title: When Mercantilism Upsets Neo-Classical Liberal Thinking: The Pandemic COVID-19 as a Revelation
abstract: Abstract The pandemic shock of COVID-19 had the indirect but powerful consequence of highlighting the limits of economic globalisation. National security not only is a military matter but also includes, more than ever, the sectors of health, education, industrial risks or the protection and availability of natural resources. States can no longer forget that products and services essential to human survival (food, medicines, and civil protection) must always be available within the country, eithe