THE FATE OF GLOBALIZATION

The world economic order is at crossroads even as the COVID-19 pandemic is stretching our resources leading to one of the worst economic crises we have ever witnessed since the Great Depression. But even before most countries could emerge from the challenges caused by the health crisis, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has further worsened the economic, political, and environmental challenges that we were already dealing with. We are facing massive disruptions in different aspects of our lives – family, career, industry, government, education, global politics, supply chains, manufacturing, healthcare systems, and several others. But the challenges we face are also leading us into an era of technological advancement in dimensions that we have never seen before courtesy of the Fourth Industrial Revolution technologies. Are you wondering what the post-COVID-19 pandemic world would look like? What will be the fate of the world economic order after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine? What are some of the issues that were affecting our global system during the pre-pandemic era and how has the health crisis influenced them? If you desire answers to these questions and several others, then go ahead