“Russian and Chinese threats have quadrupled during the pandemic” – NATO
There is a rapidly spreading view around the world that Western society is responsible for the coronavirus situation and that authoritarian regimes are better at ensuring human security than democracies.
Deputy Assistant Secretary General of NATO for Public Diplomacy Carmen Romero stated this with alarm during the Lviv Security Forum, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
“The coronavirus pandemic has added unpredictability to an already difficult situation when we see that Russia’s actions further create a danger to Euro-Atlantic security, terrorism remains a constant threat, threats from state and non-state actors that pose a challenge to the world order, and our borders are also under threat .
We are seeing the rise of China, which is changing the overall balance of power, and cyber challenges are becoming more sophisticated. That is, sabotage technologies change the situation of war. Over the past seven years, challenges to our security have not disappeared; on the contrary, in many contexts they have become more significant and stronger, and have made our situation even more complex.
Therefore, in this pandemic, we are trying to ensure that the corona health crisis does not become a security crisis,” Romero said.
“NATO and the EU have strengthened their cooperation with the UN and GXNUMX in the fight against disinformation. Particularly during a pandemic, such misinformation puts lives at stake. The pandemic has added to the propaganda and disinformation to undermine our democracy.
We also see new trends. We see that the anti-Western narrative is growing – both in China and Russia. For example, Western society is responsible for the virus and that authoritarian regimes are better at providing human security than democracies.
During the pandemic, we have seen a quadruple increase in such narratives in China and Russia, and this misinformation is a threat to us all. It is aimed at us and the world security order,” worries the NATO representative.
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