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State of the Order: Assessing May 2021

The State of the Order breaks down the month's most important events impacting the democratic world order.

The post-COVID world this week: NATO’s defense against pandemics, US vaccine diplomacy, and a new era in finance

By Andrew R. Marshall

What can we expect from a post-COVID world after a pandemic that has reshaped international affairs? A world in which there's a grassroots disturbance in high finance.

The post-COVID world this week: The Wuhan lab-leak theory and the new way we’re paying for our pandemic purchases

By Andrew R. Marshall

What can we expect from a post-COVID world after a pandemic that has reshaped international affairs? A world in which we may still be paying off our pandemic era purchases.

US vaccine diplomacy: Ukraine should be a priority

By Geoffrey Berlin

With US President Joe Biden preparing to send 80 million Covid vaccine doses abroad, Ukraine is a strong candidate to become a priority beneficiary in this first wave of America’s “vaccine diplomacy.”

The post-COVID world this week: The next vaccine millionaire and how vaccination campaigns are choosing their words wisely

By Andrew R. Marshall

What can we expect from a post-COVID world after a pandemic that has reshaped international affairs? A world in which vaccination campaigns are going to be getting creative about their words in order to persuade more people to get their doses.