Middle east stability is low—political tensions, poor governance corruption and econ failures all thump
Anthony Cordesman and Nicholas Harrington 18, the Emeritus Chair in Strategy at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). He has previously served in the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the National Security Council, the State Department, and the Department of Energy, 04/09/18, “Stability in the Middle East: The Range of Short and Long-Term Causes”, https://www.csis.org/analysis/stability-middle-east-range-short-and-long-term-causes#:~:text=The%20Middle%20East%20has%20long,of%20political%20tensions%20and%20divisions //IS
The Middle East has long been one of the most unstable regions in the world, and there are no present prospects for change in the near future. This instability is the result of ongoing conflicts and tensions, and a variety of political tensions and divisions. It also, however, is the result of a wide variety of long-term pressures growing out of poor governance, corruption, economic failures, demographic pressures and other forces within the civil sector.