Fragile States in the Middle East and North Africa

Since their independence, Arab countries in the Middle East and North Africa have built State institutions that have gradually ensured the provision of public services and the development of their populations. Despite the foreign dictate of borders and the persistence of powerful inter-country social relations, strong feelings of national identity have developed within each country.

Download the position paper by Samir Aita, President of the Circle of Arab Economists, to explore his geopolitical and socio-economic analysis of the states in the Middle East and North Africa.