While a global pandemic has been a looming risk for decades, COVID-19 has come as a shock to society, health systems, economies, and governments worldwide. In the midst of extraordinary challenges and uncertainty, and countless personal tragedies, leaders are under pressure to make decisions on managing the immediate impact of the pandemic and its consequences, decisions that will shape the state of the world for years to come.
This collection of essays discusses the potential challenges and opportunities in the post-COVID-19 world. It provides a range of expert opinions from a geographically diverse set of leaders on:
- Global Governance: Planning for the World After COVID-19
- Regional Governance: An Opportunity for Regional Organizations?
- Urban Governance: Cities in a Time of COVID-19
- Geopolitics: Resilient and Sustainable Globalization
- Technology: Digital Epiphany? COVID-19 and Our Tech Futures
- Economics: Trade and Connectivity in the PostCOVID-19 World
- Work: The Pandemic that Stopped the World
- Health: Providing Free Health for All, Everywhere
- Management: Catastrophic Risk Transfer in a Post-Pandemic World
- A Socio-Psychological Perspective