{"id":13144,"date":"2020-11-24T12:07:00","date_gmt":"2020-11-24T11:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/the-pandemic-and-the-military-towards-total-defence\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T09:31:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T08:31:09","slug":"the-pandemic-and-the-military-towards-total-defence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/the-pandemic-and-the-military-towards-total-defence\/","title":{"rendered":"The pandemic and the military: towards total defence?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\">\n<ul class='list_homepage'>\n<li>\nNDC Policy Brief 21-20: <em><a href='\/fr\/download\/downloads.php\/?icode=666' target='_blank' title=\"click to download (pdf)\">The pandemic and the military: towards total defence?<\/a><\/em>, by  <a href=\"\/fr\/about\/organization.php\/?icode=157\" target=\"_blank\">Antonio Missiroli<\/a> and Michael R\u00fchle <a href=\"#_edn0\" name=\"_ednref0\" title=\"\" class=\"sup\" >*<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\">\n<i>The COVID-19 pandemic, which broke out in December 2019 in the Chinese city of Wuhan and quickly spread across the globe, will have a lasting impact on worldwide economic, political and strategic developments. Some observers question whether the different approaches by nations to the pandemic may benefit or hinder global economic competition.<a href=\"#_edn1\" name=\"_ednref1\" title=\"\" class=\"sup\" >1<\/a> Others worry that some states may exploit the pandemic as a pretext to curtail individual freedoms.<br \/>\n<a href=\"#_edn2\" name=\"_ednref2\" title=\"\" class=\"sup\" >2<\/a><br \/>\nStill others note the emergence of an outright \u201cbattle of narratives\u201d on the origins of the virus and the correct approach to bringing it under control, adding fuel to an already lingering \u201csystemic\u201d contest.<br \/>\n<a href=\"#_edn3\" name=\"_ednref3\" title=\"\" class=\"sup\" >3<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\">\n<hr>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller; color: darkslategrey ; margin-top:-1em;\">\n<div>\n<div id=\"edn0\">\n        <sup>*<\/sup> <span class=\"np\"><a href=\"#_ednref0\" name=\"_edn0\" class=\"Subs\" >(back)<\/a><\/span> Antonio Missiroli is Non-Resident Associate Fellow at the NDC and was previously NATO\u2019s Assistant Secretary General for Emerging Security Challenges; Michael R\u00fchle is Head of NATO\u2019s Hybrid Challenges and Energy Security Section. The authors, who write here in a personal capacity, thank Philip H. Lott for his invaluable research.\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"edn1\">\n  <br \/>\n        <sup>1<\/sup> <span class=\"np\"><a href=\"#_ednref1\" name=\"_edn1\" class=\"Subs\" >(back)<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n K. Mahbubani, \u201cHow China could win over the post-coronavirus world and leave the US behind\u201d, <em>Market Watch<\/em>, 18 April 2020.\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"edn2\">\n  <br \/>\n        <sup>2<\/sup> <span class=\"np\"><a href=\"#_ednref2\" name=\"_edn2\" class=\"Subs\" >(back)<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n S. Simon, \u201cSubtle connections: pandemic and the authoritarian impulse\u201d, <em>Survival<\/em>, Vol.62, Iss.3, June-July 2020, pp.103-111.\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"edn3\">\n  <br \/>\n        <sup>3<\/sup> <span class=\"np\"><a href=\"#_ednref3\" name=\"_edn3\" class=\"Subs\" >(back)<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n See for instance F. Gaub, L. Boswinkel, \u201cWho\u2019s first wins? International crisis response to COVID-19\u201d, <em>Policy Brief<\/em>, No.11, EU Institute for Security Studies, May 2020; B. Tertrais, \u201cYear of the rat: the strategic consequences of the Coronavirus crisis\u2019, Note, No.17, Fondation pour la Recherche Strat\u00e9gique, April 2020.\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\"><a href='\/fr\/download\/downloads.php\/?icode=666' target='_blank' title=\"click to download (pdf)\"><br \/>\nDownload the publication<\/a> to keep reading.<\/p>\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\"><span class='np'><a href='\/fr\/research\/research.php\/?icode=6' target='_blank'>More Research Division Publications&#8230;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>NDC Public Affairs Office<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NDC Policy Brief 21-20: The pandemic and the military: towards total defence?, by Antonio Missiroli and Michael R\u00fchle<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","editor_plus_copied_stylings":"{}","_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"post_badge":[],"class_list":["post-13144","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"featured_image_src":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"NDC","author_link":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/author\/admin_3rwqf6tj\/"},"modified_by":null,"author_meta":{"display_name":"NDC","author_link":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/author\/admin_3rwqf6tj\/"},"featured_img":null,"featured_image_urls":{"full":"","thumbnail":"","medium":"","medium_large":"","large":"","1536x1536":"","2048x2048":"","trp-custom-language-flag":"","morenews-featured":"","morenews-large":"","morenews-medium":""},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/category\/news\/\" rel=\"category tag\">News<\/a>","tag_info":"News","comment_count":0,"coauthors":[],"tax_additional":{"categories":{"linked":["<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/category\/news\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">News<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">News<\/span>"]}},"relative_dates":{"created":"Publi\u00e9 6 ans il y a","modified":"Mis \u00e0 jour 6 mois il y a"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Publi\u00e9 le novembre 24, 2020","modified":"Mise \u00e0 jour le janvier 15, 2026"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Publi\u00e9 le novembre 24, 2020 12:07","modified":"Mise \u00e0 jour le janvier 15, 2026 09:31"},"featured_img_caption":"","series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13144","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13144"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13144\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13144"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13144"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13144"},{"taxonomy":"post_badge","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_badge?post=13144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}