Middle East Reloaded

Author : Phillipp O. Amour, Ph.D.
Publisher : Academica Press
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2018-08-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781680530704

Get Book

Middle East Reloaded by Phillipp O. Amour, Ph.D. Pdf

The Middle East is a center of ceaseless global attention. Since 2011, the long awaited and much celebrated Arab Spring uprisings portended a major shift in the politics of the Arab World. Notably, a number of Arab states witnessed institutional and constitutional shifts that put them on the path of transition to liberalization and democracy. Nevertheless, the Arab Spring followed a violent and unpredictable course. Although its events marked a break in the continuity of authoritarian dominance, most of its changes have not ultimately proved to be turning points in democratic development. The Arab Spring phenomenon witnessed a set of uprisings and even would-be-revolutions, but no great revolutionary change. Edited by Professor Philipp Amour of prestigious Sakarya University, this volume presents the work of numerous distinguished scholars, including many native to the region, who explore the fascinating variety of factors behind the rise and fall of the Arab Spring. As they establish, regional polarization and rivalries are the principal accompanying phenomena and side effects of the Arab Spring, and they will demand the world's attention for decades to come. Power dynamics between and among regional great powers have invited proactive, protracted, and very topical military and diplomatic involvement in domestic and regional politics. Some of these interventions will uphold the status quo, while others seem more likely to modify it for the powers' strategic advantage. Authored by leading world experts in Middle Eastern politics, this collection explores foreign and security policy of regional great powers such as Iran, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, and their roles in the construction of the new Middle East.

Author : Philipp O. Amour
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 455 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2020-07-04
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783030454654

Get Book

The Regional Order in the Gulf Region and the Middle East by Philipp O. Amour Pdf

This book examines the regional order in the Gulf Region and the wider Middle East, focusing on regional rivalries and security alliances. The authors analyze the regional system in terms of its general structure as well as the major inter-state and non-state security alliances. The structure of the regional system in the wider Middle East and the shake-ups it has experienced explain the ongoing regional rivalry and polarization since 2011 in hotspots such as Syria, Yemen, and Libya. As such, the various chapters address regional transition and power dynamics between and among regional great powers and non-state militant actors across the Gulf Region and the wider Middle East in terms of the alliance building, persistence, and disintegration since 2011.

Author : Marta Tawil Kuri
Publisher : Springer
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2016-11-23
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781137599391

Get Book

Latin American Foreign Policies towards the Middle East by Marta Tawil Kuri Pdf

This volume surveys the interplay between state and non-state actors in Latin American foreign policies and attitudes towards the Middle East in the twenty-first century. How will domestic instability and international tensions affect the choices and behavior of Latin American countries towards the Arab world? The chapters here offer insight into this and similar questions, as well as a comparative value in analyzing countries beyond those specifically discussed. Common topics in policy making are considered–namely, Israel and Palestine, Iran, the Gulf countries, and the Arab "Spring”–as authors from distinct disciplines examine the crucial relation between ends and means on the one hand, and foreign policy actions and context on the other.

Author : Birsen Erdogan
Publisher : Springer
Page : 181 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2016-12-07
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783319476834

Get Book

Humanitarian Intervention and the Responsibility to Protect by Birsen Erdogan Pdf

This book offers a discursive analysis of the Turkish Foreign Policy on Humanitarian Interventions (HI) and the doctrine of the Responsibility to Protect (R2P). Across the chapters the author addresses important questions, such as: what is the position of the HI and R2P in the Turkish foreign policy discourse? Is there any variation between cases when it comes to the use of these concepts? How do these discourses shape/change/transform or sustain the Turkish identity? Despite the tendency in some countries to incorporate HI and R2P principles into their foreign policy (UK, Netherlands, Canada, Japan), and the fact that some countries are lobbying to make these principles a part of international or UN law, in the developing world these policies and concepts have not gained widespread recognition or approval. Countries like China, Brazil and India approach these concepts with suspicion or with reservation. The same tendency can be observed in the MENA region and in some parts of Africa and Asia. In this book, the author looks at the reasons behind these differences in approach and explores how the concept of identity affects Turkish foreign policy specifically. This study is invaluable for researchers and students of R2P and HI and foreign policy discourse in general.

