As the coronavirus crisis momentarily recedes, one of the stocktaking calculations essayed by policymakers will be to estimate how the pandemic has affected the global balance of power. China, where the virus originated, and where a second wave may be developing, seems to have emerged relatively less scathed than might have been expected. Russia has been badly hit, but it remains to be seen how adversely that will impact its economy.
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