Across the Middle East and North Africa, it is increasingly evident that all attempts to create an Arab-speaking polity with at least the minimal qualities typical of modern states, such as Slovenia, Belize, or Malaysia, have failed utterly. In the last generation, all 10 Arabic-speaking “republics” of the Arab League have witnessed brutal coups and convulsions, or full-on civil wars, that have left them in shambles.
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