Overview

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.

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Author:   Samer S. Shehata (Colin and Patricia Molina de Mackey Associate Professor, Department of International and Area Studies, David L. Boren College of International Studies, University of Oklahoma)
Publisher:   Edinburgh University Press
Imprint:   Edinburgh University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.472kg
ISBN:  

9781399518222

ISBN 10:   1399518224
Pages:   336
Publication Date:   18 May 2023
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Notes on Contributors AcknowledgementsMap Introduction Samer S. Shehata 1 Power Politics in the Post-uprisings Middle EastMarc Lynch 2 Between Tragedy and Chaos: US Policy in a Turbulent Middle East under Obama and Trump Waleed Hazbun  3 The Perennial Outsider: Israel and Regional Order Change Post-2011Noa Schonmann 4 Iran’s Syria Policy and Its Regional Dimensions Nader Entessar 5 Turkey and the Syrian Crisis Gencer Özcan and Soli Özel 6 Implications of the Qatar Crisis for ‘Post-GCC’ Regional PoliticsKristian Coates Ulrichsen 7 Sovereignty for Security: The Paradox of Urgency and Intervention in Yemen Waleed Mahdi 8 The Regional Dimensions of Egypt’s ‘Failed Democratic Transition’Samer S. Shehata 9 Al-Qaida’s Failure in the Fertile Crescent Cole Bunzel 10 Salafi Politics amid the Chaos: Revolution at Home and Revolution Abroad? Valeria Resta and Francesco Cavatorta Select BibliographyIndex

Reviews

"""A good book takes one's breath away and this superb volume on the many dimensions of inter-state, intra-state relations, and non-state interactions in the Middle East, is one such volume. Its layered analysis, by some of the most innovative minds in the business, explores every significant 'state theatre' in this region, bringing multitudes of insights together to enable the reader to develop a true multi-dimensional picture of the forces which have been in play since the Arab uprisings. This is the kind of volume that will inform and educate for years to come."" -Anoush Ehteshami, Durham University"

Author Information

Samer S. Shehata is the Colin Mackey and Patricia Molina de Mackey Associate Professor of Middle East Studies at David L. Boren College of International Studies, University of Oklahoma. He is also the author of Shop Floor Culture and Politics in Egypt (2009) and editor of Islamist Politics in the Middle East: Movements and Change (2012).

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