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IFI Op-ed #23: The Effect of COVID-19 on Regional Security

4/30/2020

 
Dania Koleilat Khatib | Thursday, April 30, 2020
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​The COVID-19 undoubtedly has an effect on the situation in the region, and by extension, on international and regional relations. With each country scrambling to contain the pandemic, foreign policy becomes a second priority. In Syria, Russia and Turkey seem to have refrained from fighting for the time being. Lebanon’s grim social and economic situation is compounded by the virus. Both Iraq and Iran’s economies are close to a collapse while the Turkish economy is about to shrink for the first time in a decade. Iran has been more aggressive in Iraq as it sees in it an opportunity to drive the US out of the country.

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IFI Op-ed #22: In Praise of Intellectual Humility

4/27/2020

 
Tarek Mitri | Monday, April 27, 2020
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​​Public officials are often expected to demonstrate their unfailing self-confidence. Their hesitations should not transpire, nor show any other sign of doubt. High self-esteem seems desirable and thought to be a leadership quality. In certain cases, such as the one we presently experience in Lebanon, political decision-makers come across as nervously defensive and unsophisticatedly self-righteous.

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IFI Op-ed #21: Why MENA Needs to Change the Way It Supports Civil Society?

4/25/2020

 
Maysa Jalbout | Saturday, April 25, 2020
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​The onslaught of the COVID-19 pandemic has gripped the world and the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region as governments try to slow the spread with varying degrees of success. The current restrictions on movement are largely accepted as necessary, despite the significant blow to the region’s economies.

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IFI Op-ed #20: COVID-19: Is the Neoliberal Era in Lebanon Coming to an End?

4/22/2020

 
Karim Merhej | Wednesday, April 22, 2020
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​The outbreak of the Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) and subsequent halting of much economic activity and catastrophic handling of the pandemic by numerous governments across the world has triggered a considerable questioning of conventional wisdom and norms. For one, hopefully the derogatory term ‘unskilled labor’ will finally be put to rest, as supposedly ‘unskilled’ workers such as sanitation workers, grocery store clerks, agriculture workers and delivery drivers, are currently guarding human civilization.

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IFI Op-ed #19: Global Public Health Justice Now!

4/21/2020

 
Sami Mahroum | Tuesday, April 21, 2020
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​COVID-19 has continued to be perceived as a force majeure and an ‘act of God’ despite causing tremendous losses in life and livelihoods across the globe. But this might not be the case for much longer and it shouldn’t.

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IFI Op-ed #18: الرقمنة أو الموت: الخدمات الاجتماعية في لبنان بعد كورونا

4/16/2020

 
محمود دغيم | الخميس، ١٦ نيسان ٢٠٢٠
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لم تقتصر تأثيرات كوفيد-١٩ على العدد الكبير من الوفيات حول العالم، بل تسبّبت هذه الجائحة باضطراب اقتصادي نتج عن تعطيل سلسلة التوريد العالمية بأكملها. وفيما نتابع بقلق التداعيات الاقتصادية التي تركها الوباء، تبيّنت جلية الأسس الهشّة للاقتصاد العالمي. فعلى مدى العقود العديدة الماضية، أعطت الحكومات والشركات الأولوية للكفاءة والإنتاجية على حساب المرونة والقدرة على التعافي والتخطيط

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IFI Op-ed #18: Digitize or Die: Lebanon’s Social Services Post-Covid-19

4/16/2020

 
Mahmoud Dgheim | Thursday, April 16, 2020
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​Beyond the tremendous death toll witnessed around the world, the COVID-19 pandemic has caused economic turmoil through the disruption of the entire global supply chain.

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IFI Op-ed #17: كوفيد-١٩: لحظة تأمل في كيفيّة العَيش مع الآخرين ومن أجلهم في ظلّ مؤسّسات عادلة

4/15/2020

 
ساري حَنَفي | الأربعاء، ١٥ نيسان ٢٠٢٠
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كوفيد-١٩ هو مَرَض العَولمة والأنثروبوسين  وهو حلقة من حلقات التدمير التي يقوم بها الإنسان في حق بيئته وكَوكَبه. عُرِف منذ مدّة، أن مَوطن هذا الفيروس المُستجد هو بعض الحيوانات الصغيرة غير المُستأنسة (مثل قطط الزباد – السفيت، بانجولين، والفئران والخفافيش)، التي يبقيها الصينيّون في منازلهم والمَطاعم وتُقدَّم كوجباتٍ فاخرةٍ لإظهارِ التميّز الاجتماعي، والتي تستخدم أيضًا كعقارات طبيّة وعلاجات سحريّة لبعض الحالات المستعصية. إذ اعتبر قدماؤنا أنّ جميع السُموم لها فضائل، فهي داء ودواء

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IFI Op-ed #16: عدالة أم انتقام: السّجون اللّبنانية في ظلّ الأزمة الصحّيّة

4/9/2020

 
محمد صبلوح وماري قرطام | الخميس، ٩ نيسان ٢٠٢٠
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في ظلّ الأزمة السياسيّة أوّلًا، والصحّية ثانيًا التي يشهدها العالم بأسره، حيث تخطّى عدد المصابين بفيروس كوفيد-١٩ حتّى هذه اللّحظة المليون حالة، يعيش معظم سكّان العالم في “الحبس” الاستثنائيّ للوقاية والحماية الفرديّة والجماعيّة. ولكن، ما هي حال من يعيشون الحبس القسريّ في السّجون المكتظّة، ومن يعملون داخلها؟ فهل يستطيعون حماية أنفسهم، وهل يتم اتخاذ الإجراءات الوقائية الكفيلة بحماية صحّتهم على مستوى سياسات الصحة العامة لمكافحة انتشار وباء كوفيد-١٩؟

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IFI Op-ed #15: مستقبل المنطقة العربية بعد وباء كورونا

4/3/2020

 
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تعصف أزمة انتشار وباء “كورونا” (كوفيد-١٩) في العالم ومنطقة الشرق الأوسط، مهددة مجتمعات واقتصادات وحكومات كثير من البلدان. وجاء الوباء في لحظة، كانت تواجه عدد من الدول العربية حركات احتجاج غير مسبوقة من أجل تغيير واقعها الاقتصادي والاجتماعي والسياسي

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IFI Op-ed #14: Global Feminist Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic: Social Justice and Care at the Forefront

4/1/2020

 
Lina Abou Habib | Wednesday, April 1, 2020
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The term “feminist” is used because it goes beyond working toward equality and rights of women.  Feminist change means dismantling the patriarchal beliefs, systems, and institutions that oppress women, girls, trans, intersex and non-binary people globally. This includes the dominant economic system, which makes its profits from the exploitation of people and nature.  Achieving equality within these systems is not enough. We want to change – indeed, transform the systems themselves.
 
Source: Toward a Feminist Funding Ecosystem, AWID, October 2019

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