The Impact of the Global Pandemic on MENA Countries’ Stability

• Authors: Rzeszutko Mariusz

Title variants

PL

Wpływ pandemii COVID-19 na stabilność państw regionu MENA

• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The article aims to analyse the situation in the MENA and neighbouring countries one decade after the so-called Arab Spring. The purpose of this study also is to analyze the importance of the COVID-19 pandemic, which hampered the development of protests in the region by providing governments with a wide range of tools for public restraint and control. These measures effectively and in a relatively short period of time have significantly reduced public and opposition activities, hampering the momentum that could lead to a ‘second Arab Spring’. The study uses a qualitative method – a document analysis approach – to synthesize information from various sources to ensure the validity of the information obtained.

Celem artykułu jest analiza sytuacji w regionie MENA i krajach sąsiednich dekadę po tzw. arabskiej wiośnie oraz znaczenia pandemii COVID-19, która w opinii autora zahamowała rozwój protestów w regionie. Dostarczyła rządom szerokiego wachlarza narzędzi do ograniczania i kontroli społeczeństwa. Środki te skutecznie i w stosunkowo krótkim czasie ograniczyły aktywność społeczną i opozycyjną hamując impet, który mógł doprowadzić do „drugiej arabskiej wiosny”. W procesie badawczym autor wykorzystał ogólnometodologiczne zasady poznania odnoszące się do sytuacji regionu MENA, m.in. metodę indukcyjną, dedukcyjną, filologiczną, metodę geograficzną, metodę analizy i syntezy, porównanie, uogólnienie, analogię, wnioskowanie i weryfikację. W celu realizacji zadań badawczych, autor przyjął metody badawcze wspólne dla nauk humanistycznych i nauk o bezpieczeństwie.

Keywords

EN

Arab Spring; Arab awakening; Second Arab Spring; Middle East uprisings; MENA; global pandemic; COVID-19

PL

Arabska wiosna; arabskie przebudzenie; druga arabska wiosna; MENA; pandemia; COVID-19

• Publisher: Instytut Nauk Społecznych i Bezpieczeństwa Uniwersytetu Przyrodniczo-Humanistycznego w Siedlcach
• Journal: De Securitate et Defensione. O Bezpieczeństwie i Obronności
• Year: 2022
• Issue: 1(8)
• Pages: 64-82

Dates

published

2022-07-31

Contributors

author

Rzeszutko Mariusz

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Identifiers

DOI

https://doi.org/10.34739/dsd.2022.01.05