COVID-19 “Humanitarianism”

Mariya Y. Omelicheva, Ph.D. (2007), is Professor of Strategy at National War College, National Defense University. She is the author of Webs of Corruption: Trafficking-Terrorism Nexus in Central Asia (Columbia University Press, 2019, with Lawrence Markowitz), Democracy in Central Asia: Competing Perspectives and Alternate Strategies (University Press of Kentucky, 2015) and Counterterrorism Policies in Central Asia (Routledge, 2011) and over a hundred peer-reviewed articles.Brittnee Carter, Ph.D. (2017), is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Kansas. She has published many articles in the areas of international security, foreign policy, and terrorism studies.

• AcknowledgementsList of Figures, Tables and MapsIntroduction1 Why Understanding States’ Motives for Humanitarian Assistance Is Important?2 Argument in a Nutshell3 Methods and Evidence4 Overview of the Book1 Critical Geopolitics Perspective on Humanitarian Assistance1 Taking the Stock of Knowledge on Humanitarian Aid2 Humanitarianism as a Geopolitical Discourse: Alternative Geopolitical Logics for Humanitarian Assistance3 Contestations Over the Conceptual Architecture of Global Humanitarian Regime2 China’s COVID-19 Humanitarianism: an Aid Model Rooted in the State-Centered Logic of Development Assistance1 Background on China’s Humanitarianism2 Elements of China’s Geopolitical Logic about Humanitarian Assistance3 Where Did China Send Its COVID-19 Aid and Why4 Statistical Analysis of China’s COVID-19 Assistance3 Russia’s COVID-19 Aid Opportunism1 Historical Background on Russia’s Humanitarian Aid2 The Elements of Russia’s Geopolitical Logic for Humanitarian Aid3 Analysis of Russia’s COVID-19 Allocations4 Geopolitical, Geoeconomic, and Humanitarian Considerations for COVID-19 Assistance by the United States1 Background on American Humanitarian Assistance2 The Universalizing Logic of the US Humanitarian Assistance3 US COVID-19 Assistance4 Analysis of US Covid-19 Assistance5 Global Geopolitics of Vaccine Distribution1 Vaccine Humanitarianism2 China’s COVID-19 Vaccine Assistance3 Russia’s COVID-19 Vaccine Assistance4 US COVID-19 Vaccine AssistanceConclusion1 Overview of Findings2 Ways Forward3 Lessons for the Traditional DonorsReferencesIndex