Throughout the Arab world, nationalism constricts societies and retards cooperation, the dismantling of tariffs, and the creation of an economic community. And yet the economies of the Arab countries in crisis are too small to succeed on their own; even if everything goes well, they cannot offer their large and young populations hope of a positive future.
Es bedürfte dazu einer verstärkten wirtschaftlichen Zusammenarbeit, wofür die objektiven Bedingungen in der arabischen Welt aufgrund der gemeinsamen Sprache eigentlich besser sind als in Europa.