Pandemic geopolitics, scales of the crisis and contentious scenarios

Abstract

This article analyzes the geopolitics of the COVID-19 pandemic from three interrelated axes that allow us to observe the responses and recompositions of power and resistances: geopolitical constraints, geopolitical representations and post-pandemic scenarios. In the first case, the antecedents and causes of the pandemic are discussed, based on different spatio-temporal dimensions, framing it within a broader civilizational crisis and ecosystem limits. In the second, a picture of spatial reorganization is drawn with geopolitical representations that highlight global chaos, the political fragility of regional blocks and the centrality acquired by state action and local initiatives with _____________ community and territorial roots. Finally, three post-pandemic contentious scenarios are drawn: that of “recovery”, based on the logic of business as usual and economic growth; that of “adaptation”, with proposals for capitalist reforms in the face of the climate emergency; and, finally, the paradigm shift towards a new ecosocial matrix, guided by anti-capitalism, and environmental and social justice.