Donation or Diplomacy? US Vaccine Distribution in a Time of Great Power Rivalry

• In Event: Qualitative Bayesian Inference in Practice: Case Studies in Comparative Politics and International Relations

Brief Overview

How has the US donated vaccines amidst the politicized COVID-19 pandemic? This paper employs Bayesian reasoning to contend that public health considerations rather than strategic and political calculations drive US vaccine donations.

Author

• Rikio John Inouye, Princeton University