From Hong Kong to Serbia to the Philippines, there are worrying signs for democracy amid the pandemic.
to the nation, “European solidarity does not exist. It was a fairy tale. I have sent a special letter to the only ones who can help. That is China.” Soon after, China began sending aid as well as experts who are reportedly now directing much of the government’s coronavirus response.
Serbia also received help from Russia, which has sent medical aid throughout the world in the midst of this crisis in what the newspaper Novaya Gazeta calls “the diplomacy of protective masks”—even as its own outbreak has put strain on its medical system. Russia analyst Paul Goble“Moscow’s assistance to Serbia has been controlled from the start by the military, and Russian soldiers have been integrated into Serbian operations against the pandemic.
As David Hutt notes in Foreign Policy, the country’s normally very repressive Communist government has also showed an unexpected degree of
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