Report | 100 Days of COVID-19: The indirect effects of COVID-19 Crisis on the Middle East
COVID-19 attacking the world
In this report, the Liberal Democracy Institute, documents and analyzes the indirect influences caused by the COVID-19 political and economic crises, in the world in general, and the Middle East in particular, in relation to five main issues: democracy, human rights, terrorism, military affairs, and the foreign policy of the United States in the Middle East.
The world is starting to get over the state of denial, which most people adopted as a defense mechanism against the global pandemic labeled as the Coronavirus (COVID-19). We are, bitterly, realizing that we are too weak to stop a microscopic being from attacking our respiratory system and leaving many of us dead or sick. The people of planet Earth, with their scientific expertise, mighty militaries, political prejudices, and clashing civilizations, are still struggling, not only to find a medical solution for containing the new virus but most importantly to minimize the political and economic damage that shall, inevitably, result from this brutal attack on our human race.
The “divide and conquer” strategy of this cruel attack, by nature on man, forced nations, not only individuals, to apply social and diplomatic distancing. This turned the global crisis into an infinite number of domestic crises. To limit the spread of the Coronavirus, countries had to close their borders and isolate themselves from the rest of the world, while domestically forcing a curfew or a complete lockdown. Every government, in every state, is, thus, forced to face the crisis alone. A state’s foreign affairs or regional status has become of no tangible value, in aiding the “solitary confined” government in the tough battle to rescue people’s lives, while preserving a stable economy and an unwavering system of governance.
In this report, the Liberal Democracy Institute, documents and analyzes the indirect influences caused by the COVID-19 political and economic crises, in the world in general, and the Middle East in particular, in relation to five main issues: democracy, human rights, terrorism, military affairs, and the foreign policy of the United States in the Middle East.
