The Iran conflict and Covid-19: A tale of two shocks


WE are living through a global disruption: a world grappling with supply chains and inflation. And we have previously lived through another global disruption: when the sudden reordering of daily life occurred.

But to lump the Covid-19 pandemic and the Middle East conflict together is to miss a critical distinction: They are not the same storm; they are two entirely different weather systems that happen to be flooding the same basement.

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