abstract: The Covid-19 pandemic and the ensuing global state of emergency have fostered a new global debate on whether the current 'state of exception' makes differences between democracies and non-democracies, as well as liberal and illiberal regimes less politically relevant.There are many arguments that seem to lead us towards an affirmative answer.Many authoritative voices in global academia assume that all governments nowadays face similar challenges and similarly react to them (Kimmage 2020).In acco
journal: Czech Journal of International Relations