1. Macron says the pandemic is an "existential event for humanity" which will "change the nature of globalization" He& #39;s surely right: the quick spread of covid-19 has been enabled by system of economic globalization (supply change, easy jet travel). https://twitter.com/hogtownserb/status/1250950202565033984">https://twitter.com/hogtownse...

2. There& #39;s no return to the old normal. The only real option is to create a viable new normal that can address not just this pandemic but future shocks to international system, which means rethinking trade, supply chains, & fostering local manufacturing.

3. One obvious response to covid-19 is intensification of anti-globalist right & nationalism: strengthening borders, nationalist ideology to justify sacrifice, attacks on minority groups & international organizations (like WHO), blaming other countries.

4. The obvious failures of neoliberal globalization (where the profits of trade were privatized but the health costs of pandemics are socialized) shouldn& #39;t hide the fact that other forms of internationalism (sharing medical knowledge across borders) is more essential than ever.

5. Bernie Sanders ran on a platform of reforming economic globalism while rebuilding international co-operation. But he& #39;s not the nominee. Joe Biden is running on a more familiar 1990s liberalism of presenting globalization & internationalism as linked.

6. Globalization & internationalism will be central in election. Both Trump & Biden are already accusing each other of being weak on China. The open question is whether Biden can defeat Trump in a competition of nationalisms. More here: https://www.thenation.com/article/world/globalization-unravelling-internationalism-coronavirus/">https://www.thenation.com/article/w...