Reassessing Order and Disorder in the Middle East -

Reassessing Order and Disorder in the Middle East

Regional Imbalance or Disintegration?

Robert Mason (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover
236 Seiten
2017
Rowman & Littlefield (Verlag)
978-1-4422-6489-2 (ISBN)
109,95 inkl. MwSt
Case studies help identify the emerging trends and influences that dominate the political decision making and policy behavior of many states in the Middle East. The chapters investigate foreign policy challenges and debates in various states, changing relations and balance of power between them, and the continuing role of the US in the region.
The Middle East is undergoing a period of profound change, partly brought about by the United States’ interventions in Afghanistan and Iraq, but also by the Arab Spring. This is affecting regional relations between states and between the region and the US. For example, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE have supported rebel groups in Syria against the government, which was supported by Iran. Political Islam is a threat to both monarchies in the Gulf and secular states. Non-state actors, such as Islamic State (IS) and the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) are assuming an increasingly important role in shaping the region. Further, states such as Qatar and Turkey have undertaken their own quests to shift the existing regional balance of power in their favor through soft power deployment or new or broader international alliances. Lastly, the close strategic US-Saudi relationship, primarily based on oil and arms, is being eroded by a new economic reality and divergent foreign policy interests.

This shifting alliances and new regional order is the focus of the book, which examines the factors that significantly impact the foreign relations between the countries of the Middle East. Through multiple case studies, the essays identify the emerging trends and influences that are now dominating the political decision making and policy behavior of many key states. The contributors, both scholars and practitioners, investigate the main foreign policy challenges and debates in the various states, the changing relations and balance of power between them, and the continuing role of the United States in the Middle East.

Each chapter provides an overview of the last decade or so, before delving into the current challenges and opportunities (often in light of the US as a power with the ability to significantly impinge on state policies, and what these issues mean for the regional order. This primer on state politics and the transformative capacity of the Middle East will appeal to anyone studying the region.

Contributions by: Gawdat Bahgat, Martin Beck, Kamran Bokhari, Morgane Colleau, Bryan Gibson, Christian Henderson, René Rieger, Farid Senzai, and Sebastian Sons

Robert Mason is associate professor and director of the Middle East Studies Center at the American University in Cairo.

Introduction
Robert Mason
1 Opportunities Lost: US Foreign Policy in the Middle East Under Bush and Obama, 2000-2014
Bryan Gibson
2 Geosectarianism and Translocal Politics
Farid Senzai and Kamran Bokhari
3 Saudi Arabia's Regional Policy Since 2011
René Rieger and Sebastian Sons
4 The Kaleidoscope of Iran's Foreign Policy in the Context of Profound Regional Upheavals
Morgane Colleau
5 Qatari Domestic and Regional Policy: Ideas at Odds with Identity
Christian Henderson
6 Turkish Regional Policy in the Modern Era: From “Zero Problems” to Few Options
Robert Mason
7 Egyptian Regional Policy: National Security, Energy and Water
Gawdat Bahgat
8 Israeli Foreign Policy: Securitizing Occupation
Martin Beck
Conclusion
Robert Mason
Notes on Contributors
Index

Erscheinungsdatum
Verlagsort Lanham, MD
Sprache englisch
Maße 158 x 238 mm
Gewicht 531 g
Themenwelt Sozialwissenschaften Politik / Verwaltung Europäische / Internationale Politik
Sozialwissenschaften Politik / Verwaltung Politische Theorie
Sozialwissenschaften Politik / Verwaltung Staat / Verwaltung
ISBN-10 1-4422-6489-6 / 1442264896
ISBN-13 978-1-4422-6489-2 / 9781442264892
Zustand Neuware
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