La pandémie de Covid-19, un outil discursif au service des objectifs géopolitiques de l’Initiative des Trois Mers
The Covid-19 pandemic, a discursive tool at the service of geopolitical objectives of the Three Seas Initiative

Author(s): Sami Ramdani
Subject(s): Economy, Sociology, International relations/trade, Security and defense
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: Covid-19; pandemic; Three Seas Initiative; International Monetary Fund; North-South Gas Corridor; Poland
Summary/Abstract: The Three Seas Initiative (3SI) is a platform for political cooperation created in 2016 that brings together twelve Central and Eastern European countries. The objective of this organization is to address the gap in economic development with Western Europe and to strengthen regional resilience against actors such as Russia and China through the development of infrastructure in the sectors of energy, telecommunications and transport. In September 2020, the 3SI’s development policy was encouraged by a report from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) which sees it as a solution for reviving the European economy following the Covid-19 pandemic. Consequently, the pandemic becomes an argument for the 3SI to attract capital to the projects it carries. However, the projects supported by the 3SI are not only structured by economic objectives but also by strategic objectives. We will illustrate the geopolitical dimension of the 3SI with a case study: the North-South Gas Corridor.

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