Civil Military Relations In The Mena

Author : Florence Gaub
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 41 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Civil-military relations
ISBN : 9291985015

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Civil-military Relations in the MENA by Florence Gaub Pdf

This Chaillot Paper explores the difficult relations between the civil and the military sectors in the Middle East and North Africa - a relationship that lies at the very juncture between state and society and involves issues of power, loyalty and legitimacy. The study examines the flaws and failures that have so far prevented a more functional and balanced relationship between civilian and military authorities - crucial to building 'resilience' - from emerging. The paper highlights in particular the importance of security sector reform (SSR) as a tool with which the international community - and especially the EU - can contribute to consolidating the rule of law and, more generally, sustainable systems of governance.

Author : David S. Sorenson
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2023-01-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9781538169209

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Civil-Military Relations in the Modern Middle East by David S. Sorenson Pdf

Civil-Military Relations in the Modern Middle East explores the political and economic interactions between civilians and the armed forces in the post-World War II Middle East, emphasizing four themes: military and society, the role of the military in political transitions, the military’s part in national economies, and the relations between soldiers and civilians in wartime. Covering the greater Middle East—including the Arab States, Israel, Turkey, and Iran—the book establishes how militaries in many Middle Eastern countries influence the national political and economic systems and how, in turn, politics influences the national militaries.

Author : Elke Grawert,Zeinab Abul-Magd
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2016-04-29
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781442254565

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Businessmen in Arms by Elke Grawert,Zeinab Abul-Magd Pdf

This collection of essays from international experts examines the economic interests of armed actors ranging from military businesses in Egypt, Turkey, Iran, Pakistan, Jordan, Sudan, and Yemen to retired military officers’ economic endeavors and the web of funding of non-state armed groups in Syria and Libya.

Author : W. Taylor
Publisher : Springer
Page : 422 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2014-08-07
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781137410054

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Military Responses to the Arab Uprisings and the Future of Civil-Military Relations in the Middle East by W. Taylor Pdf

This book explains Arab military responses to the social uprisings which began in 2011. Through a comparative case study analysis of Egyptian, Tunisian, Libyan, and Syrian militaries, it explains why militaries fractured, supported the regime in power, or removed their presidents.

Author : Are John Knudsen,Tine Gade
Publisher : Springer
Page : 155 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2017-08-31
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783319551678

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Civil-Military Relations in Lebanon by Are John Knudsen,Tine Gade Pdf

This volume examines Lebanon’s post-2011 security dilemmas and the tenuous civil-military relations. The Syrian civil war has strained the Lebanese Armed Forces’ (LAF) cohesion and threatens its neutrality – its most valued assets in a divided society. The spill-over from the Syrian civil war and Hezbollah’s military engagement has magnified the security challenges facing the Army, making it a target. Massive foreign grants have sought to strengthen its military capability, stabilize the country and contain the Syria crisis. However, as this volume demonstrates, the real weakness of the LAF is not its lack of sophisticated armoury, but the fragile civil–military relations that compromise its fighting power, cripple its neutrality and expose it to accusations of partisanship and political bias. This testifies to both the importance of and the challenges facing multi-confessional armies in deeply divided countries.

Author : Roman Kolkowicz,Andrzej Korbonski
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2021-01-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000263688

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Soldiers, Peasants, and Bureaucrats by Roman Kolkowicz,Andrzej Korbonski Pdf

This book, first published in 1981, is a comprehensive examination of the main theoretical, methodological and empirical approaches to the study of the military in modernising political systems, in socialist and non-socialist countries. It analyses civil-military relations in the Middle East, Eastern Europe and China, and in doing so sheds new light on the comparative politics and strategic affairs of the Cold War period.

