Marcin Grabowski, PhD, is Associate Professor at the Institute of Political Science and International Relations of the Jagiellonian University (JU) in Kraków and the director of the Centre for International Studies and Development at the JU. His research interests focus on the Asia–Pacific Rim, especially institutional arrangements in the region, American and Chinese foreign policy, theories of IR and International Economics.Luca Verzichelli is Full Professor of Political Science at the University of Siena. He completed his PhD in Political Science at the University of Florence and was Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Siena and Assistant Professor at the University of Bologna. He is and has been member of the Editorial Board of the journals Polis, European Political Science, The Journal of Legislative Studies, Southern European Society and Politics. He has been Chief Editor of the Italian Political Science Review (2010–2014). He is currently Chair of the Italian Political Science Association and member of the Executive Board of the Coimbra Group of European Universities. He has published 12 volumes and several peer-reviewed articles in different fields, including élite studies, comparative political institutions and history of European political science.

• Introduction Marcin Grabowski, Luca Verzichelli, COVID-19 and the Transformation of the World Politics Part 1: COVID-19 and the Transformation of the World Politics Chapter: 1 Even Braver New World? Geopolitical Implications of COVID-19 and How the World Order is Reshaping Hajer Trabelsi, Istvan Tarrósy Chapter 2: Awareness, Adaptation with (no) Advancement? The Pandemic Experience as a cutting edge of Future Political European Science Luca Verzichelli Chapter 3:Trust, transparency and surveillance in the post-pandemic world Paweł Laider Chapter 4: Christian nationalism in the US and its response to COVID. National and international implications Paulina Napierała Part 2: Asia and Euro-Asia in the Times of Pandemic Chapter 5: Alternative Leadership: China and Global Finance in a Post-Pandemic World Order Jörn-Carsten Gottwald, Niall Duggan Chapter 6: ASEAN way of coping with COVID-19: challenges for ASEAN centrality in the post-pandemic region Hana Umezawa Chapter 7: China’s Health Diplomacy in Reintegrating the Image of the Country Abroad during COVID-19 Ewa Trojnar Chapter 8: Role of COVID-19 in Changing Dynamic of Great Power Relations: US-China Case Study Marcin Grabowski Chapter 9: Covid-19 and the Acceleration in the Decoupling between China and the Countries of Central and Eastern Europe Emilian Kavalski Chapter 10: Infectious Extremism: Biopolitical discourses in the wake of Covid-19: Chinese discourses on Xinjiang, and the Covid ‘infodemic’ David O’Brien and Melissa Shani Brown Part 3: Europe in the Times of Pandemic Chapter 11: A Leader for Difficult Times: Russian Domestic and International Politics during the COVID-19 Pandemic in the Light of the ‘Collective Programming of the Mind’ Małgorzata Abassy Chapter 12: Europe's Place in the Post-Pandemic World: The Challenge of Transnational Democratization in the Wake of Covid-19 Richard Milner Chapter 13: The impact of Next Generation EU on member states: the case of the Italian National Recovery and Resilience Plan Mattia Guidi Chapter 14: Exporting audience costs to new contexts: Types of commitment and policy outcomes in democratic and electoral authoritarian regimes Sergio Martini, Francesco Olmastroni and Pierangelo Isernia, Paolo Pin, Gianni Betti Chapter 15: The threats for public finance as a consequence of the stimulation of the Polish economy after the COVID-19 pandemic Piotr Łasak Conclusion

Marcin Grabowski, PhD, is Associate Professor at the Institute of Political Science and International Relations of the Jagiellonian University (JU) in Kraków and the director of the Centre for International Studies and Development at the JU. His research interests focus on the Asia–Pacific Rim, especially institutional arrangements in the region, American and Chinese foreign policy, theories of IR and International Economics.Luca Verzichelli is Full Professor of Political Science at the University of Siena. He completed his PhD in Political Science at the University of Florence and was Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Siena and Assistant Professor at the University of Bologna. He is and has been member of the Editorial Board of the journals Polis, European Political Science, The Journal of Legislative Studies, Southern European Society and Politics. He has been Chief Editor of the Italian Political Science Review (2010–2014). He is currently Chair of the Italian Political Science Association and member of the Executive Board of the Coimbra Group of European Universities. He has published 12 volumes and several peer-reviewed articles in different fields, including élite studies, comparative political institutions and history of European political science.

