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The COVID-19 pandemic invoked not only an infectious disease crisis, but the secondary crises of the human nature, national governance and international cooperation. In this chapter and the following chapters, the author argues the prospects for the world and various issues related to international politics. In the midst of such an international situation of the COVID-19 pandemic, in January 2021, President Biden took office. However, even with a Democratic administration, there has been no change in the USA attitude toward China. The author considers such serious problems related to crises issues such as Morgenthau (Morgenthau, in Politics among nations: The struggle for power and peace, Knopf, 1978) and Habermas's social theory (Habermas, in Legitimation crisis, Heinemann, 1976, Habermas, Eine Art Schadensabwicklung. Nachdruck, 1987), because further global tensions were caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. How will the aftermath of the pandemic change and reshape the actuality of the world?
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Shibuya, K. (2022). A New World in Motion. In: The Rise of Artificial Intelligence and Big Data in Pandemic Society. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-0950-4_9
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