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Beyond "Vaccine Nationalism: China's Cooperation with the Middle East in the COVID-19 Vaccine / Song , Niu ; Rui, Wu

Niu Song , Wu Rui	Journal Article
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The current COVID-19 pandemic has had a huge impact on global health security, and some developed countries have promoted "vaccine nationalism" based on the principle of self-interested supremacy and have adopted the approach of seizing pre-sale opportunities in the procurement of vaccines and competing for the right to distribute vaccines to obstruct fair and reasonable distribution of vaccines worldwide. This article analyses the current situation of and predicament caused by the pandemic in the Middle East which has to bear the brunt of the influence and detrimental impact of vaccine nationalism. By analysing the vaccine cooperation model and mechanism between China and countries in the Middle East, this article investigates how China's vaccine cooperation in the Middle East has transcended vaccine nationalism. Vaccine nationalism has not only affected the availability of vaccines in countries in the Middle East but also threatened the health and safety of the region. The international vaccine cooperation between China and Middle Eastern countries is therefore an effective hedge against the negative impact of vaccine nationalism, highlighting China's fundamental stance to safeguard the attributes of vaccines as public goods and also demonstrating to the international community China's exemplary role in the fight against the pandemic.

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Middle East ; Vaccine Nationalism ; China's Cooperation ; COVID-19 Vaccine

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Vaccine Diplomacy and Vaccine Nationalism / Kirgizov-Barskii, Arsenii V. ; Morozov, Vladimir M

Arsenii V. Kirgizov-Barskii, Vladimir M. Morozov	Journal Article
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With the COVID-19 pandemic in place for over two years now, it is time to assess its main aspects and tendencies, and identify the new features it has lent to the international relations landscape. This paper studies two approaches different countries have taken in developing and distributing COVID vaccines during the pandemic; these approaches are defined as ‘vaccine diplomacy’ and ‘vaccine nationalism.’ Until recently, vaccine diplomacy has played only a marginal role in international relations, while vaccine nationalism has not been considered a problem internationally.

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Health ; WHO ; Soft Power ; Pandemic ; Vaccines ; International Relations ;
COVID-19 ; Vaccine Diplomacy ; Vaccine Nationalism ; BRICS.

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