Conflict in the modern Middle East : an encyclopedia of civil war, revolutions, and regime change / Jonathan K. Zartman, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Zartman, Jonathan K., editor.

Series:

Gale eBooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Civil war--Middle East--History--21st century--Encyclopedias.

Civil war.

Civil war--Africa, North--History--21st century--Encyclopedias.

Middle East--History--21st century--Encyclopedias.

Middle East.

Middle East--Politics and government--21st century--Encyclopedias.

Africa, North--History--21st century--Encyclopedias.

Africa, North.

Africa, North--Politics and government--21st century--Encyclopedias.

Genre:

Encyclopedias.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxiii, 409 pages)

Place of Publication:

Santa Barbara, California : ABC-CLIO, An Imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, [2020]

Summary:

"This book provides detailed coverage of all of the key conflict-related developments since the Arab Spring, a seminal event that began in December 2010 and continues to have a major influence on events in the Middle East, North Africa, and beyond"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Abbas, Mahmoud

Abdullah II, King of Jordan

Academics for Peace in Turkey

Against compulsory Hijab

Ahmadinejad, Mahmoud

Ahrar al-Sham Brigades

AKP-PKK peace talks (2005-2015)

Al-Abadi, Haider

Al-Ahmar, Ali Muhsin

Al-Assad, Bashar

Alawites (Nusayris)

Al-Awlaki, Anwar

Alevis

Algeria, The People's Democratic Republic of

Algerian Protests (2011)

Al-Islah (Reform Party)

Al Jazeera

Al-Maliki, Nouri

Al Manar Television

Al-Qaeda Central

Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)

Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM)

Al-Sadr, Muqtada

Al-Sharif, Manal

Ammar, Rachid

Ansar al-Sharia in Libya

Ansar Beit al Maqdis

April 6 Youth

Arab nationalism

Arab Spring Movements (2011)

Armed Islamic Group (GIA)

Armenians

Army of Islamic Salvation (AIS)

Ashrawi, Hanan

Authoritarianism

Ba'athism

Badawi, Raif

Bahrain, Kingdom of

Barzani, Masoud

Basij

Battle of Sirte in 2011

Battle of Sirte in 2016

Belhaj, Abdul Hakim

Belmokhtar, Mokhtar

Ben Ali, Zine al-Abidine

Benghazi Attack

Benkirane, Abdelilah

Berbers (Imazighen)

Black October Riots (1988)

Black September

Bouazizi, Tarek el-Tayeb Mohamed

Bouteflika, Abdelaziz

Cedar Revolution (2005)

Civil wars

Clientelism (Patrimonialism)

Constitutional Drafting Assembly

Coptic Orthodox Church

Corruption

Coup of 2016

Dahiya Doctrine

Demirtas, Selahattin

Democracy deficit

Demographics (Youth Bulge)

Development

Druze

Economic Protests (2017-2018)

Egypt, Arab Republic of

El-Sisi, Abdel Fattah Saeed Hussein Khalil

Ennahda Movement

Erdogan, Recep Tayyip

Ergenekon Scandal

Fatah Party

Fayyad, Salam

February 17th Revolution

February 20 Movement

Fikri, Mouhcine

Foreign fighters

Framing model

Free Syrian Army

General National Congress

General People's Congress

Gezi Park Protests (2013)

Ghannouchi, Rachid

Ghonim, Wael

Ghouta Chemical Weapons Attack of 2013

Ghouta Chemical Weapons Attack of 2018

Greed model

Green Movement (2009)

Grievance model

Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)

Hadi, Abdu Rabbu Mansour

Haftar, Khalifa Belqasim

Hamas

Hamas-Fatah Conflict

Hariri, Saad

Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS)

Hezbollah

Hizmet (Gülen) Movement

Houla Massacre (2012)

Houthis (Ansar Allah)

Ibadi Doctrine

Intifadas (I, II, and Knife)

Iran, Islamic Republic of

Iranian Azerbaijanis

Iraq, Republic of

Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)

Islamic Salvation Front (FIS)

Islamic State (Daesh)

Islamism

Israel

Israeli Invasion of Lebanon (2006)

Jasmine Revolution

Jihad

Jordan, Hashemite Kingdom of

Jordanian Protests (2011)

Jumblatt, Walid

Justice and Development Party (Morocco)

Justice and Development Party (Turkey)

Khamenei, Ayatollah Sayyid Ali

Khatami, Mohammad

Khomeini, Ayatollah Sayyid Ruhollah Mousavi

Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG)

Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK)

Kurds

Kuwait, State of

Labor migration : receiving countries

Labor migration : sending countries

Lebanese Republic

Libya, State of

Libya Dawn Coalition

Libyan Civil War

Local coordination committees

Maronites

Middle East Road Map (2003)

Military coups

Minorities

Modernization

Mohammed VI, King of Morocco

Morocco, Kingdom of

Morsi, Mohamed

Mubarak, Muhammad Hosni Sayyid

Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK)

Muslim Brotherhood

Muslim Brotherhood in Jordan

Nakhla, Rami

Nasrallah, Hassan Abdel Karim

National Action Charter

National Liberation Front (FLN)

National Transition Council

Nezzar, Khaled

Ocalan, Abdullah

Oman, Sultanate of

Oman Protests (2011)

Operation Cast Lead

Operation Decisive Storm

Palestine

Palestine Liberation Organization

Palestinian Islamic Jihad

Party of Authenticity and Modernity

Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK)

Pearl Roundabout Protests

Political decision-making in Iran

Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF)

Qaboos bin Said bin Taimur Al Said

Qaddafi, Muammar

Qatar

Quds Force

Rabi'a al-Adawiya Massacre

Rafsanjani, Ali Akbar Hashemi

Rajab, Nabeel

Rally for Culture and Democracy (RCD)

Refugees

Regime change cascades

Rentier state politics

Rouhani, Hassan Feridun

Sahwa (Sunni Tribal Awakening)

Salafism

Salah, Ahmed Gaid

Saleh, Ali Abdullah

Salman, Mohammad bin

Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of

Saudi Arabian Protests (2011)

Saudi Sahwa (Islamic Awakening)

Sectarianism

Shabiha Militias

Shi'a

Social media

Syrian Arab Republic

Syrian Civil War

Tahrir Square Protests (2011)

Takfiri Doctrine

Takrizards

Tamarod Movement (2013)

Tunisia, Republic of

Tunisian General Labor Union

Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet

Turkey, Republic of

United Arab Emirates (UAE)

Washington consensus

Wasta

Women's Leadership in Protests

Yazidi

Yemen, Republic of

Yemen Civil War (2015)

Yemeni Socialist Party (YSP)

Yemen Uprising (2011)

Zaydi Doctrine.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9798216064770

9781440865039

1440865035

OCLC:

1121429137