Abstract
Cook offers a critical reading of the recent political developments in Egypt and Turkey and indicates that they manifest a complex set of problems that has undermined social cohesion. After examining the common and divergent social, economic and political dynamics in these countries that are driving instability and the export of this problem to the region, Cook explores the issue of identity as a critical factor in Egyptian and Turkish instability. This is an issue that is understudied in previous analyses of stabilisation and suggests that the problem of instability in both countries will be enduring.
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Cook, S.A. (2020). Egypt and Turkey: Identity as a Source of Instability. In: Gervais, V., van Genugten, S. (eds) Stabilising the Contemporary Middle East and North Africa. Middle East Today. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-25229-8_12
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