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COVID-19 AS A SECURITY CHALLENGE: CONSPIRACY THEORY OR QUESTIONS THAT REQUIRE ANSWERS

The COVID-19 pandemic has faced an unprecedented global challenge that produces strong economic, political and security turbulence globally. Under the influence of the pandemic, international relations are marked by a new dimension of mistrust and competition of great powers, so COVID-19 tests all elements of the Western leadership - global economy, and thus globalization, crisis management of governments and international organizations. Crisis communication between governments and the scientific community as an indispensable element of effective crisis management does not provide adequate responses to several aspects of this crisis, which deepens mistrust between citizens and governments. Although the scientific community as well as the media classify all these doubts as “conspiracy theories” in a situation of collective threat and uncertainty, as well as suspended principles of democracy, these problematic questions they have certainly need answers. Therefore, the aim of the paper is to place some controversial issues present in the analytical framework in order to stimulate social debate and thus restore confidence in the institutions of the system

Pandemic, conspiracy theories, vaccine, lockdown, new normality.

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