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“Arab nationalism and oil-there were the principal factors in complicating the relations of middle eastern countries with the outside world.” Comment.

  • UPSC 2009
  • Liberation from Colonial Rule

Weighing Arab nationalism and oil against each other, rather than merely narrating them, shows the two operating as distinct and sometimes competing logics that together — but not equally at all times — complicated Middle Eastern relations with outside powers.

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  • Comparing the Two Factors Directly
  • Which Came First, and Why It Matters
  • Where the Two Factors Reinforced Each Other
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