What the Hegemonic Stability Theory Tell us About: the Test of Covid-19

Year 2021, Volume: 3 Issue: 2, 11 - 25, 31.12.2021

Elif Baykal

https://doi.org/10.51524/uhusbad.993970

Cited By: 1

Abstract

Covid-19 pandemic is a crisis differing from other crises in many ways since it involves a combination of a global health crisis and a socioeconomic crisis, affecting many individuals. The Covid-19 pandemic has been detrimental both in economic and political terms even changing the World’s hegemonic order. Before the Covid-19 crises, the world order has already started changing but the pandemic has accelerated this transition process. The struggle with the pandemic has become a tool for power maximization. Hence the World witnessed a power struggle between the previous hegemon and emerging Powers during the pandemic. In this paper, first of all hegemonic stability theory has been elaborated in details and than the expected post-pandemic hegemonic structure has been discussed.

Keywords

Covid-19, Hegemonic Stability Theory, Hegemonic Order, International Order.

What the Hegemonic Stability Theory Tell us About; the Test of Covid 19

Abstract

Covid-19 pandemisi, küresel bir sağlık krizi ile bir sosyoekonomik krizin birleşimini içerdiği ve birçok kişiyi etkilediği için diğer krizlerden birçok yönden ayrılan bir krizdir. Covid-19 pandemisi, dünyanın hegemonik düzenini bile değiştirerek hem ekonomik hem de siyasi açıdan zararlı olmuştur. Covid-19 krizlerinden önce dünya düzeni değişmeye başlamış ama pandemi bu geçiş sürecini hızlandırmıştır. Salgınla mücadele, güç maksimizasyonu için bir araç haline gelmiştir. Dolayısıyla Dünya, salgın sırasında önceki hegemonya ile yükselen güçler arasında bir güç mücadelesine tanık olmuştur. Bu bildiride öncelikle hegemonik istikrar teorisi ayrıntılarıyla ele alınmış ve ardından pandemi sonrası beklenen hegemonik yapı tartışılmıştır.

Keywords

Covid-19, Hegemonik İstikrar Teorisi, Hegemonik Düzen., Covid-19, Hegemonik İstikrar Teorisi, Hegemonik Düzen.

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