-Compare and contrast the economic and social policies of Arab socialist ruling parties in the 1960s to those of the regimes that succeeded them. Your answer should assess the impact of the different sets of policies on the population in at least two Arab countries.
– Discuss the dual role of the security sector in the Arab World as both a source of political stability and instability.
– How has the discovery of oil affected state-building in Saudi Arabia?
-“Islam constitutes a source of both legitimacy and illegitimacy to some Arab regimes”, discuss this statement.