EU–UK relations after Brexit: the emotional (de)politicization of the 'Oxford' COVID-19 vaccine.
In early 2021, the United Kingdom, facing the challenge of managing the COVID-19 pandemic, embarked on a push to vaccinate its population. This effort unfolded with public pressure to return the country to 'normal' life and the constraints of an urgent timeline, but also amid a tense 'vaccine war' w...
| Publicado en: | International Affairs Vol. 101; no. 4; pp. 1323 - 1343 |
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