University of Tehran Published jointly with Iranian World Studies Association Journal of World Sociopolitical Studies 2588-3119 5 2 2021 04 01 The Impact of Coronavirus on Globalization: Evidence from Different Regions in Asia 225 254 83841 10.22059/wsps.2021.327812.1234 EN Ehsan Rasoulinezhad Assistant Professor of Russian, Central Asian and Caucasus Studies, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran Sanaz Karimi Vala PhD Student of Political Sciences & Regional Studies, Tomsk State University, Tomsk, Russian Federation Olga Gennadevna Orlova Instructor of World Economy, Volgogorod State University, Volgogorod, Russian Federation Journal Article 2020 09 05 It is generally accepted that COVID-19 is one of the most serious challenges the countries have faced since the end of World War II. The coronavirus, as an external shock has reshaped economic structures and lowered integration among countries. The main purpose of this paper is to investigate the impacts of COVID-19 on the globalization level of countries, which were classified into five Asian regions based on the United Nations geoscheme. To this end, an econometric method of estimation is employed based on the quarterly data pertaining to the study’s variables from 2010 to 2020. Results indicate that the pandemic has had a more severe negative impact on the globalization level of more developed countries in Asia, whereas it has had a smaller negative impact on less developed regions, such as those located in Central Asia. In this regard, Japan and China can be named as two economies in which the Coronavirus has had a greater negative impact on the level of globalization. It can be highlighted that the pandemic and its related consequences, such as protectionism (trade and capital de-liberalism) and travel restrictions are not considered as potential threats for all Asian countries. What constitutes a threat for various countries depends on the country’s economic nature, political stability, economic size, and globalization nature. Therefore, for globalization recovery, no unique pattern could be applied to all Asian countries, each having to determine useful practical policies based on its  economic mechanism and interactions with respect to both regional and global variables.  https://wsps.ut.ac.ir/article_83841_71e56da3795099e810afe7652861fcc2.pdf