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The new Middle East / Policy Brief

State reform in Arab Transitions

23/11/2011 By Susanne Gratius, Barah Mikaïl

State reform will be one of the most difficult tasks confronting Arab states in transition. Experience from other regions offers lessons for the challenges ahead in the Middle East. The success of state reform will depend on the manner in which the transition came about – breakdown, reform or conflict -, on the level of cohesion of political elites and societies and on the balance of power between hawks and doves.

 

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Keywords

Democracy Democratic reform Development Egypt Human rights Judicial reform Libya Middle East and North Africa Political Reform Security Security Sector Reform State building State reform Tunisia

Bio author: Susanne Gratius

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Bio author: Barah Mikaïl

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