It will be interesting to observe how the present economic/public health crisis impacts international relations. The biggest question involves whether the global ruling class will fragment or consolidate. In recent years, the US ruling class has been divided between the Russophobes/Syria-haters (Democrats) and Sinophobes/Iran-haters (Republicans), with the Eastern axis of global capitalism (and its tacit alliance with the axis of resistance) attempting to assert itself within the ranks of the global ruling class.