Statehood in the Middle East: In Search of New Models

... Among Arab political scientists and politicians, much as in the circles of Middle East experts across the world, the political processes in a region that has seen multidirectional dynamics since 2011 continue to be hotly debated. Regime changes in four Arab states (Libya, Yemen, Sudan, Algeria) were followed by protracted civil wars and humanitarian disasters unprecedented for the 21 st century. The sharp drop in oil prices in 2014-2015 had severe socio-political implications for the entire region, ...