ABSTRACT

COVID-19 has led many countries to dismiss globalization and reassert sovereignty through ‘Vaccine Nationalism’, a process whereby high-income countries race to secure vaccine doses for their own populations. This nationalist behaviour has severe consequences for low-income countries lacking vaccine manufacturing capacity or the funds to buy doses, by limiting their access to the pool of available vaccines. Despite calls for vaccine sharing by international organizations, this nationalist behaviour has continued for two years by many countries, including typical multilateral actors such as Canada. To understand this trend, this paper argues that the pursuit of vaccine nationalism by wealthy nations is both a rational by-product of realpolitik, and justified through securitization discourse. In looking back at Canada's active engagement in vaccine nationalism throughout the pandemic, this paper concludes that as a long-time multilateral leader, Canada's nationalist actions to secure COVID-19 vaccines were uncalled for.

摘要

COVID-19 已导致许多国家通过“疫苗民族主义”摒弃全球化并重申主权，这是高收入国家竞相为其本国人民争取疫苗剂量的过程。这种民族主义行为对缺乏疫苗生产能力或资金购买疫苗的低收入国家造成严重后果，因为它们限制了他们获得可用疫苗的机会。尽管国际组织呼吁共享疫苗，但这种民族主义行为在包括加拿大等典型多边行为体在内的许多国家持续了两年。为了理解这一趋势，本文认为富裕国家追求疫苗民族主义既是现实政治的理性副产品，又是通过证券化话语来证明的。回顾加拿大'