POLI 341 Chapter 2: Chapter 2 - Middle East Regional System
17 Feb 2012
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The me in this book is taken to be the arab league members including turkey, iran and israel. Although the me may look like it operates as one unit, it is very fragmented. When the arab world is divided, it s very vulnerable to penetration from the great powers and to threats from its non-arab neighbors. Iran and israel are non-arab state, they are very involved in the region s conflicts and are therefore an integral part of the regional balance of power. The arab core is weak so it finds itself seeking alliances with external powers to stabilize its core. There is a fracture btwn the nation (identity) ad the territorial state (sovereignty). The problem with the me is such that there is one nation/ many states further complicating fp. The language of arabic is used as the ingredient of nationhood- it helped the arabic media which is very influential in the region to become more homogeneous.
