COVID-19 and Conflict: Major Risks and Policy Responses

Dominic Rohner

Peace Economics, Peace Science, and Public Policy, 2020, vol. 26, issue 3, 06

Abstract: The COVID-19 pandemic entails a medium- and long-run risk of heightened political conflict. In this short essay we distinguish four major consequences of COVID-19 that may fuel social tensions and political violence, namely i) spiking poverty, ii) education under stress, iii) potential for repression, and iv) reduced inter-dependence. After discussing them in turn, we will formulate policy recommendations on how to attenuate these risks.

Keywords: COVID-19; civil war; fighting; conflict; poverty; development; education; democracy; trade (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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