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Al-Khaleej, United Arab Emirates
“What if America were to collapse?”
On April 30, Al-Khaleej newspaper carried the following opinion piece by Jamil Matar: “We owe coronavirus. We actually owe it many things. One of them is that some people learned how beautiful the cities were and how generous nature was before they ruined them. Another thing we owe it is that it pushed a writer or researcher to sit down and write an article or study under the headline: What if America were to collapse? Academically-speaking, political experts have tackled the subject many times in the years that followed the independence of dozens of colonies, thus wondering whether or not these colonies could survive as a state after the world recognized the sovereignty of their local rulers. We, in the Arab world, as students of political sciences, have always wondered among ourselves and with our professors about the ability of Arab countries born after the withdrawal of English and French colonialism, to persist in the face of responsibilities that became incumbent upon their rulers…

“This question is also justified today, in light of the coronavirus attack on many countries… Indeed, in this conflict, the virus is gaining ground while many states are on the brink of collapse one after the other, without their independence, constitutions, the extent of their civilization and progress, their ballistic missiles and aircraft carriers making any difference. And just a few days ago, we witnessed the virus’ spread on an aircraft carrier, after it infected a large number of its sailors, officers and US Navy troops. This constituted a rare opportunity to witness the horror that swept the leadership of the greatest superpower, which we saw trying to cover up the justified controversy that erupted against the backdrop of the value of this war vessel and the cost of operating it in the face of a virus that is almost undetectable…

“Many states have collapsed in the past, namely Andalusia and other kingdoms in Europe, along with the Malian empire in Africa and more than one empire affiliated with the Indigenous peoples of the two Americas. And most collapsed as a result of internal sabotage, neglect, corruption or the loss of belonging… During the last few months, I spent many hours – just like other colleagues and observers from various nationalities and races – watching on television the deterioration of the situation in the United States, puzzled by the figures that reveal the crumbling economy of the richest country in the world, and the rising number of the corona victims. This pushes one to wonder: Why is the richest, most advanced and most civilized state, which is benefiting the most from global wealth, the same one in which the number of deaths by coronavirus exceeded one third of the deaths worldwide…?

“These are some signs, among numerous others, pushing us to talk about the future and potential collapse of a superpower, while also raising the question: If these signs are truly serious, dangerous and not mere speculation, what is to be done?”
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