Thus Covid will change the world. The prof. Parsi (interviewed by Po)
What should we expect, also for Italian politics, in the post Covid? Ruggero Po's interview with Vittorio Emanuele Parsi, professor of International Relations at the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
Ruggero Po interview for Start Magazine Vittorio Emanuele Parsi, professor of International Relations at the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart.
One year after its first release as an e-book, “ Vulnerabili: how the pandemic is changing politics and the world” becomes a much broader paper essay published by Piemme Vulnerabili: how the pandemic is changing politics and the world .
Parsi tells how in the first edition he outlined three possible scenarios of post-Covid international political-economic relations: the Restoration, the end of the Western Roman Empire and the Renaissance. The first scenario envisaged the restoration of a globalization such as the pre-pandemic one with the same struggle between the US and China for economic hegemony, but also with the same often undemocratic rules.
With the end of the Western Roman Empire, on the other hand, an implosion of the system would have arrived with the shortening of the lines of communication and the formation of largely isolated internal markets. Linked to this outcome is a deep crisis in Europe, too dependent on international trade, and, in the long run, the rise of China, favored by outlets on the Pacific and Indian Oceans.
The third scenario (the Renaissance) would have required the return of politics, that is, of a vision of the future and of the struggle to achieve it.
In this context, Parsi analyzes the three phases that Italian politics has experienced since the beginning of the pandemic in the last year (between the ebook and its paper version). In the first, from March to May, where there was neither political struggle nor programs; the second, this summer, politics has rekindled as a struggle for power, resuming the scene and opening the way to the struggle for future projects. Thus arriving at the third phase, the one we are currently experiencing, when the question of defining the vision of the future (also with regard to the Recovery Fund) is raised as a political priority: the vaccination campaign is not enough, which cannot fail to be at the basis of the program anyone, but clear plans are needed on how European funds will be invested.
In this context, Parsi places the problem of the so-called "Vulnerables" (to whom he dedicates the title of his book), or the many who in the last thirty years have gradually lost political weight to the detriment of the few, concentrating more and more power and wealth . Perhaps, therefore, Parsi believes, a post-pandemic recovery will be possible as an opportunity to regain balance in the government of the country (and more generally of the world), orienting ourselves towards a Renaissance that will avert both the Restoration and the implosion of the Western Empire. .
This is a machine translation from Italian language of a post published on Start Magazine at the URL https://www.startmag.it/mondo/cosi-covid-cambiera-il-mondo-parla-il-prof-parsi/ on Sat, 27 Mar 2021 15:00:06 +0000.