Security and public order (Kenneth M. Pollack, Brookings)

The security situation facing the Middle East is grave and appears to be trending toward greater violence and instability. The states of the region have tended to focus on traditional, external threats but the internal threats they face—from domestic unrest, state failure, and civil war—have become both more common and dangerous.

http://www.brookings.edu/research/reports/2016/02/me-security-public-order-pollack