Development Under the Threat of War in the Arab World
NOVANEWS
By Dr. Ali Kadri
“A State in the grip of neo-colonialism is not master of its own destiny. It is this factor which makes neo-colonialism such a serious threat to world peace.”[1] – Kwame Nkrumah
On any indicator one wishes to use, mainstream or alternative, there is a development crisis in the Arab world.
We must understand this crisis as an outcome of the ways this region is woven into the global economy. The oil and war economies, the destruction and waste side of capital accumulation, are the main channels by which the region is articulated with the global market. Waste and militarism are principal elements in an accumulation regime that produces value by consuming not only the value of labor-power, but also the value inherent in human lives. Accumulation by waste...