The COVID-19 pandemic, the armed confl ict in Ukraine, the exacerbating Russia- West confrontation, the rapid strengthening of the global role of the global majority countries (countries outside the Western alliance), the global food crisis and aggravated environmental threats taken together have spurred the long process of collapse of the international political system, leaving out of sight what. [...] Given the presence of the Syrian border and the uncontrolled spread of fi rearms in the Levant, the likelihood of radicalisation and the spread of terrorism is quite high. [...] Coupled with the sharp rise of the non-Arab countries of the region, the transformations of the 2010s have led to a series of rifts between the Arab countries, and all attempts to appeal to the idea of Arab unity failed since it was seen either as an attempt to revivify the long forgotten ideals of the 1950s, or as a more or less far-fetched anti-Iranian project. [...] Food security and the politics of survival At a time when the transformation of the energy market entails the strengthening of the global role and agency of a number of Middle Eastern countries (primarily, the GCC and Algeria), the situation with food supplies, on the contrary, contributes to the deepening of the crisis and the growing dependence of regional development on external factors. [...] Finally, in the long run, the transformation of the global transport infrastructure could, on the one hand, allow a number of Middle Eastern countries to strengthen their position in the international arena and, on the other hand, will contribute to the disintegration of the MENA region, with the inclusion of its eastern part in the Eurasian space, and its western part in the Mediterranean space.
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