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Amanda Blair is an intern at the Lobo Institute and a Master’s student at Yale’s Jackson Institute for Global Affairs, focusing on national security, law, and policy. At Yale, Amanda has served as a Teaching Fellow for a class on data governance and a Research Assistant for a project on opposition campaign strategies. She previously worked as an analyst at a financial litigation firm in Washington, DC.
The Middle East is in turmoil, with civil wars raging in Syria, Iraq, Yemen, and Libya. COVID-19 is now an additional factor on top of the violence and monumental international support tasks, all of which require a sustained commitment. The effects of the deadly COVID-19 pandemic highlight the need for more robust international stabilization efforts to achieve long-term peace and self-sufficiency in the Middle East.
