This article examines the interaction between territory, sovereignty, and statehood in the Middle East and North Africa. Various groups have aspired — and have failed — to become states since the contemporary regional system’s inception after World War I. Since the 2011 uprisings, movements claiming territory and sovereignty have emerged or become more viable throughout the region, including the Islamic State in Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), Rojava, Cyrenaica, Azawad, and the Kurdistan Regional Government. Each poses different challenges to the regional system and holds out different hopes for rectifying historical missteps in state-building.

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中东和北非的领土，主权和新国家地位

本文研究了中东和北非的领土，主权和国家地位之间的相互作用。自第一次世界大战后现代区域系统成立以来，各团体渴望成为失败国家。自2011年起义以来，要求领土和主权的运动在整个地区已经出现或变得更加可行，包括伊拉克的伊斯兰国和Al-Sham（ISIS），Rojava，Cyrenaica，Azawad和库尔德地区政府。每一个都给区域体系带来了不同的挑战，并且对纠正国家建设中的历史失误抱有不同的希望。