Covid-19, a Common Threat towards Intrusive Regionalism

Abstract

The Covid-19 pandemic news has become the top headline of almost all international media and the topic of everyday conversation among people. Coronavirus, like international terrorism is a global challenge to both states and societies, and a common transnational human security threat that requires a collective work to tackle and would be a great opportunity for regional cooperation and an Intrusive Regionalism1, simultaneously. For instance, a global coalition has been formed to counter the common transnational terrorism of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), despite there were national and political differences among states. Likewise, the fight against the threats posed by Coronavirus outbreak to international human security and economy can also succeed only through regional and international cooperation despite discrepancies in other areas