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Now is the time for a new internationalism, which prioritises global justice and collaboration
From the coronavirus pandemic to the climate emergency, the global community is facing increasingly common enemies – a joined-up approach is needed to tackle them, says CLAUDIA WEBBE

IT IS a cruel irony that, at a time when internationalism is most critical, we are stuck with a complete lack of global leadership. 

The coronavirus crisis requires an international response that prioritises people over profit and rejects authoritarian nationalism wherever it raises its ugly head. 

Yet the profound lack of international co-operation at a political level, encapsulated by the blustering incompetence of Donald Trump, Jair Bolsonaro and Boris Johnson, has shown how insular and vulnerable the world really is. 

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