Center for Strategic & International Studies This article reports on the removal of Sudan from the United States’ list of State Sponsors of Terrorism (SST) and its impact on the COVID-19 response in Sudan. Article
Read MoreCenter for Strategic Studies This report presents policy recommendations for the UN and the GCC to address this situation in light of the ongoing political, security, and public health struggles during the COVID-19 pandemic. Report
Read MoreArab Reform Initiative This paper argues for a major shift in Egypt’s governance in favor of greater openness in politics and markets, and for the international community to seriously engage Egypt on the need to reform economically and politically in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. Article
Read MoreThe Carter Center The report highlights how crucial economic sectors have suffered during the COVID-19 pandemic and under the sanctions imposed on Syria. Report
Read MoreInternational Food Policy Research This article simulates the individual and combined effects of a collapse in the tourism sector and reductions in Suez Canal revenues and foreign remittances under more and less pessimistic scenarios resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. Article
Read MoreImpACT International This article reports on the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on foreign workers in Kuwait. Article
Read MoreHuman Rights Watch This article reports on the aid restrictions preventing millions of people in northeast Syria from getting treated for COVID-19. Article
Read MoreProject on Middle East Political Science This working paper assesses the framing of the pandemic through the lens of the securitization theory. It discusses the application of that theory through the responses of certain countries in the Middle East. Working Paper
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