Syria; Long Story Short
Too far, and yet, too close.
The Syrian crisis is no new to the world. Decades of events including multiple nations have been leading to today’s situation. Syria can be used as a vivid example of how an event in a specific country can affect the whole world, each and every one of our lives individually.
But how do we face it? How can organizations and companies could have possibly guessed what was about to happen ? And now that it has happened, how are they bound to react and plan their future actions? That exact question we have been called to answer in this semester’s “Crisis Management Lab” , during our last year at Panteion University.
The whole story of the events in Syria is told by hundrends of media in a different way, every one giving their own percpective, their interpretation of what happened. So in order to have a wide view , for our first assignment, we had to combine information we could find online about this specific situation, and tell the story the way we understood it, commenting on how it affects the world too. Our team, agents 006, decided that we wanted, first of all, to write down the facts, so we can have a wholesome view of the storyline.
Our researches were of extreme interest, as most of us were quite confused about what had really gone down after almost 20 years of consecutive events. So writng down what happened, in a simple way, helped us clear the things out. It was amazing to see how many different viewpoints and comments were brough up by the other teams too, which, combined with our information, created a great view of the Syria story, with facts, dates, maps and different opinions. And truth lies somewhere in between all of these different mindsets and views.
We are so looking forward to seeing what this lab holds for us in the future. And let us not forget that every person, especially a student of our age, has to be informed about what is happening in the world. We ususally make the mistake of only caring about things that happen in our country, city, home. But unless we can realize that even the slightest change in the world, as far away as it may occur, can affect us too, we will never be able to foresee problems and crises. We are part of our communities. But we are also part of this world. Let us not forget that.
