of the Conference-Roundtable.

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CONTENTS

Front Matter (View HERE)

A. Introduction

Larry Catá Backer CPE Issue Editor, “Introduction: Coronavirus and International Affairs in the New Era of Globalization” 15(2):145-154 (View HERE)

B. Conference Proceedings

1. Larry Catá Backer for CPR, “Event Summary Description and Concept Note,” 15(2):155-172 (View HERE)

2. CPE, “Program and Participants” 15(2): 173-180 (View HERE)

3. CPE, “Participant and Contributor Video Interviews” 15(2):181-184 (View HERE)

Interventions

4. Larry Catá Backer, “The Revelations of COVID-19 and the Most Significant Developments in the International Arena During the Last 12 Months (17 March 2020)” 15(2):185-192 (View HERE)

5. Shan GAO, “We did not Start the Fire, it has Always been Burning Since the World Began Turning  (13 April 2020)” 15(2):193-198 (View HERE)

6. Yuri González Hernández, “Cuba Now Dealing with the COVID-19 (30 March 2020)” 15(2):199-204 (View HERE)

7. Nicolas Scholz, “Storytelling and Authoritarianism in a Brave New World (11 April 2020)” 15(2):205-210 (View HERE)

8. Alice Hong, “Let there be Light (11 April 2020)” 15(2):211-214 (View HERE)

9. Yuri González Hernández, “Three Countries, One Feeling and the COVID-2019 Crisis (7 April 2020)” 15(2):215-220 (View HERE)

10. Bethany Salgado, “Trying to Find Toilet Paper in the Age of Coronavirus: The Role of Consumer Goods and Global Supply Chain Solutions During the Pandemic” 15(2):221-226 (View HERE)

C. Essays and Other Contributions

1. Birgit Spiesshofer, “COVID-19—A ‘Hamilton Moment’ for the European Union?” 15(2):227-232 (View HERE)

2.  David A. Westbrook, “School’s Out: How College Succumbed to COVID-19” 15(2):233-238 (View HERE)

3.  Yuri González Hernández, “COVID-19—La Situación en Cuba” 15(2):239-246 (View HERE)

4.  Maria Chiara Marullo and Francisco Javier Zamora Cabot, “COVID-19—From a Health Crisis to a Humanitarian Crisis ” 15(2):247-260 (View HERE)

5.  Larry Catá Backer, “The Metamorphosis of COVID-19: State, Society, Law, Analytics” 15(2):261-352 (View HERE)

6. Jordan Albaabi, “Comparative Analysis of the Best Responses to COVID-19 ” 15(2):353-450 (View HERE)

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