The region’s turmoil (which the United States and its allies, in their pursuit of regime change in Iraq, Libya, Syria, Egypt and elsewhere, helped to fuel) is also undermining previously secure states. The influx of refugees from Syria and Iraq is destabilizing Jordan, Lebanon, and now even Turkey, which is becoming increasingly authoritarian under President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
该地区的动荡（美国及其盟友在寻求推翻伊拉克、利比亚、叙利亚、埃及和其他政权时也起到了推波助澜的作用）还在破坏一些此前安全的国家。来自叙利亚和伊拉克的难民的涌入正在动摇约旦、黎巴嫩甚至土耳其。在总统埃尔多安统治下，土耳其正变得日益极权。与此同时，以色列-巴勒斯坦冲突仍未解决，加沙的哈马斯和黎巴嫩的真主党都是与以色列暴力对抗的长期威胁。