Commentary: Amid the pandemic, a sobering lesson. More, not less, international cooperation needed
by Ivo Daalder, Chicago Tribune
Apr 10, 2020
3 minutes
For the past 30 years, international politics have been shaped by two fundamental realities: America's unrivaled power and the forces of globalization. While already waning for some time, both realities are threatened with death blows from the COVID-19 pandemic.
America emerged from the Cold War in 1990 as the sole remaining superpower. Its military was larger than that of the next 10 countries combined, and it was the only one with true global reach. Its economy accounted for more than
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