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.

Arab nations want to build a united army

The Risk of U.S. Airstrikes Against the Houthis in Yemen

Deadly Gaza hospital blast unleashes anger in Arab world

Syria: Dismay and fear as Bashar al-Assad returns to Arab fold - BBC News

Ann E. Dunwoody, Biography, U.S. Army General, Career

CIAO

Exclusive: Arab states arm rebels as UN talks of Syrian civil war, The Independent

Rule Makers, Rule Breakers: How Tight and Loose Cultures Wire Our World by Michele Gelfand

Syria: Ruling over Aleppo's Ruins

Qatar makes U-turn, says investment forum 'll hold during Tinubu's visit