The Arms Race in the Middle East

lt;p>Mohammad Eslami is a Research Fellow at Harvard University - Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies- Arms Control Negotiation Academy. His research interests are primarily related to Middle East Studies, Security Studies, Arms Control, and Iranian Studies.

Alena Vysotskaya Guedes Vieira is a Professor at the University of Minho, Portugal, and the integrated member of the Centro de Investigação em Ciência Política.

Part 1: Contemporary Dynamics of the Arms Race in the Middle East.- Introducing the arms race in the Middle East in the XXI century: a 'powder keg' in the digital era?.- The Security Order in the Persian Gulf and its Challenges.- Hybrid Deterrence in the Middle East.- The Challenges and Implications of Military Cyber and AI Capabilities in the Middle East: The Geopolitical, Ethical and Technological Dimensions.- A New Arms Race Frontier: The Emerging Drone Competition Between Iran and its Regional Rivals.- Missile Politics of the Middle East.- Part 2: Arms Race in the Middle East from the Perspective of Regional States.- The Cold War in the Middle East: Iranian Foreign Policy, Regional Axes, and Warfare by Proxy.- Israel and the Regional Arms Race in the Digital Era.- Neoclassical Realist Perspective on Militarization of Turkish Foreign Policy.- The Gulf Cooperation Council Alliance:  Leading Causes and Consequences of an Unending Regional Arms Race.- Arming Palestine: Resistance, Evolution, and Institutionalisation.- Weapons, Rentier Governance and Identity Dynamics in Iraq.- Yemen: Civil War as a Driver of Regional Arms Dynamic.- Part 3: The Role of External Actors in the Arms Race in the Middle East and its Implications for Extra-Regional Countries.- Between Arms Control and Arms Transfer: The US Arms Policy towards the Middle East.- Arms sales as an Instrument of Russia's Foreign Policy and the Shifting Security Dynamics of the Middle East.- China's Growing Presence in the Middle East's Arms Race and Security Dynamics.- Competition, Harmonization, and Security Dilemmas: Europe's Contribution to the Arms Race in the Middle East.- Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Pakistan's Foreign Policy, Saudi Arabia, and Iran.- Conflict in the Insulator State: The Roots of the War in Afghanistan and Prospects Ahead.- The UK's Arms Sales to the Middle East: CurrentTrends and Lessons for Future.- The Crisis in the Periphery: Arms Race in the Middle East and Greece's Role in the Regional Security Architecture.- Armenia as a Small State: Affected by the Arms Race among Middle and Great Powers in the Middle East.