Author : Gülçin Balamir Coşkun,Amany Salaheldin Soliman
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 165 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2015-05-13
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781443877718

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Guardians or Oppressors by Gülçin Balamir Coşkun,Amany Salaheldin Soliman Pdf

This book investigates an important phenomenon in the Middle East and the Mediterranean region, namely the role that the military plays in the governments of several states of the region. Can military forces be defined as guardians of a regime in a democratic state? How is it possible to limit the power of armies to solely military prerogatives and competences? How can the intervention of military forces in the political arena in democratising countries be prevented? It is easy to ask these questions, but finding answers is more difficult. Using historical events and theories as examples to follow is an even more complicated task. What happened after the Arab Spring has demonstrated again how civil-military relations constitute an important pillar of the democratisation process. The contributors to this book develop and analyse the reasons why militaries in the Middle East and the Mediterranean wished to obtain a guardianship role and the methods they used to achieve and maintain it. The book also investigates how these militaries reacted to democratisation in their respective countries, and begins with a conceptual framework followed by examples from Spain, Egypt, Turkey, Lebanon and Iran. This work provides a multi-faceted understanding of the historical, political, social and economic layers of complicated civil-military relations in one of the world’s most unstable regions.

Author : Faud I. Khuri
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 26 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1982-01-01
Category : Civil supremacy over the military
ISBN : 086682040X

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The Study of Civil-military Relationships in Modernizing Societies in the Middle East by Faud I. Khuri Pdf

Author : Dhirendra K. Vajpeyi,Glen Segell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : History
ISBN : 0739182803

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Civil-military Relationships in Developing Countries by Dhirendra K. Vajpeyi,Glen Segell Pdf

This book examines two sides of civil-military relations in developing countries. One is the place of civil-military relations within a state's political and economic systems; the other is the role of the military on a state's maintenance of peace and stability. The book thus proposes that the function of soldiers is not only to defend and deter, but also to develop. The chapters provide a comprehensive analysis of civil-military relationship with comparative cases on Botswana, China, El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala, India, Indonesia, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Pakistan, and The Arab Spring Countries of the Middle East including Bahrain, Sudan, Iraq, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Tunisia, Yemen and Libya. Each chapter analyzes the historical, cultural and political factors that shape the direction of the man on the white horse (military elite) and the politician. In doing so, this book reveals the potential impact of the nature of civil military relations on democratization, political and economic development, and on regional/international security. Dhirendra Vajpeyi and Glen Segell discuss and critique the current models and literature on civil-military relations. The innovative framework and careful choice of case studies, presented in a jargon-free, accessible style, makes this book attractive to scholars and students of civil military relations and development studies, as well as policymakers.

Author : J. C. Hurewitz
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 411 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2019-03-04
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780429716270

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Middle East Politics by J. C. Hurewitz Pdf

The Arab-Israel Six Day War in June 1967 riveted world attention on the huge quantities of sophisticated weapons amassed in the arsenals of the Middle East – and left in its wake tangled political-military dilemmas and the intensification of the most dangerous arms race in the nonindustrialized world. How do major upheavals spread across borders so easily in the Middle East? What is the role of the military in the process of modernization? How can the rash of military coups be explained? Why is Israel, the most vigorous democracy in the Middle East, also the most vigorously mobilized and armed nation? J. C. Hurewitz, Professor of Government at Columbia University’s School of International Affairs, believes the answers to these and other pressing questions of Middle Eastern politics can be found only in a thorough examination of civil-military relations in each country, whether it is under military rule or not. The Middle East, as defined in this book, comprises eighteen states, stretching from Morocco to Afghanistan and Pakistan. Probing the role of the military in each state, the author assesses such other factors as the geographical and regional influences on specific national developments. Dominating all are the ramifications of the competing American and Soviet policies for the region. Through his analysis of the cold war tactics of the two Great Powers, and of the bewildering arms races and the confusion of military politics that these tactics have engendered, Professor Hurewitz brings into much clearer perspective the options for the West, and particularly for the United States, in this area. He has provided, in sum, an informative and fully documented study of the whole interplay of domestic, regional, and international politics in the postwar Middle East.

