(Israel Hayom) Eyal Zisser - After the 2011 Arab Spring, the role of the state as the organizing force in Arab society has been replaced by chaos, the role of Arab nationalism as a leading belief has been usurped by Islam, and the role of the Arab collective as the regional landlord has been seized by Turkey, Iran and other external forces, led by Russia, seeking to reposition themselves as the Middle East's new masters. The Arab world is immersed in a past rife with conspiracy theories. As long as the Arabs blame so-called Western conspiracies in collusion with Israel for their problems, they will find it hard to devise solutions. The Arab world's failure to promote unity, political stability and economic prosperity is the result of Arab societies' and rulers' failure to promote internal reforms that can effect true change. The writer, Vice Rector at Tel Aviv University, is former director of its Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies.
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