Politicization of the COVID-19 pandemic in international relations

Abstract

In the qualification (bachelor’s) paper the concept of “politicization“ of nonpolitical phenomena in international relations is studied based on the example of the COVID-19 pandemic. Various forms of conflict-generating use of the COVID-19 pandemic by national leaders and governments as a foreign policy instrument at the level of bilateral relations and international organizations, in particular the WHO and the United Nations Security Council, are considered.