Author : Birthe Hansen,Carsten Jensen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2015-04-07
Category : History
ISBN : 1138018120

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Transforming Civil-Security Relations in the Middle East by Birthe Hansen,Carsten Jensen Pdf

This volume examines the role of the security sector in the Arab Spring and its role in the subsequent process of democratization. It argues that in the new Millennium, some Arab militaries have begun to adopt a new role as 'democracy managers' rather than as protectors of authoritarian regimes, and that the existence of informal webs necessitates an approach that focuses on the security sector rather than the regular armies, and that the region is subjected to a strong external pressure for socialization. These effects are identified and informed by experiences from the Arab Spring. The revolts in 2011, the so-called Arab Spring, provide opportunities for new insights in the relationship between society and armed forces in the region. It has become possible to test existing theories and hypotheses, develop new concepts in order to analyze the development, and to gain access to more sources. The changes have so far produced a greater openness, and new information about the past and present has become available. The purpose of this work is to examine conceptual and empirical challenges arising from the Arab Spring, particularly in respect to three questions: first, is the conception of civil-military relations adequate when analyzing societal balances in the Middle East? Second, is the military in societies in transition in the 21st century able to develop a role different from the ones envisaged in the classic literature on civil-military relations? Third, to what extent does a perspective that emphasizes external variables hold explanatory power? The popular uprisings confronted authoritarian regimes that all relied on the military - which were beforehand anticipated to protect the regimes and function as a bulwark against profound political change. Different outcomes, however, were the result: in some of the states, the military contributed to initiate processes of democratization. This book will be of much interest to students of Middle Eastern politics, civil-military relations, security sector reform, war and conflict studies and IR in general.

Author : Yehuda Ben-Meir
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : History
ISBN : 0231096844

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Civil-military Relations in Israel by Yehuda Ben-Meir Pdf

In Civil-Military Relations in Israel, Yehuda Ben Meir examines the reasons preventing Israel from becoming a "garrison state". A former deputy minister for foreign affairs and longtime member and analyst of the Israeli political scene, Ben Meir is uniquely qualified to give a behind-the-scenes picture of the intimate relationship between Israel's civilian and military leaders. Civil-Military Relations in Israel examines the changing face of the military over the years from an idealistic defense force to a professional army. Ben Meir also views the great divisiveness in Israeli politics as a threat to the unified strength of purpose that in the past characterized the nation's civil authority, and he examines present and future threats to continued civilian control of the military. The book also delves into the legal and constitutional foundations of Israel's civil-military relations, providing a valuable perspective on the organization and role of the current defense establishment, as well as the informal relationship between the key players in the system. In addition, Ben Meir pinpoints the areas in which the military is involved in key political decision making. Despite continuing efforts to resolve the pattern of violence and conflict in the Middle East, the long-standing hostility between Arab and Jew in the region is unlikely to disappear in the near future. And as long as such animosity lingers, Israel's military will remain a strong force in Israeli politics.

Author : Nora Bensahel,Daniel Byman
Publisher : Rand Corporation
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2004-03-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780833036193

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The Future Security Environment in the Middle East by Nora Bensahel,Daniel Byman Pdf

This report identifies several important trends that are shaping regional security. It examines traditional security concerns, such as energy security and the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, as well as newer challenges posed by political reform, economic reform, civil-military relations, leadership change, and the information revolution. The report concludes by identifying the implications of these trends for U.S. foreign policy.

Author : Florence Gaub
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Arab countries
ISBN : 1849046484

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Guardians of the Arab State by Florence Gaub Pdf

This trenchant history of praetorianism in the Arab world recounts the baleful influence of the armed forces in shaping the region's political landscape over the last three decades.

Author : Claude Emerson Welch (Jr.),Arthur K. Smith
Publisher : Brooks/Cole
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015008296058

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Military Role and Rule by Claude Emerson Welch (Jr.),Arthur K. Smith Pdf