The Decline of Nation-States after the Arab Spring

Salamey, Imad

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“…While they have achieved big achievements in economic, technological, and social fields, their political structures still reflect traditional features. In the light of all these and other considerations, the legitimacy of the nation-state in the Arab world has become a major challenge (Corm 2016;Benhabib 2014;Ahram and Lust 2016;Salamey 2017).…”

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Post-Arab Spring: The Arab World Between the Dilemma of the Nation-State and the Rise of Identity Conflicts

Ali

2019

The Palgrave Handbook of Ethnicity

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The Arab world is one of the most volatile regions in the world suffering from identity conflicts. These conflicts, which revolve around religious, sectarian, ethnic, and tribal issues, represent the other side of the crisis of nation-state building in the Arab world in the postindependence era. Although identity conflicts are not new to the region, they have intensified after the US invasion of Iraq in 2003 and the revolutions of the so-called Arab Spring. These two events revealed the deep crisis of the nation-state, thereby highlighting the failure of the postindependence ruling elites to establish nation states that can maintain a position of legitimacy and effectiveness. Being both legitimate and effective enables a state to include religious, sectarian, ethnic, and tribal pluralism within

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Section: Origins and Causes Of The Structural Crisis Of The Nation-state Building In The Arab Worldmentioning

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Post-Arab Spring: The Arab World Between the Dilemma of the Nation-State and the Rise of Identity Conflicts

Ali

2019

The Palgrave Handbook of Ethnicity

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“…Globally, the factors that potentially contributed to Yemen's stalemate position can be best understood through the globalization double movement theory lens. The Global South has been majorly affected by the imbalanced economic development between the Global North and the Global South, causing many communal groups to rely on communal self-help to support themselves socially and economically (Salamey, 2017). Reliance on communal patronage weakened the state's legitimacy and authority (globalization double movement and communitarianism will be extensively discussed in chapter three).…”

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“…The existence of grievances attributed to disputes in countries like Yemen, Syria, and Libya. The unequal distribution of wealth between the South and the North resulted in the Global South's underdevelopment and the rise of clientelism and communitarian self-help to counteract globalization's harmful waves (Salamey, 2017). At a certain point during the changes that accompanied the Arab Spring, these active communitarian factions were able to mobilize and go to conflict with authoritarian regimes to gain power and influence (e.g., Houthis in Yemen, Hafter militias in Libya, Islamic State (I.S.)…”

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The Saudi-led Intervention in Yemen. (c2021)

Salehi¹

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Scholars have examined the drivers of the Yemeni conflict through various lenses, including sectarianism, state weakness, regional rivalries, and elite competition. This study employs the Transnational Conflict Framework (TNC) and the Intervention-Reconstruction-Withdrawal model (IRW) to analyze the conflict dynamics and study the impact of the Saudi-Led Intervention. It utilizes various peer-reviewed journal articles, books, archival documents, reports, and news articles to analyze the conflict, its dynamics, and prospect resolution. This analysis reveals that the conflict is rooted in different global, regional, local, identity, and individual drivers that have prevented a successful intervention toward conflict mitigation. The failure of the Saudi-led intervention is primarily due to unstable alliances, the unwavering external support to the Houthis, and the growing contradictions between main interveners (i.e., Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates). This research suggests that a proper conflict resolution plan for Yemen needs to entrust greater role in local actors to lead the negotiations and devise agreements while being incentivized by external reward packages. It also suggests that further research should be conducted that advances bottom-up and culturally-sensitive conflict resolution frameworks.

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“…When discussing the role of globalization in undermining the role of the nationstates and controlling their economies and societies; controversy exists. Twenty-first century globalization has been proven to be a major downfall to nation-states; which aim to maintain and preserve a sustainable political authority (Salamey 2017). This is achieved by undermining the state's ability to maintain the economy, security, and culture (Salamey 2017).…”

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“…Twenty-first century globalization has been proven to be a major downfall to nation-states; which aim to maintain and preserve a sustainable political authority (Salamey 2017). This is achieved by undermining the state's ability to maintain the economy, security, and culture (Salamey 2017).…”

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Globalization and Nationalism in Lebanon. (c2021)

Gharzeddine¹

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This thesis examines the relationship of the Druze community and the Progressive Socialist Party with the Lebanese nation‐state. It explores the ways globalization’s expansions and contractions have shaped communitarian’s attachment to the nation‐state. The research examines this hypothetical relationship through the assumptions embedded in globalization’s Double Movement Theory. It tests whether the past decade of global expansion has undermined the Lebanese nation‐state at various economic, security, and cultural levels. It also explores whether COVID19’s pandemic has reversed such a trend. Utilizing a case study of communitarian politics, this thesis tracks the perception and attitude developing among the Druze intellectuals and the Progressive Socialist Party’s leaders to gage changes. The findings reveal various aspects confirming the Double Movement Theory while discrepancies are explained in terms of protracted identity‐based grievances that have undermined national integration and cohesion irrespective of global developments.

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The Decline of Nation-States after the Arab Spring

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Post-Arab Spring: The Arab World Between the Dilemma of the Nation-State and the Rise of Identity Conflicts

Post-Arab Spring: The Arab World Between the Dilemma of the Nation-State and the Rise of Identity Conflicts

The Saudi-led Intervention in Yemen. (c2021)

Globalization and Nationalism in Lebanon. (c2021)

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