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Dossier

Arab Armies, Six Years On

Eleonora Ardemagni
07 December 2017

Almost seven years after the 2010-11 uprisings, the Arab armies face new threats and tasks. Polarization marks the Middle Eastern system of power, driven by the Saudi-Iranian rivalry for regional hegemony. The fall of the “Caliphate” as territorial entity poses question marks regarding security governance in post-Daesh areas. In 2011, the armies were decisive actors for regime change, continuity or counter-revolution: but what happened later? How they adapted or not to this demanding scenario? Does military cooperation increase among the Arab armies? What kind of relation between the military and the rise of non-state armed actors? Willing to fill a research vacuum, this ISPI Dossier provides six case-studies and sheds light on current military reform paths followed by the Arab armies, decrypting trends and differences.

Galvanized Into Action: Arab Armies Since 2011
Florence Gaub
EUISS
Iraq: Competing Views of Military Reform
Giovanni Parigi
University of Milan
A Stagnant Egyptian Army. Where are the "Adaptable Officers"?
Giuseppe Dentice
Catholic University of Milan and ISPI
The Lebanese Armed Forces: Operationally Effective, Strategically Weak?
Jean-Loup Samaan
National Defense College of the UAE
The Tunisian Army: Bridging the Gap with the Internal Security Forces
Umberto Profazio
ACD-IISS and NATO Foundation
The Algerian Army: Cooperation, Not Intervention
Dalia Ghanem-Yazbeck
Carnegie Middle East Center
Armies ergo Nations: Projection and Conscription in the Arab Gulf States
Eleonora Ardemagni
ISPI Associate Research Fellow

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military Armies Armed Forces Middle East and North Africa Arab Springs
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Eleonora Ardemagni
ISPI Associate Research Fellow

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