Overview

This edited book takes a critical look at the geopolitics of the broader Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. It scrutinizes some of the perennial issues shaping the regional security agenda, as well as the emerging geopolitical trends in the wake of a decade of turmoil triggered by the demands for political and economic reforms. The contributors explore the geopolitical implications of the structural transformation process in the MENA region and beyond, which has unleashed destabilizing forces and multifaceted conflicts, with the involvement of many local, regional and global actors. They also look at how some of the regional actors have reacted to the risks and security challenges produced by the wave of instability and conflicts, and conducted their foreign policy in this volatile period of fluid alliances. Other contributors explore the roles and perspectives of major extra-regional actors, delving deeper into how they have adjusted their policies towards the emergence of a new order and reshuffling of alignments. This book will be of interest to researchers and advanced students of politics, international relations, and political geography. It was originally published as a special issue of the Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies.

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Author:   Şaban Kardaş (Qatar University) ,  Bülent Aras (Qatar University)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.430kg
ISBN:  

9781032514598

ISBN 10:   1032514590
Pages:   138
Publication Date:   26 June 2023
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction—Geopolitics of the New Middle East: Perspectives from Inside and Outside 1. Europe and the ‘New’ Middle East: Geopolitical Shifts and Strategic Choices 2. Russia and the New Middle East 3. China and New Middle East 4. Iran and the New Geopolitics of the Middle East: In Search of Equilibrium 5. The Second Succession in the Islamic Republic of Iran: Change or Continuity? 6. Revisionism and Resecuritization of Turkey's Middle East Policy: A Neoclassical Realist Explanation 7. The Unbridgeable Gulf: Applying Bennett’s Model of Analysis to the 2017 Gulf Crisis 8. Has the Arab Spring Spread to the Caucasus and Central Asia? Explaining Regional Diffusion and Authoritarian Resistance

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Şaban Kardaş is Research Professor at Gulf Studies Center, Qatar University, currently on leave from the Department of Political Science and International Relations at TOBB ETU. Bülent Aras is Adjunct Professor at Gulf Studies Center, Qatar University, Research Director at Center for International Policy Research.

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