ABSTRACT
The neurological complications of COVID-19 are an expansive and heterogeneous topic. This chapter discusses the neuropathophysiology of COVID-19 and the potential mechanisms through which the disease leads to neurological manifestations while also exploring historical viruses that have also led to neurological sequelae. These complications are then characterized and classified into several groups with support from contemporaneous evidence. In addition to this we examine common neurological imaging and their findings and finally discuss the greatest needs moving forward with regard to evidence and research through collaborative efforts. © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022.
ABSTRACT
The end of the Cold War and the collapse of the Soviet Union allowed for a period of US-centered unipolarity in global affairs. This period has ended;it will not return. Moreover, the delicate neoliberal world order crafted by the United States and its allies is collapsing, unable to endure the stress of the COVID-19 crisis and its aftermath. The rise of China does not, however, mean that the world is returning to a long period of bipolarity --reminiscent of the US-Soviet Cold War. Rather, the United States and China simply happen to be far greater than any of their potential competitors at present-the globe is in a condition of "incomplete multi-polarity." The multipolar system is maturing rapidly, however, and it is to be expected that an increasing number of great and medium powers will pursue their interests unilaterally and assertively. This period of deepening multi-polarity is dangerous. It may plausibly culminate in a Third World War. This analysis examines immediate and longer-term dangers accompanying the new multi-polarity, with particular emphasis on how the security of East and South Asia is inextricably linked.