Războaie civile şi state eşuate în Orientul Mijlociu și Africa de Nord: rolul şi responsabilitatea Occidentului în stabilizare şi reconstrucţie
Civil Wars and Failed States in the Middle East and North Africa: the Role and Responsibility of the West for Stabilization and State-building

Summary/Abstract: There is a tendency in the contemporary world to an increased number of civil (intra-state) wars, while the inter-state military conflicts are the exception not the rule. Most of these civil wars occure in weak or failed states and they are more likely if the states have poor governance, mass poverty, lootable resources, a population heavily divided according to ethno-religious lines and with a montainous/desert relief. Since 2011, the Arab Spring phenomenon produced huge turbulences in the Middle East and North Africa Region, in some cases even civil wars and the emmergence of strong transnational illegal actors like the Islamic State in Iraq and Levant (Daesh). Sirya, Libya and Yemen are the MENA countries thorned by domestic bllody wars with a strong external intervention which prolonges the war. In fact Iran, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Turkey are waging proxy wars, with Russian and US interventions aiming at supporting some local players, eliminate dangerous terrorist groups and sometimes to give humanitarian assistance to the affected populations. The West (EU and NATO states) must be more active and more creative in dealing with such conflicts, otherwise an increased number of immigrants, more humanitarian dramas and terrorist attacks in Europe could be the nefarious effect of strategic passivity.

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