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2020 - REVISED - THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC AND THE MENA REGION
Gilbert ROGER (France), acting Chairperson
COVID-19 first appeared in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Region in January 2020 in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Since then the number of reported cases in the region has increased substantially. With the exception of Iran, infection rates in the region have not approached those of Europe or the United States. The greatest problem so far has been the secondary effects arising out of disease-driven shutdowns, the precipitous fall of trade, the collapse of energy prices and the evisceration of the travel and tourism industries. But a medical crisis could be looming.
By early March 2020, the threat of infection had become more apparent, and the region's governments began implementing serious containment measures including travel restrictions with exceptions for goods trade as well as school, factory and store shutdowns, and border closures. Places of worship were also shuttered, and several countries invoked emergency laws to impose quarantine measure on the public. In some cases, these measures were understood simply as extensions of long-time efforts to limit human freedoms and restrict the press. Fake news has emerged as an additional problem. Some governments, for example, have been accused of vastly underreporting the spread of the disease. While the pandemic has triggered a crisis in many of the region's poorer countries, the wealthier Gulf countries have had the means, infrastructure and know how to cope with challenge both in terms of public health and by more seamlessly scaling up the digital economy to meet consumer goods and service requirements. That said, even these countries confront serious longer-term challenges stemming from the crisis. [...]
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Instability in the Sahel and a worsening pandemic threaten stability in the MENA Region
Security Challenges in the Sahel and the Threat Covid-19 Poses to the Middle East and North Africa discussed in NATO Parliamentary Assembly Meeting
COVID-19: Interview with Philippe Folliot on Allied mobilisation, countering disinformation, and impacts in the MENA region
COVID-19: Interview with Luca Frusone on the Role of Parliamentarians, Allied Cooperation, and Countering Disinformation
NATO PA Spring Session postponed
2019 Annual Presidential Report of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly released
Previewing the NATO PA and the International Secretariat's work plan for 2020
Jordan is working hard to remain a bulwark of stability in an increasingly turbulent region
NATO PA seminar in Turkey reviews ongoing shifts in the Middle East and Africa, possible responses
NATO Parliamentarians Gather in Antalya to Consider Security and Diplomatic Challenges in the Greater Middle East
NATO parliamentarians urged to increase focus on Balkans, security in the Eastern Mediterranean during visit to Greece
Daesh in decline but rural insurgency worries persist, lawmakers told
Saudi Arabia faces dual challenge of engaging in ambitious reforms and coping with a precarious regional security environment
Affected by blockade, Qatar looks to expand ties with the West
Critical strategic, economic, and energy challenges explored by NATO Parliamentarians in the UAE
Coping with the complex security problems arising in the MENA region requires multi-faceted approaches
Assembly expresses outrage at the terrorist attack in Egypt as seminar in Rome concludes
NATO Parliamentarians set to review security challenges in the MENA region
NATO PA President in Cairo to strengthen cooperation with Egypt, Arab institutions
Mediterranean and Middle East Special Group (GSM)
2020 - REVISED - DEVELOPMENT AND SECURITY CHALLENGES IN THE SAHEL REGION
Ahmet Berat CONKAR (Turkey)
Despite significant efforts to stabilise the Sahel region, which stretches from Mauritania to Sudan and is home to 150 million people the security situation there is deteriorating. Insecurity is escalating and spreading across porous borders with dramatic repercussions…
Mediterranean and Middle East Reports (GSM)