Author : Jeffrey G. Karam,Rima Majed
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2022-09-22
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780755644452

Get Book

The Lebanon Uprising of 2019 by Jeffrey G. Karam,Rima Majed Pdf

In October 2019, hundreds of thousands took to the streets of Lebanon to protest austerity measures in what became known as the “thawra.” These were the largest mass protests seen in the country's modern history. The Lebanon Uprising of 2019 puts the revolution in its historical and regional context and also follows the huge transformations that have been unraveling in Lebanon ever since. The book is a unique source of testimonies that brings to the fore the voices of those scholars, activists, researchers, and journalists who took part in the protests or were closely involved in the unfolding events. These accounts include stories about specific events and struggles, views of the uprising from various regions of the country, and reflections on topics such as the labor struggle, disability, the student movement, foreign interventions, the struggle for preserving environmental spaces, the role of refugees and non-Lebanese within the movement, and women and queer participation. The book situates the protests within the historical, political, economic, social, and environmental foundations of the Lebanese polity, as well as in the broader context of a "second wave” of Arab uprisings and a global wave of upheavals in 2019, making this book a testament to the rich history of protests and activism in the country. It features some primary documents, including photos and other materials that were disseminated in the streets and over social media platforms, making this book an important resource of first-hand knowledge.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Africa, North
ISBN : IND:30000117404719

Get Book

Middle East Report by Anonim Pdf

Author : Mahmood Monshipouri
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2016-01-08
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317261391

Get Book

Democratic Uprisings in the New Middle East by Mahmood Monshipouri Pdf

As Egypt retreats from its newly elected government and Syria moves from one crisis to another, this book’s reflection on the Arab Spring could not be more timely. Monshipouri’s account of the role of emotion, solidarity, and online activism is informed by several trips to the region that continue to this day. The uprisings were fueled by a demographic surge of young people unable to find employment and frustrated by the lack of freedom, and now the elected regime has been ousted for failing to address these continuing circumstances. While modern technologies and social media may have brought new politics to the streets, organization on the ground trumps the enthusiasm of young protesters when it comes to shaping a country’s political future. How to turn elections into democracy in these post-conflict societies continues to be a daunting task, especially in countries with a longstanding history of military involvement in politics now experiencing a resurgence. This book addresses all of these subjects in an engaging and accessible narrative. Key features of the text:

Author : Mojtaba Mahdavi
Publisher : Syracuse University Press
Page : 375 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2023-02-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780815655770

Get Book

The Myth of Middle East Exceptionalism by Mojtaba Mahdavi Pdf

More than a decade after the birth of contemporary social movements in the Middle East and North Africa scholars are asking what these movements have achieved and how we should evaluate their lasting legacies. The quiet encroachments of MENA counterrevolutionary forces in the post-Arab Spring era have contributed to the revival of an outdated Orientalist discourse of Middle East exceptionalism, implying that the region’s culture is exceptionally immune to democratic movements, values, and institutions. This volume, inspired by critical post-colonial/decolonial studies, and interdisciplinary perspectives of social movement theories, gender studies, Islamic studies, and critical race theory, challenges and demystifies the myth of "MENA Exceptionalism". Composted of three sections, the book first places MENA in the larger global context and sheds light on the impact of geopolitics on the current crises, showing how a postcolonial critique better explains the crisis of democratic social movements and the resilience of authoritarianism. The second section focuses on the unfinished projects of contemporary MENA social movements and their quest for freedom, social justice, and human dignity. Contributors examine specific cases of post-Islamist movements, the Arab youth, student, and other popular non-violent movements. In the final section, the book problematizes the exceptionalist idea of gender passivity and women’s exclusion, which reduces the reality of gender injustice to some eternal and essentialized Muslim/MENA mindset. Contributors address this theory by placing gender as an independent category of thought and action, demonstrating the quest for gender justice movements in MENA, and providing contexts to the cases of gender injustice to challenge simplistic, ahistorical and culturalist assumptions.

Author : John O. Voll,Mohammad Nejatullah Siddiqi,Kamal Hassan,Ibrahim Mohamed Zein,Mohamed Aslam Haneef,Charles Fletcher ,M. Zaki Kirmani,Francis Robinson,Hussein Rashid,Yushau Sodiq,Vernon James Schubel,Amir Dastmalchian,Sadek Hamid ,Sophia Rose Shafi,Tauseef Ahmad Parray
Publisher : International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT)
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2011-06-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

Get Book

American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences 28:3 by John O. Voll,Mohammad Nejatullah Siddiqi,Kamal Hassan,Ibrahim Mohamed Zein,Mohamed Aslam Haneef,Charles Fletcher ,M. Zaki Kirmani,Francis Robinson,Hussein Rashid,Yushau Sodiq,Vernon James Schubel,Amir Dastmalchian,Sadek Hamid ,Sophia Rose Shafi,Tauseef Ahmad Parray Pdf

The American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences (AJISS), established in 1984, is a quarterly, double blind peer-reviewed and interdisciplinary journal, published by the International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT), and distributed worldwide. The journal showcases a wide variety of scholarly research on all facets of Islam and the Muslim world including subjects such as anthropology, history, philosophy and metaphysics, politics, psychology, religious law, and traditional Islam.

