State-Building in the Middle East and North Africa: One Hundred Years of Nationalism, Religion and Politics...

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Mohammad-Mahmoud Ould Mohamedou

State-Building in the Middle East and North Africa

One Hundred Years of Nationalism, Religion and Politics

Mohammad-Mahmoud Ould Mohamedou

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English

I.B. Tauris
13 January 2022

Middle Eastern history; National liberation & independence, post-colonialism; Nationalism; Diplomacy

Why have state-building projects across the MENA region proven to be so difficult for so long? Following the end of the Ottoman Empire in the early 1920s, the countries of the region began a violent and divisive process of state formation. But a century later, state-building remains inconclusive.

This book traces the emergence and evolution of state-building across the MENA region and

identifies

the main factors that impeded its success: the slow end of the Ottoman Empire; the experience of colonialism; and the rise of nationalistic and religious movements. The authors reveal the ways in which the post-colonial state proved itself authoritarian and formed on the model of the colonial state. They also identify the nationalist and Islamist movements that competed for political leadership across the nascent systems, enabling the military to establish a grip on the security apparatus and national economies. Finally, in the context of the Arab Spring and its conflict-filled aftermath, this book shows how external powers reasserted their interventionism. In outlining the reasons why regional states remained hollow and devoid of legitimacy, each of the contributors shows that recent conflicts and crises are deeply connected to the foundational period of one century ago.

Edited by Mohammad-Mahmoud Ould Mohamedou, the volume features contributions by stellar scholars including Faleh Abdel Jabar, Lisa Anderson, Bertrand Badie, François Burgat, Benoit Challand, Ahmad Khalidi, Henry Laurens, Bruce Rutherford, Jordi Tejel and Ghassan Salamé.

Edited by: Mohammad-Mahmoud Ould Mohamedou
Imprint: I.B. Tauris
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 446g
ISBN: 9780755601400
ISBN 10: 0755601408
Pages: 296
Publication Date: 13 January 2022
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Mohammad-Mahmoud Ould Mohamedou is Chair of the International History and Politics Department at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva, where he is also Professor of International History and Politics. He is the 2021 recipient of the International Studies Association (ISA) Global South Distinguished Scholar Award. He is the author of a trilogy on the post-9/11 world, Contre-Croisade - Le 11 Septembre et le Retournement du Monde (2004), Understanding Al Qaeda – Changing War and Global Politics (2011) and A Theory of ISIS - Political Violence and the Transformation of the Global Order (2018).

Reviews for State-Building in the Middle East and North Africa: One Hundred Years of Nationalism, Religion and Politics

This timely book highlights the under-researched historical dimension of state-making and unmaking... respond[ing] successfully to the promise in [its] title. With this book's demonstration of historical legacies, MENA state-Building analysis is no longer the complex puzzle it was. -- Bahgat Korany , American University in Cairo and University of Montreal, Canada Sheds new light on one century of the state system in the modern Middle East ... A powerful and essential book to understand the failure of the state system and its contribution to a century of conflict in the Middle East. Eugene Rogan, Oxford University -- Eugene Rogan, Professor of Modern Middle Eastern History, Oxford University, UK