• Introduction Marcin Grabowski, Luca Verzichelli, COVID-19 and the Transformation of the World Politics Part 1: COVID-19 and the Transformation of the World Politics Chapter: 1 Even Braver New World? Geopolitical Implications of COVID-19 and How the World Order is Reshaping Hajer Trabelsi, Istvan Tarrósy Chapter 2: Awareness, Adaptation with (no) Advancement? The Pandemic Experience as a cutting edge of Future Political European Science Luca Verzichelli Chapter 3:Trust, transparency and surveillance in the post-pandemic world Paweł Laider Chapter 4: Christian nationalism in the US and its response to COVID. National and international implications Paulina Napierała Part 2: Asia and Euro-Asia in the Times of Pandemic Chapter 5: Alternative Leadership: China and Global Finance in a Post-Pandemic World Order Jörn-Carsten Gottwald, Niall Duggan Chapter 6: ASEAN way of coping with COVID-19: challenges for ASEAN centrality in the post-pandemic region Hana Umezawa Chapter 7: China’s Health Diplomacy in Reintegrating the Image of the Country Abroad during COVID-19 Ewa Trojnar Chapter 8: Role of COVID-19 in Changing Dynamic of Great Power Relations: US-China Case Study Marcin Grabowski Chapter 9: Covid-19 and the Acceleration in the Decoupling between China and the Countries of Central and Eastern Europe Emilian Kavalski Chapter 10: Infectious Extremism: Biopolitical discourses in the wake of Covid-19: Chinese discourses on Xinjiang, and the Covid ‘infodemic’ David O’Brien and Melissa Shani Brown Part 3: Europe in the Times of Pandemic Chapter 11: A Leader for Difficult Times: Russian Domestic and International Politics during the COVID-19 Pandemic in the Light of the ‘Collective Programming of the Mind’ Małgorzata Abassy Chapter 12: Europe's Place in the Post-Pandemic World: The Challenge of Transnational Democratization in the Wake of Covid-19 Richard Milner Chapter 13: The impact of Next Generation EU on member states: the case of the Italian National Recovery and Resilience Plan Mattia Guidi Chapter 14: Exporting audience costs to new contexts: Types of commitment and policy outcomes in democratic and electoral authoritarian regimes Sergio Martini, Francesco Olmastroni and Pierangelo Isernia, Paolo Pin, Gianni Betti Chapter 15: The threats for public finance as a consequence of the stimulation of the Polish economy after the COVID-19 pandemic Piotr Łasak Conclusion

Marcin Grabowski, PhD, is Associate Professor at the Institute of Political Science and International Relations of the Jagiellonian University (JU) in Kraków and the director of the Centre for International Studies and Development at the JU. His research interests focus on the Asia–Pacific Rim, especially institutional arrangements in the region, American and Chinese foreign policy, theories of IR and International Economics.Luca Verzichelli is Full Professor of Political Science at the University of Siena. He completed his PhD in Political Science at the University of Florence and was Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Siena and Assistant Professor at the University of Bologna. He is and has been member of the Editorial Board of the journals Polis, European Political Science, The Journal of Legislative Studies, Southern European Society and Politics. He has been Chief Editor of the Italian Political Science Review (2010–2014). He is currently Chair of the Italian Political Science Association and member of the Executive Board of the Coimbra Group of European Universities. He has published 12 volumes and several peer-reviewed articles in different fields, including élite studies, comparative political institutions and history of European political science.

• Introduction Marcin Grabowski, Luca Verzichelli, COVID-19 and the Transformation of the World Politics Part 1: COVID-19 and the Transformation of the World Politics Chapter: 1 Even Braver New World? Geopolitical Implications of COVID-19 and How the World Order is Reshaping Hajer Trabelsi, Istvan Tarrósy Chapter 2: Awareness, Adaptation with (no) Advancement? The Pandemic Experience as a cutting edge of Future Political European Science Luca Verzichelli Chapter 3:Trust, transparency and surveillance in the post-pandemic world Paweł Laider Chapter 4: Christian nationalism in the US and its response to COVID. National and international implications Paulina Napierała Part 2: Asia and Euro-Asia in the Times of Pandemic Chapter 5: Alternative Leadership: China and Global Finance in a Post-Pandemic World Order Jörn-Carsten Gottwald, Niall Duggan Chapter 6: ASEAN way of coping with COVID-19: challenges for ASEAN centrality in the post-pandemic region Hana Umezawa Chapter 7: China’s Health Diplomacy in Reintegrating the Image of the Country Abroad during COVID-19 Ewa Trojnar Chapter 8: Role of COVID-19 in Changing Dynamic of Great Power Relations: US-China Case Study Marcin Grabowski Chapter 9: Covid-19 and the Acceleration in the Decoupling between China and the Countries of Central and Eastern Europe Emilian Kavalski Chapter 10: Infectious Extremism: Biopolitical discourses in the wake of Covid-19: Chinese discourses on Xinjiang, and the Covid ‘infodemic’ David O’Brien and Melissa Shani Brown Part 3: Europe in the Times of Pandemic Chapter 11: A Leader for Difficult Times: Russian Domestic and International Politics during the COVID-19 Pandemic in the Light of the ‘Collective Programming of the Mind’ Małgorzata Abassy Chapter 12: Europe's Place in the Post-Pandemic World: The Challenge of Transnational Democratization in the Wake of Covid-19 Richard Milner Chapter 13: The impact of Next Generation EU on member states: the case of the Italian National Recovery and Resilience Plan Mattia Guidi Chapter 14: Exporting audience costs to new contexts: Types of commitment and policy outcomes in democratic and electoral authoritarian regimes Sergio Martini, Francesco Olmastroni and Pierangelo Isernia, Paolo Pin, Gianni Betti Chapter 15: The threats for public finance as a consequence of the stimulation of the Polish economy after the COVID-19 pandemic Piotr Łasak Conclusion