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Janan Ganesh

Coronavirus reveals the dread of a ‘non-polar’ world

The two great superpowers cannot lead and there is no persuasive coalition to replace them.

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It would be tasteless to crown the geopolitical winner of the coronavirus pandemic. What a blessing, then, that there isn’t one.

Not one global power has distinguished itself of late. From the US, there has been no Bretton Woods or Desert Storm in this crisis: no herding of allies into concerted action. Even if President Donald Trump had the inclination for such work, he does not have the finesse.

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Janan Ganesh is the principal political columnist for the Financial Times.

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