In this essay, Menand raises historiographical questions about the Cold War, arising mainly from his experience of authoring The Free World: Art and Thought in War (New York: Farrar, Straus Giroux, 2021).

Existing knowledge of the geopolitics public health and coronavirus pandemic indicates that states, particularly most powerful ones (the United States, China, Russia), have used current global crisis to strengthen their influence worldwide, in line with geopolitical, economic, military aspirations. Geopoliticisation COVID-19 vaccines not been explored so far. Based on qualitative analysis media...