To a critic mind, the Middle East is an enigma. Its social structure commingles with its religious belief, resulted lack of control over its destiny.
Currently, the area has main political features such as :
- Prolonged life span of political appointees ( in spite of minority participation in elections).
- Non participation from the masses into the political processes.
- Segregation; either horizontally within the social structure or vertically between governance and masses.
- Despotism and manipulation of masses.
- Ostensible freedom of speech.
- Weak country’s institutions . They subjective to appointees personal will, dependence, and lacks vision.
The above is just a a brief run down of current ailments, which is not unique in nature but resembles in status some of the developing countries and underdeveloped countries.
Most of area’s are dependent in their economies on exploration and exploitation of its minerals and represent a high density markets for dumping of goods and services from other parts of the world. The impact of wars on its commodities cost, like oil prices, makes some of its areas beneficiaries and thus collaborates.
The unity of language, history and religion did not encourage a state of unity, but rather repulsiveness between countries in that area. this state was encouraged by multi-nationals, corporatism in order to disallow integrity of its markets, human resources and subsequently creation of one mature entity.
The same social segregation that exists within their social structures exits economically among various countries, where the countries of higher GDP behave in vain towards the less economic vibrant countries. Prior to Gulf War II, the GULF COOPERATION COUNCIL of 1981, was followed with ARAB CORPORATION COUNCIL of 1989 were active and constitute the separation between the plutocracy and the proletariat within the area. The later collapsed after GULF WAR II with sudden death.
In spite that most the inhabitants of the area are under constant belief in theory of conspiracy, the recent years shows no attempts to resists the weaknesses in their economic or political positions within the global system. however they have subjugated to the European and American blocks, preferring short term benefits to dealing with the pains of long term threats of extinction ultimately as a race, culture, countries and political systems.
During my discussions with some natives, as I cannot call them stakeholders due to their passive participation by choice, and presenting a question”how do you see the future of your area in 2100?” all of them came with one response 2100 is too far and they are concerned more is their daily bread.
I presented to them my black version of such nightmare, when I said: By the time the oil in that area shall be long depleted, water scarcity shall be prevailing and the only source of water shall be by desalination of sea water. the later requires a huge amounts of energy which shall not be in the areas possession by that time and the south shall be enslaved to the north (economically speaking) in a quest of a drop of water. In that case all the current petro-wealth, shall be of no value. With a non-accredited education system and the lack of local research and development,most of the valuable minds shall migrate to the north for survival.
I could not carry on with all what I saw in that nightmare, but with lack of long term strategy to survive, the constant increase in population, demand and consumption the aforementioned nightmare shall become a prevailing reality.
I look forward to your contribution before start talking about AFRICA.
NED,
