Coronavirus and International Affairs Roundtable
Date & Time: March 20, 2020 | 07:00 PM – December 04, 2024 | 02:23 PM
Location: 012 Katz
The emergence of a new strain of coronavirus, COVID-19 has had a profound effect on virtually all aspects of human activity. While the medical and health implications of COVID-19 are profound, the effects of the disease on governance, law, and international affairs will likely be even more significant and long lasting. Join SIA and Penn State Law professor, Larry Catá Backer, on Friday, March 20th from 10 a.m. – 12 Noon in 012 Katz for a roundtable discussion that will bring together experts in law and international affairs from Asia, Europe, North America and the Caribbean to discuss the collateral effects of CORVID-19 in those terms.
Participants will speak to (1) misperceptions about the situation in China; (2) the use of coronavirus as a veil for racism; (3) national responses to perceptions of crisis; (4) effects of coronavirus on the movement of people, investment and capital across borders; (4) consequences of coronavirus for the state of international affairs and legal structures (e.g., quarantines, education, supply and production chains, human rights versus collective responsibilities, etc.); and (5) repercussions for big global trade projects, with specific reference to the Belt and Road and America First initiatives. The Roundtable will be recorded and live streamed. Send questions and inputs for panelists to address to VirusConfPSU@gmail.com. The roundtable is co-sponsored by The Coalition of Peace & Ethics, the School of International Affairs, and Penn State Law. See attached flyer. The event will also be recorded and livestreamed - visit the event website for details.