We need a “vaccine” against the disruptions that climate change will be causing as millions will be migrating from no longer habitable areas along with those migrating from oppressive authoritarian nations.
India, the unmatched vaccine manufacturing power, is giving away millions of doses to neighbors friendly and estranged. It is trying to counter China, which has made doling out shots a central plank of its foreign relations. And the United Arab Emirates, drawing on its oil riches, is buying jabs on behalf of its allies.
The coronavirus vaccine — one of the world’s most in-demand commodities — has become a new currency for international diplomacy.
Countries with the means or the know-how are using the shots to find favor or thaw frosty relations. India sent them to Nepal, a country that has fallen increasingly under China’s influence. Sri Lanka, in the midst of a diplomatic tug of war between New Delhi and Beijing, is getting doses from both.
The strategy carries risks. India and China, both of which are making vaccines for the rest of the world, have vast populations of their own that they need to inoculate. Though there are few signs of grumbling in either country, that could change as the public watches doses get sold or donated abroad.
Group of Seven countries will provide 1 billion COVID-19 vaccine doses over the next year and work with the private sector, the G20 and other countries to increase the contribution over months to come, according to an almost finalised draft of the communique.
superposition almost 3 years ago
We need a “vaccine” against the disruptions that climate change will be causing as millions will be migrating from no longer habitable areas along with those migrating from oppressive authoritarian nations.
Michael G. almost 3 years ago
The Lords Bountiful.
ferddo almost 3 years ago
Question is, even if those vaccines are “free” how much do you ultimately “pay” those countries for their generosity?
briangj2 almost 3 years ago
The coronavirus vaccine — one of the world’s most in-demand commodities — has become a new currency for international diplomacy.
Countries with the means or the know-how are using the shots to find favor or thaw frosty relations. India sent them to Nepal, a country that has fallen increasingly under China’s influence. Sri Lanka, in the midst of a diplomatic tug of war between New Delhi and Beijing, is getting doses from both.
The strategy carries risks. India and China, both of which are making vaccines for the rest of the world, have vast populations of their own that they need to inoculate. Though there are few signs of grumbling in either country, that could change as the public watches doses get sold or donated abroad.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/11/world/asia/vaccine-diplomacy-india-china.html
Group of Seven countries will provide 1 billion COVID-19 vaccine doses over the next year and work with the private sector, the G20 and other countries to increase the contribution over months to come, according to an almost finalised draft of the communique.
https://www.reuters.com/world/g7-provides-1-billion-covid-vaccine-doses-will-work-give-more-communique-2021-06-13/