The lesson of 9/11 is that major events can become 'deep events' which are exploited by political actors in order to precipitate and manage major political, economic and social shifts...
...renewal of national sovereign powers breaks all of the monetary “laws of the neoliberal order” and with that defiance of globalization, a genuine positive potential for a paradigm shift is visible…
Faced with an existential threat, EU member states, far from joining together to confront the pandemic as a unified bloc, instinctively are returning to pursuing the national interest...
