Geo-economic dimensions of the spread of the Corona pandemic

Abstract

The world was shocked by the sudden appearance of the Corona pandemic (Covid-19), and there was no prior preparation among most countries to face the challenges resulting from the rapid geographical spread of this disease, which resulted in a new and influential reality on all facilities of public life that affect the existence of the inhabitants of the planet. And the resulting economic crises at the international and local levels for governments and peoples, as economic activity was reduced or stopped in the majority of countries to include almost all fields after adopting measures to combat this pandemic, which included closing commercial stores, public service centers, educational institutions, workplaces, recreational activities, and tourist resorts, and disrupting... Land, sea and air transport movements, the cessation of work in a large number of industries and other activities such as agriculture, the decline in oil prices, as well as the decrease in the volume of demand for products and others, and with it the scenario of economic collapse became possible, as well as the impact on economic policies related to companies, labor and productive sectors in the world, and after that it appeared Changes in the international geopolitical balance due to the fact that this crisis primarily affected the countries’ geographical sources of power and affected the vitality and dynamism of those sources and their capabilities in supporting the state’s balance within the global geopolitical arena.
The study attempts to reveal the extent of the effects of the spread of the Corona virus on the economic lifestyle of residents and countries, and to identify the economic establishments and sectors that have had the most negative effects (tourism, air transport, trade and oil) due to the spread of the epidemic.