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Editorial
. 2022 Oct 18;18(1):87.
doi: 10.1186/s12992-022-00881-x.

Editorial: Whither globalization and health in an era of geopolitical uncertainty?

Ronald Labonté  1 , Greg Martin  2 , Katerini T Storeng  3
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Editorial

Editorial: Whither globalization and health in an era of geopolitical uncertainty?

Ronald Labonté et al. Global Health. .

Abstract

Globalization has been declared dead or dying for many years, although recently, the number of voices declaring it 'over' has swelled [1]. As editors of a journal interrogating how globalization affects health, we confront the question: Have the COVID-19 pandemic, Russia's war against Ukraine, a breakdown in multilateralism, and the risk of a return to the stagflation of the 1970s finally sounded a death knell for the research and scholarship we have been publishing in the journal's 20-year history? We think not and argue below why, in our post-pandemic fractured and fractious era, it is vitally important to retain a focus on this messy construct short-handed as 'globalization.'

Keywords: COVID-19; Climate Change; Globalization; Governance; Neoliberalism; Pandemic; Sustainable development goals.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

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