COVID-19

Description

Need a thesis statement for upcoming 20 page paper on the impact of the measures being implemented to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 has on people and society, and in particular the effect on national defense and diplomacy. Some potential questions to be answered in this paper: What are the effects of long-term social distancing on people and society? What new challenges does social distancing create in our personal and professional lives? What opportunities are created by these new mitigations put on society? Are there specific populations/cultures/societies/institutions that are more susceptible to the impacts of the pandemic mitigations, and are they capable of surviving? Are there any lessons learned from previous global pandemics that can provide insight on the effect mitigations efforts such as social distancing has on a population or society? How long can we keep up these efforts? At what point to they become permanent ways of life? Are there specific populations or societies that are more open or resistant to these mitigation efforts? Why is that? How do mitigation efforts impact societies’ response to a simultaneous crisis? How do the mitigation efforts affect national defense? What impact does COVID-19 have on the great power competition that is influencing strategic policy in the US?