The Broader Middle East Initiative: Requirements for Success in the Gulf
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One of the more significant developments following the 9/11 attacks is the growing realization in the United States and elsewhere that domestic conditions throughout the Middle East are a major cause of radicalization. More specifically this view sees radicalization and the growing terrorist threat in the region as stemming from a failed modernization process that has created weak states.[4] In turn, these states have failed to provide for the needs of their populations, either economically through improved standards of living and opportunity or politically though increased voice and participation.
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