2020 - REPORT - NATO'S ESSENTIAL ROLE IN THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC
Attila MESTERHAZY (Hungary)
The Alliance reacted swiftly and effectively to do its part to mitigate the impact of the spreading coronavirus early in 2020. It continues to contribute to the fight that will lead to its ultimate defeat. To date, NATO has coordinated well over 350 missions to…
2020 - REPORT - THE IMPACT OF THE COVID-19 CRISIS ON THE CIVIL DIMENSION OF SECURITY
Joëlle GARRIAUD-MAYLAM (France)
The COVID-19 crisis has a significant short- and long-term impact on many aspects of the civilian dimension of security. This special report firstly examines the link between repressive policies and the aggravation of the health crisis. It shows that human rights…
2020 - SPECIAL REPORT - COVID-19, INTERNATIONAL SECURITY AND THE IMPORTANCE OF NATO STO
Kevan JONES (United Kingdom)
The SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus epidemic which was first identified in China in late 2019 has expanded to touch nearly every corner of the globe. The World Health Organization (WHO) assessed COVID-19 as a pandemic on 11 March 2020. The speed and the scale of the virus' global spread have been…
2020 - REPORT - COVID-19 AND TRANSATLANTIC SECURITY
Lord CAMPBELL OF PITTENWEEM (United Kingdom)
"A global pandemic is not a question of if, but when and how bad". Variations of this statement have over the years been repeated by countless health experts, yet when in late 2019 a novel coronavirus emerged in the Chinese city of Wuhan, much of the world found…
2020 - REPORT - THE ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC
Christian TYBRING-GJEDDE (Norway)
The global community is currently undergoing the most consequential pandemic since the outbreak of Spanish influenza in 1918-19. Pandemics, however, are not as rare as many have thought. Indeed, there have been four major pandemics over the last 120 years when flu…
2019 - ANNUAL PRESIDENTIAL REPORT
2019 - ROSE-ROTH/GSM SEMINAR REPORT - ANTALYA, TURKEY - 12-14 April 2019
2018 - CHANGE AND CONTINUITY IN THE GULF - 187 GSM 18 E rev. 1 fin
Carlos COSTA NEVES (Portugal)
For a region which from the outside sometimes seems characterised by shared cultural and religious traditions, the Gulf has long been fraught with division and tensions. Given its central strategic importance as a global supplier of energy, its status as the centre of the Islamic world, its …
2018 - MISSION REPORT - JOINT CDS/GSM VISIT TO DOHA, QATAR
18 April 2018 - Qatar is a small country roughly the size of Montenegro. 2.7 million people live in the country, of which only 12% are Qatari citizens. The country has the highest per capita GDP in the world and is the world's third largest gas producer and third…
2018 - MISSION REPORT - STC AND GSM VISIT IN ABU DHABI
From 9-12 January, 32 members of parliament from 15 NATO member countries visited Abu Dhabi to discuss the broad geopolitical situation in the Gulf, the foreign and defence policy of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and to participate in a…
2018 - MISSION REPORT DSCFC GSM- PORTUGAL AND SPAIN
2017 - ROSE-ROTH SEMINAR REPORT SARAJEVO GSM - 102 SEM 17 E
JOINT 94th ROSE ROTH AND GSM SEMINAR REPORT
THE WESTERN BALKANS: TRANSITION CHALLENGES, EUROPEAN ASPIRATIONS AND LINKS TO THE MENA REGION
Rose-Roth Seminar Reports (SEM)
2017 - REPORT ROME SEMINAR GSM DSC - 263 JOINT 17 E
Coping with the complex security problems arising in the MENA region requires multi-faceted approaches for the simple reason that the challenges themselves are highly complex and resist simple solutions.
This was one of the central insights of a Joint Seminar of the NATO Parliamentary…
ISIL/DAESH AND AL-QAEDA THREAT TO EUROPE
Andrea MANCIULLI
In recent years, few things have had as profound an impact on the daily lives of millions of people as…
2017 - 094 JOINT 17 E - Mission Report Israel and Palestinian Territories STC GSM
2016 - 030 JOINT 17 E - MISSION REPORT MUSCAT, SULTANATE OF OMAN PCTR GSM
2016 - 244 JOINT 16 E - GSM SEMINAR REPORT ROME - PCNP
2016 - DAESH LIBYA - MANCIULLI REPORT - 063 GSM 16 E
2016 - 119 JOINT 16 E - GSM SEMINAR REPORT RABAT, MOROCCO - SEM ROSE-ROTH - ESCTER
91st ROSE-ROTH &MEDITERRANEAN AND MIDDLE EAST SPECIAL GROUP
From 20 to 22 April 2016, parliamentarians from NATO, Associate, Mediterranean…