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Record Nr.

UNINA9910824641703321

Titolo

Reassessing order and disorder in the Middle East : regional imbalance or disintegration? / / edited by Robert Mason ; contributors, Gawdat Bahgat [and nine others]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , 2017

©2017

ISBN

9781442264908

144226490X

9781442264892

1442264896

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (237 pages)

Disciplina

327.56

Soggetti

Regionalism - Middle East

Middle East Foreign relations 1979-

Middle East Politics and government 1979-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Opportunities lost : US foreign policy in the Middle East under Bush and Obama, 2000-2014 / Bryan Gibson -- Geosectarianism and translocal politics / Farid Senzai and Kamran Bokhari -- Saudi Arabia's regional policy since 2011 / René Rieger and Sebastian Sons -- The kaleidoscope of Iran's foreign policy in the context of profound regional upheavals / Morgane Colleau -- Qatari domestic and regional policy : ideas at odds with identity / Christian Henderson -- Turkish regional policy in the modern era : from zero problems to few options / Robert Mason -- Egyptian regional policy : national security, energy and water / Gawdat Bahgat -- Israeli foreign policy : securitizing occupation / Martin Beck.

Sommario/riassunto

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.