Thank you very much.
I would like to thank our witnesses for being here with us today. I'll begin with Mr. Bollyky.
During the pandemic, we saw that the solidarity systems put in place by the international community completely fell apart. It became a free-for-all among states around the world, in terms of getting access to medical equipment.
In the September-October issue of the magazine Foreign Affairs, you and Chad P. Bown from the Peterson Institute for International Economics warned us about "vaccine nationalism".
In light of what happened in the early months of the pandemic, do you believe that we are succeeding in avoiding the "every man for himself" approach we have seen so far?
At the last G20, world leaders agreed to guarantee affordable worldwide access to vaccines, but there were no clear measures set out to accompany this commitment. But instead, an astounding percentage of the vaccines have been cornered by western countries. I don't have the figures with me, but I've seen them.
How do you see things playing out in connection with the pandemic?