Ebola created mental barriers between contaminated and ‘clean’ regions that raised national security concerns. These barriers stripped people of their identity – they became viruses themselves – and of their social ties, keeping families and communities apart.
Behind well-established and fixed peacebuilding ‘models’ there always lies the danger of normativity and of a lack of flexibility. Rather than a model, it seems much more promising to foreground a frame within which to design more reflexive, adaptative and respectful peacebuilding strategies.
Building back better requires integrated approaches that address the impacts of COVID-19 across sectors, including health, environment, climate and urban planning.
“Militarmente la Russia ha dimostrato di non essere particolarmente forte: ma ciò che conta è che avremo un regime russo presumibilmente ancora di Putin, che sentirà il bisogno di riguadagnare quote di influenza a livello internazionale, anche per questioni di politica interna.”
