Arab Armed Forces: State Makers or State Breakers?

Proliferation and intensification of coercive force in the Arab world since 2011, combined with apparent decay of Arab states, seems at first glance to run counter to the implicit predictions of two relevant bodies of literature.

United States Arms Control Association

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Robert Springborg Middle East Institute

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