The Struggle to Reshape the Middle East in the 21st Century

The book explores the causes and consequences of regional turbulence in the Middle East following the 2003 Iraq war and the 2011 Arab uprisings, including regime breakdown, heightened rivalry, civil wars, and the emergence of violent non-state actors. It also examines the foreign policies of the United States, Israel, Iran, Turkey, and other regional actors and the impact of intervention on Yemen, Egypt, and Arab Gulf states.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 336 pages
Publication date: 14 February 2024
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press

The volume examines the causes and consequences of regional turbulence in the Middle East following the 2003 Iraq war and the 2011 Arab uprisings. The Middle East has experienced unprecedented levels of instability and violence during this period including regime breakdown, heightened rivalry and competition, civil and proxy wars, cross border military intervention, refugee flows, and the emergence of violent non-state actors. Following a theoretical chapter analysing the drivers of regional turbulence, leading Middle East scholars investigate the impact of turbulence on the politics of different states and actors in the region. Nine case studies analyse the foreign policies and regional role of the United States and Israel, Iran and Turkey's policies toward the Syrian crisis, and the impact of regional turbulence and intervention on Yemen, Egypt, and relations among Arab Gulf states. The two final chapters examine two new Islamist actors that emerged in the Middle East during this period: Sunni militant groups in Iraq and Syria and the new Salafi political parties and their foreign policy orientations. ?

Weight: 512g
Dimension: 156 x 235 x 24 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781399518239