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This chapter expands on the rise of alternative security providers looking at Syria, Libya and Yemen as three post-revolutionary countries for which the disintegration of the old socio-political order meant an overall degeneration into anarchy. Instead of achieving public consensus on how future legitimate governance could look like, social and political affairs in these countries have collapsed as alternative socio-political actors were rising. The future for all three countries will be determined by a competitive multipolarity torn along sectarian fault lines. This chapter demonstrates that within this state of public insecurity, those who can provide security on the lowest level most inclusively will be able to not only control socio-political affairs but also foster the development of alternative forms of socialization, loyalty and identity.
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Krieg, A. (2017). Battling for a New Post-Revolutionary Order: New Security Providers in Syria, Libya and Yemen. In: Socio-Political Order and Security in the Arab World. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-52243-2_8
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