A New Pandemic Agreement: Multilateralism Under Strain, but Still Standing - IPI Global Observatory

A New Pandemic Agreement: Multilateralism Under Strain, but Still Standing - IPI Global Observatory

Amid geopolitical fragmentation and rising nationalist sentiment, the negotiations leading to the Pandemic Agreement—which is set to be adopted at the World Health Assembly beginning this week—have shown that multilateral diplomacy is more difficult than ever—but also more vital. For decades, cooperation on global health was treated as self-evident. The shared logic was clear: pandemics, like the climate crisis, do not respect borders, and globa…