Reassessing Order and Disorder in the Middle East - Regional Imbalance Or Disintegration?

Informationen zum Autor Edited by Robert Mason Klappentext Case studies help identify the emerging trends and influences that dominate the political decision making and policy behavior of many states in the Middle East. The chapters investigate foreign policy challenges and debates in various states, changing relations and balance of power between them, and the continuing role of the US in the region. Zusammenfassung Case studies help identify the emerging trends and influences that dominate the political decision making and policy behavior of many states in the Middle East. The chapters investigate foreign policy challenges and debates in various states! changing relations and balance of power between them! and the continuing role of the US in the region. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Robert Mason 1 Opportunities Lost: US Foreign Policy in the Middle East Under Bush and Obama, 2000-2014 Bryan Gibson 2 Geosectarianism and Translocal Politics Farid Senzai and Kamran Bokhari3 Saudi Arabia's Regional Policy Since 2011 René Rieger and Sebastian Sons4 The Kaleidoscope of Iran's Foreign Policy in the Context of Profound Regional Upheavals Morgane Colleau5 Qatari Domestic and Regional Policy: Ideas at Odds with Identity Christian Henderson6 Turkish Regional Policy in the Modern Era: From "Zero Problems" to Few Options Robert Mason 7 Egyptian Regional Policy: National Security, Energy and Water Gawdat Bahgat8 Israeli Foreign Policy: Securitizing Occupation Martin BeckConclusion Robert MasonNotes on ContributorsIndex

Product details

• Authors: Robert Mason
• Assisted by: Robert Mason (Editor)
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 09.02.2017
• EAN: 9781442264892
• ISBN: 978-1-4422-6489-2
• No. of pages: 236
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Advocacy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / Diplomacy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Middle Eastern, Middle East, Political activism, Political science & theory, Diplomacy, Political science and theory, Political activism / Political engagement