The Covid-19 Pandemic: A Fragility Factor within the International System

Abstract

This paper addresses the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the international order. The analysis focuses mainly on the role of China, the country where the epidemic origi-nated and the main protagonist of the global transformations of recent decades. Among the possible future scenarios, our reflection contextualizes the role of the Asian giant in the framework of an international order already affected by major processes of political and economic rebalancing.