Proceedings of the 2021 4th International Conference on Humanities Education and Social Sciences (ICHESS 2021)

International Cooperation of Health Securities in Non-traditional Fields in the Perspective of Neo-liberal Institutionalism

A Case Study on the Assistance of the European Union to the Democratic Republic of the Congo in Prevention and Control of Ebola Epidemic

Authors
Jiuru Lu1, a,*, , Zhenhao Ma2, b, *, , Yifei Wang3, c, *, , Haipeng Yu4, d, *,
1University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
2University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
3Beijing Foreign Studies University, Beijing, China
4Shandong University, Jinan, China

These authors contributed equally.

*Corresponding author. Email: ajilu7425@uni.sydney.edu.au
Corresponding Authors
Jiuru Lu, Zhenhao Ma, Yifei Wang, Haipeng Yu
Available Online 24 December 2021.
DOI
10.2991/assehr.k.211220.281How to use a DOI?
Keywords
International security; Neo-liberal institutionalism; European Union; the Democratic Republic of the Congo; Ebola Epidemic
Abstract

The assistance of the European Union (EU) to the prevention and control of Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is a typical case of the international cooperation of health security in the non-traditional fields, which reflects the adherence of EU to neo-liberal institutionalism and the contradiction between. This study focuses on the EU’s assistance to the Ebola outbreak in the DRC since 2018 within the theoretical framework of neo-liberal institutionalism. On the one hand, assistance verifies the concept of interdependence between countries implicated by neoliberal institutionalism and manifests the fact that international institutions have strengthened the willingness of non-state actors to cooperate globally. Thus it provides a reference for the follow-up international cooperation in the security system. On the other hand, it also reflects some contradictions within the paradigm of neo-liberal institutionalism, such as the weakening of aid effectiveness and the international cooperation mechanism. The health issues of the DRC are still far from sanguine.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 2021 4th International Conference on Humanities Education and Social Sciences (ICHESS 2021)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
24 December 2021
ISBN
978-94-6239-495-7
ISSN
2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/assehr.k.211220.281How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2021 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.
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This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC license.

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AU  - Jiuru Lu
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