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After The Spring: Reforming Arab Armies
Contributor(s): U. S. Army War College Press (Author), Strategic Studies Institute (Author)
ISBN: 150558485X     ISBN-13: 9781505584851
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
OUR PRICE:   $9.45  
Product Type: Paperback
Published: December 2014
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- Political Science | World - Middle Eastern
Physical Information: 0.09" H x 5.98" W x 9.02" (0.15 lbs) 42 pages
 
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It is important to involve the security sector agents themselves in the process to overcome institutional opposition; appealing to professional ethics and identity is equally bound to be more successful than patronizing civilian attitudes. Ultimately, security sector reform against the wishes of the sector in question will always result in mitigated success, if not to say failure.For better or for worse, Arab security sectors remain one of the pillars of Arab states. Without security, no economic development is possible in either Libya or Egypt-and economic conditions led to the 2011 events in the first place. Western governments so far have refrained from extensive security sector reform in the Arab world, preferring security sector assistance or occasional training. What 2011 has shown, however, is that reforms are not only beneficial, but at this stage mandatory. Since civilian actors are themselves challenged by ongoing transitions, the main agents in this reform will have to be the institutions themselves. Understanding their concerns and needs will certainly foster their cooperation-and in any case such understanding is crucial to delivering the efficient and legally bound security sector that citizens and institutions alike are striving for.