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The struggle to reshape the Middle East in the 21st century / edited by Samer S. Shehata.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Edinburgh scholarship online.
- Edinburgh scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Iraq War, 2003-2011--Influence.
- Iraq War, 2003-2011.
- Arab Spring, 2010---Influence.
- Arab Spring, 2010-.
- Middle East--Foreign relations--21st century.
- Middle East.
- Middle East--Politics and government--21st century.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiii, 319 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Place of Publication:
- Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2023.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Summary:
- The volume examines the causes and consequences of regional turbulence in the Middle East following the 2003 Iraq war and the 2011 Arab uprisings. The Middle East has experienced unprecedented levels of instability and violence during this period including regime breakdown, heightened rivalry and competition, civil and proxy wars, cross border military intervention, refugee flows, and the emergence of violent non-state actors. Following a theoretical chapter analysing the drivers of regional turbulence, leading Middle East scholars investigate the impact of turbulence on the politics of different states and actors in the region. Nine case studies analyse the foreign policies and regional role of the United States and Israel, Iran and Turkey's policies toward the Syrian crisis, and the impact of regional turbulence and intervention on Yemen, Egypt, and relations among Arab Gulf states. The two final chapters examine two new Islamist actors that emerged in the Middle East during this period: Sunni militant groups in Iraq and Syria and the new Salafi political parties and their foreign policy orientations.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- Notes on Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Map
- Introduction
- 1 Power Politics in the Post-uprisings Middle East
- 2 Between Tragedy and Chaos: US Policy in a Turbulent Middle East under Obama and Trump
- 3 The Perennial Outsider: Israel and Regional Order Change Post-2011
- 4 Iran's Syria Policy and its Regional Dimensions
- 5 Turkey and the Syrian Crisis
- Implications of the Qatar Crisis for 'Post-GCC' Regional Politics
- 7 Sovereignty for Security: The Paradox of Urgency and Intervention in Yemen
- 8 The Regional Dimensions of Egypt's 'Failed Democratic Transition'
- 9 Al-Qaida's Failure in the Fertile Crescent
- 10 Salafi Politics amid the Chaos: Revolution at Home and Revolution Abroad?
- Select Bibliography
- Index
- Notes:
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 17 Mar 2025).
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-3995-1824-0
- OCLC:
- 1417147494
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