Why there is no Arab superstate

Going by modern metrics, an #Arab superstate would boast a population of 436 million and a GDP of 2.7 trillion USD, ranking 3rd and 7th respectively worldwide. So, why is there no Arab #superstate?

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[pjacobsen]

Perhaps the biggest obstacle to unity is what we also see in Europe and Latin America: Who should gain power from a union and who should relinquish power? Everybody wants the first, no one wants the second.

[harishsrinivasan]

"Few political forces are as potent as a sense of lost glory". that sentence deserves an award.

[Mr_M_History]

Finally something more nuanced on the Arabic divide apart from just "religion"

[waelamri-qecd]

as an Arab the question is something discussed widely and these are my points:
1.Centers of Power: the center of the culture, humanity and Financial and Political are Different, Egypt and Saudi arabia each claim it, each with a wildly different Way of rule.
2. Political differences: the 22 countries each has a wildly different way of rule, from absolute Monarchies to Army centralised governments, affect the ability of creating a union without injustices.
3. Sectarianism: Arab world is Made up of Sunnis, Shiates and Christians, in which non are able to concede some power.
4. Colonial Rule and its effects:
while it could be a cliche to just Blame Colonisation, but its affects in regard of splitting the countries without minding Demographical differences and the Cultural influence they applied to the people they controlled made it worse, either it is by language, cultural or the geopolitical connections they had.
And lastly as a Yemeni and an arab I feel sad that we are drifting away from each other although our similarities and brotherhood are far greater than our issues and differences

[richbattaglia]

“Pride is not the opposite of shame, but the source of it. True humility is the only antidote to shame.”
-General Iroh

This would not be a bad place to start.

[BlackR]

Shirvan overestimates the role of geography, but doesn't mention the mentality and diversity of political systems in the Arab world.

Egyptians will not let Syrians rule over them and Saudi Monarchs will not let Moroccan Monarchs over their country. You have monarchies, dictatorships and some kind of sectarian democracies in this countries, where it is simply impossible to gather everybody under one banner. Whether ther is Israel or some desert between them plays a lesser role.

[slappy]

The ability to build a great nation and rise to superpower status requires more than just population, territory, or resources; it requires vision, unity, determination, and a belief in the possibility of something better.

[thedudeabides]

I’m so grateful to have come across this amazing channel in the last year and I feel like it informs me without bias, thank you for all the work you do.

[nocturnenugget]

"Arabs, have become states, without a nation"

Yeah, as an Arab, yeah, that hit hard

[CliffCardi]

Sykes: “How should we divide up the Ottoman Empire…….Straight line?”
Picot: “Straight line.”

[RedSoxFanaticLife]

The question preventing the formation of an Arab superstate is this: who would be its leader? It’s difficult to get the leader of any nation to voluntarily give up their power to another, especially when those leaders believe that ruling is their God-given right.

[Danger-Tater]

It's good to see a non heavily propagated version of this story since I was born and raised in jordan and this story was told to me in a very biased way with a lot of details missing like how Egypt and syria were together, this was never taught to us in school so keep up the good work!

[archipiratta]

I would love to see a similarly nuanced take on sub-Saharan Africa which is often viewed as a monolith but contains many fascinating undercurrents

[Phrenotopia]

The Arab world as '"States without a nation" is the kind of beautifully powerful summary we're used to from this channel. Bravo!

[MrAndyshanahan]

Nicely condensed and connected. You hit all the necessary points - and left out the not quite so necessary deftly. Great work as usual, thank you.

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The quality of your videos is OUTRAGEOUS!
Great work as always, and the writing is getting ever better. A good follow up would be a video on the challenges for Latin America (or just south america) integration and the "IIRSA" plan. In fact, I would love to see more of LA on the channel. Cheers!

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