TY - BOOK AU - AHRAM ArielI TI - The decline and fall of the Arab state PY - 2016/// KW - SAUDI ARABIA KW - POLITICS N2 - Arab struggle has taken place in a wider global context in which notions of statehood and sovereignty have changed dramatically since the end of the cold war. In this article highlights the state and its competitors in the Arab world and the 2011 revolutions and the search for new rules UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00396338.2016.1161897 ER -