The Arab Spring was a hopeful time where it seemed that oppressive regimes were being overthrown for more democratic institutions. The promise has not been fulfilled. Since 2011, when Egypt, Libya, Tunisia all had regime change, there has been a backlash in Egypt (the army took over), civil war in Syria, on-going conflict in Yemen with Saudi Arabian involvement, and the rise of ISIS/ISIL in Syria and Iraq. What do you see as the biggest issue in the Middle East and why? How does this issue affect the world currently and what do you think are the issues that will carry over to other parts of the world or the future? How important is this issue? How do you propose the world/U. N./NATO/U. S. (choose one) should approach this issue?

Answer:a. Terrorism, b. Worsening of the humanitarian issues, c. It can lead to the worst humanitarian crises in ages, d. The U. N should ensure democracy and good governance in all members states

Explanation:

a. Terrorism is the act of forcing the government of a country to accept political demands in which the terrorist organizations decides that the best approach to achieve their aims is to embark on violence against civilians in the country. The act of terrorism against the state and foreign nations has over the years lead to the death of thousands and the displacement of thousands from their homes into exiles to become refugees in the foreign land. Some terrorist organizations in which their activities constitute a major danger to the world peace includes ISIS / ISIL Boko Haram in Nigeria and Hamas, and Taliban in Afghanistan. The terrorism is as a result of the political class inability to provide the dividend of democracy to their people such as the provisions of gainful employment, as the saying goes an idle hands is the devils workshop, failure to provide qualitative education for their people, failure to provide infrastructural facilities that could made life easier for their people, turned the people to extremism ideology which led to their involvement in terrorist activities against their state.

b. The issue of terrorism affect the world currently because it has constituted a major threat to the world peace, in the sense that, the activities of these terrorists organizations has led to the death of thousands of civilian, people are made to leave their homes in order to be saved, thousands are been displaced, they are made to become refugees in foreign land. Infrastructure are been destroyed which will cost millions of dollars in aid from the major world powers such as United States, Britain, France, Germany and other donor nations to rebuild. It has also led to the increase in the budget for the taken care of the refugees by the United Nations high commission for refugees (UNHCR)

c. The issue is important and should be tackled seriously because of its effect on the world peace and the economy and the social well being of the people of the world.

d. The UN should get involved in the affairs of their member nations by ensuring that there is democracy and good governance in all the member States. The United Nations has to ensure that the participation of the citizens is guaranteed through periodic free and fair elections that will ensure representation through the three arms of government in the political governance of their country. in addition, The U. N should also react quickly to ensure that peace keeping operations is established in any war ravaged country so as to ensure that the issue do not result in the worsening of the humanitarian crisis such as diseases and displacement of refugees to foreign land for safety.