The former Prime Minister Theresa May says world leaders have failed to forge a coherent international response to the coronavirus pandemic.

So is she right?

Has international diplomacy been found wanting during the current crisis?

Sir Christopher?

International diplomacy has been found wanting, but usually it's always found wanting.

Katya?

I think it's natural that in a crisis like this, that governments look to save their own

political reputations, their national economies and the health of their voters first and

foremost.

But, you know, we have seen countries trying to join together at least this week

trying to pledge money to try and find a vaccine and to disseminate it globally.

Bobby? I think it's a reasonable criticism to make. But given the scale and suddenness of the

virus and that public health levers are essentially in the hands of national governments, it was always

going to be difficult to scramble an international response. But I think she makes an important

point with which I agree, which is that the weakness in the international response reinforces the

case for greater international cooperation rather than aversion to narrow nationalism.

Three very interesting perspectives on a pretty far-reaching subject.

And the three voices you heard there belong, of course,

to Sir Christopher Mayer, former UK ambassador to the United States and Germany,

and former press secretary to Prime Minister Sir John Major,

Katia Adler, the BBC's Europe editor,

and Bobby McDonough, former Irish ambassador to the UK and Italy. Welcome to Red Lines.

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