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Having just read [1], I‘d say the nation state is maybe not the right level of observation/reasoning in the middle east. [1] Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps T
by pintxo 7y ago
Having just read [1], I‘d say the nation state is maybe not the right level of observation/reasoning in the middle east.
[1] Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need To Know About Global Politics
- NeverFade 7y agoQuite a few nations in the Middle East were never organically formed. They were carved and cobbled together by various agreements, such as Sykes–Picot. The resulting creation contains an unstable combination of factions and tribes that are often hostile to each other. Lebanon, Jordan, Yemen, and Iraq are all great examples of that. Many of these nations are now failed states, containing factions that are more powerful than any sort of central government or military. Chief examples of that are Hezbollah in Lebanon and the Houthis in Yemen. However, there are ME nations-states that do have a strong and coherent central government. Egypt, KSA, and Iran are examples of that. So a more accurate model would be a mixture of failed artificial states interacting with states that are more functional and coherent.