ABSTRACT

Management and control of pandemics can be imperative for regional cooperation and solidarity. In the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, existing regional organisations mainly failed to deal effectively with Covid-19, although they differed in their performances. Instead, both the regional countries and extra-regional powers preferred to address the pandemic through bilateral health diplomacy. Thus, the pandemic has not been transformative in terms of regionalism and regional politics in the MENA region. There were, however, examples of regionalisation, namely cooperation at the societal level and among health officials, which points to the equal importance of bottom-up processes of regional solidarity.

摘要

流行病的管理和控制对于区域合作和团结至关重要。在中东和北非（MENA）地区，现有的区域组织主要是未能有效应对Covid-19，尽管它们的表现有所不同。相反，无论是区域国家还是区域外大国都更愿意通过双边卫生外交解决这一流行病。因此，该流行病在中东和北非地区的地区主义和地区政治方面并未改变。但是，存在区域化的例子，即在社会一级和卫生官员之间进行合作，这表明自下而上的区域团结进程具有同等重要性。