Author : Avi Melamed
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2022-02-08
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781510769342

Get Book

Inside the Middle East by Avi Melamed Pdf

Why Is the Middle East Entering a “New Era?” Is It a New Dawn? Is It a Setting Sun? In the third decade of the twenty-first century, the Middle East is entering a new era. A multifaceted and intricate equilibrium will write the next chapter of this region. The new era we are entering is fraught with challenges and full of opportunities. The new era is both defined by, and a result of, a combination of ancient and modern, domestic, regional, and international processes. Iran and Turkey each strive to position themselves as the regional superpower. In parallel, the people of the region struggle to overcome increasing domestic challenges. These developments, combined with an escalating struggle over path, identity, and direction, could result in a new model of statehood in the Arab world. While some countries take the turbulent path toward a possible new statehood model, others are fighting for their sovereignty and survival. All of this is occurring while Western hegemony in the Middle East is coming to an end and the Eastern giants are on the rise. Acclaimed Middle East expert, an Israeli fluent in Arabic, English, and Hebrew, Avi Melamed has a proven exceptional record of foreseeing the evolution of events in the Middle East and their impact on a local and regional level. In this book, Melamed takes you on a fascinating eye-opening journey through the geopolitical landscape of the Middle East in the third decade of the twenty first century. He challenges common Western concepts, narratives, and theories. And he provides predictions about some of the most central regional issues of the day. Using primarily sources from the region, Avi Melamed provides a professional, rare insider’s view and clearly and insightfully contextualizes current regional events. Inside The Middle East: Entering a New Era provides the knowledge and tools to connect the dots. This distinct understanding allows the reader to build a multidimensional picture of the geopolitical reality of the Middle East today and provides an unparalleled foundation for navigating the events of tomorrow.

Author : Ian Stanley Ord Playfair
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 578 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1954
Category : History
ISBN : PSU:000010152829

Get Book

The Mediterranean and Middle East: Victory in the Mediterranean. pt. 1. 1st April to 4th June 1944 by Ian Stanley Ord Playfair Pdf

Søgeord: Gazala; Kasserine; Malta; Monte Cassino

Author : Shahram Akbarzadeh
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 417 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2023-10-06
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781802205633

Get Book

Handbook of Middle East Politics by Shahram Akbarzadeh Pdf

This Handbook uses a comprehensive study of political institutions, social movements and external pressures to offer nuanced study of politics in the Middle East. Foremost scholars on the Middle East examine key themes such as political change, regional rivalry and authoritarianism, making this collection very timely and relevant as an authoritative source.

Author : Richard Youngs
Publisher : Oxford Studies in Democratizat
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780199647040

Get Book

Europe in the New Middle East by Richard Youngs Pdf

This book provides an account of how the European Union has responded to the emergence of a new Middle East in the wake of the Arab spring and how far the EU has changed its foreign policies towards the Middle East and Africa. It explores the impact European policies and whether it has succeeded in meeting the challenge of the Arab Spring.

Author : Anthony Tirado Chase
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 522 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2016-11-10
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317613763

Get Book

Routledge Handbook on Human Rights and the Middle East and North Africa by Anthony Tirado Chase Pdf

Recent events such as ‘Iran’s Green Revolution’ and the ‘Arab Uprisings’ have exploded notions that human rights are irrelevant to Middle Eastern and North African politics. Increasingly seen as a global concern, human rights are at the fulcrum of the region’s on-the-ground politics, transnational intellectual debates, and global political intersections. The Routledge Handbook on Human Rights and the Middle East and North Africa: emphasises the need to consider human rights in all their dimensions, rather than solely focusing on the political dimension, in order to understand the structural reasons behind the persistence of human rights violations; explores the various frameworks in which to consider human rights—conceptual, political and transnational/international; discusses issue areas subject to particularly intense debate—gender, religion, sexuality, transitions and accountability; contains contributions from perspectives that span from global theory to grassroots reflections, emphasising the need for academic work on human rights to seriously engage with the thoughts and practices of those working on the ground. A multidisciplinary approach from scholars with a wide range of expertise allows the book to capture the complex dynamics by which human rights have had, or could have, an impact on Middle Eastern and North African politics. This book will therefore be a key resource for students and scholars of Middle Eastern and North African politics and society, as well as anyone with a concern for Human Rights across the globe.

Author : Fawaz A. Gerges
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2012-05-22
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781137000163

Get Book

Obama and the Middle East by Fawaz A. Gerges Pdf

A hard-hitting assessment of Obama's current foreign policy and a sweeping look at the future of the Middle East The 2011 Arab Spring upended the status quo in the Middle East and poses new challenges for the United States. Here, Fawaz Gerges, one of the world's top Middle East scholars, delivers a full picture of US relations with the region. He reaches back to the post-World War II era to explain the issues that have challenged the Obama administration and examines the president's responses, from his negotiations with Israel and Palestine to his drawdown from Afghanistan and withdrawal from Iraq. Evaluating the president's engagement with the Arab Spring, his decision to order the death of Osama bin Laden, his intervention in Libya, his relations with Iran, and other key policy matters, Gerges highlights what must change in order to improve US outcomes in the region. Gerges' conclusion is sobering: the United States is near the end of its moment in the Middle East. The cynically realist policy it has employed since World War II-continued by the Obama administration--is at the root of current bitterness and mistrust, and it is time to remake American foreign policy.