The Fragility of Gulf States

A migrant state, like the four Gulf States, is fragile because most of its residents are non-citizens who might return to their own countries out of fear or lack of economic incentives, or be expelled for any reason by the rulers of the migrant state. Due to law-based discrimination, a migrant state does not treat foreign nationals with the same respect as its native-born population. As a result, migrant workers, regardless of how much money they earn, do not develop the same bond and sense of loyalty to a migrant state as they do to their home country.