Celso Amorim: China will play a decisive role in the post-coronavirus world.
The ambassador compared the geopolitical effects of the pandemic to what happened in the period following World War II, when the US and the Soviet Union emerged internationally strengthened. 'Now I think it's different because China is demonstrating a greater capacity to face the crisis, unlike the US,' he said. Watch on TV 247.
247 - Ambassador Celso Amorim, former Minister of Foreign Affairs and Defense, told TV 247 that he believes China will play a prominent role in the global reorganization after the coronavirus pandemic. He compared the geopolitical effects of the Covid-19 outbreak to those of World War II, and said that the Chinese are demonstrating greater crisis management capacity than the United States.
"I think there will be a long period with many possibilities for social upheaval; at the international level, there will be a reorganization in which China's role will be very significant," he assessed.
“At the end of World War II, the Soviet Union emerged with strong soft power because it played a key role in defeating Nazism, but the United States also emerged with strong soft power. Now I think it's different because China, at least so far, is demonstrating a greater capacity to face the crisis and is also demonstrating the ability to cooperate internationally at a critical moment, something the United States is not demonstrating. So I think all of this will imply important changes in the organization of the world,” he concluded.
Despite the uncertainties, the former minister asserted that the world will not remain static after the pandemic. "It's difficult to make an exact prediction because we are living in the midst of this nebulous crisis, but one thing is certain: as many have said, the world will not be the same, the world will change, and I think this world will have to be reorganized."