The Middle East: Crises, Conflicts, and Wars aims to evaluate the Middle East through international politics with diverse theoretical frameworks. Chapters have been written by many contributors who explore the Middle East from multiperspectives. The scope of this book is very comprehensive and many relevant issue areas are examined. In addition to focusing on the different perspectives of international relations, current problems are considered, especially in the axis of classic, modern and post-modern security studies. The main issues of Syria, Lebanon, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Iraq, the UAE, Jordan, Palestine, Kuwait, Oman, Yemen, Bahrain, Israel and Turkey are included. Maritime disputes, the Arab Spring, energy transfer, migration, the EU, hydro-politics, Green Sukuk (green Islamic bond), youth policies and strategic investments in the Middle East, are a number of the topics examined.
Contributions by:
Begüm Kurtulus Abdulhayoglu,
Sebnem Köser Akçapar,
Atay Akdevelioglu
Edited by:
Arda Özkan,
Pinar Yürür
Imprint: Lexington Books
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions:
Height: 236mm,
Width: 160mm,
Spine: 36mm
Weight: 912g
ISBN: 9781666962116
ISBN 10: 1666962112
Pages: 534
Publication Date: 12 August 2024
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
,
Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Chapter 1. The Resilience of the Assad Regime: An Assessment on the Syrian Civil War after More than a Decade Özge Özkoç Chapter 2. Lebanon: Sectarian Division Revisited within the Frame of the Regional Competition of Iran and Saudi Arabia Fulya Özkan Chapter 3. Mediation in Qatar’s Foreign Policy: Drivers, Features and Outcomes Mehmet Osman Çatı Chapter 4. Iran: What Does the Conservative Turn Mean About the Foreign Policy Implications? Özgür Kızılyurt and Atay Akdevelioğlu Chapter 5. Iraq in Between Two Powers: A Critical Overview of Internal Unbalance and a New War Gizem Bilgin Aytaç Chapter 6. The United Arab Emirates (UAE): A Rising Regional Stakeholder in the Gulf Begüm Kurtuluş Abdulhayoğlu and Burcu Sunar Cankurtaran Chapter 7. Israel's Changing Eastern Mediterranean Strategy: A Necessity in the Shadow of Geopolitics Göktürk Tüysüzoğlu Chapter 8. Yemen: Sectarian Division and a Proxy War Uğur Pektaş and Yusuf Çınar Chapter 9. The Water Problem in the Jordan River Basin from the Perspectives of the Riparian States: The Geography of Jordan River Vildan Meydan Chapter 10. Rethinking Palestine after the Arab Uprisings Ayşe Ömür Atmaca Chapter 11. Kuwait’s Security Concerns: 2017 Gulf Crisis Derya Sürmelioğlu Parlar Chapter 12. Oman: Balancing Through Diplomacy in the Gulf Pınar Yürür Chapter 13. Bahrain: State-Society Dichotomy in Arab Spring and Aftermath Ayşe Küçük Chapter 14. An Unresolved Maritime Dispute from the Middle East to the Balkans: Aegean Sea Continental Shelf Case (Turkey v. Greece) Arda Özkan Chapter 15. Societal, Political & Security Implications of the Arab Spring in the Middle East Bezen Balamir Coşkun and Ahmet Üçağaç Chapter 16. How Could the New Energy Transformation/Policies Affect the Middle Eastern Actors? Sanem Özer and Güneş Ersoy Chapter 17. Politics of Migration into Turkey From The Middle East: Transition From Nationalizing to Neoliberal Policies Within 100 Years Şebnem Köşer Akçapar Chapter 18. Turkey and the European Union (EU) Relations: The Neoliberal Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) as Agenda Setters of a Middle Eastern Country Levent Kırval Chapter 19. Emerging Triangle in the Hydropolitics of the Euphrates and Tigris Basin: The Case of Turkey, Iran and Iraq Ahmet Conker and İrem Çolak Chapter 20. Green Sukuk and Its Potential in the Middle East Yeşim Tanrıvermiş and Gülnaz Şengül Güneş Chapter 21. Youth Political Activism in the Middle East Cihan Dizdaroğlu and Esra Dilek Chapter 22. A Strategic / Economic Investment Area in the Middle East: The Case of Iran Erol Demir
Arda Özkan is assistant professor at Ankara University, Department of International Trade and Logistics. Pinar Yürür is associate professor of political science and international relations at Mugla Sitki Kocman University, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences.
Reviews for The Middle East: Crises, Conflicts, and Wars
"""This comprehensive volume is an important original contribution to understand the main dynamics and challenges in the contemporary Middle Eastern politics. As some the articles deconstruct the main dynamics of conflicts, civil wars and sectarian divisions in different countries of the region; some of them examine foreign policies of different countries in a changing regional setting. In addition, important issues, like water, energy and migration, are dealt with in detailed analyses. As the conflicts and wars in the Middle East still dominate the global arena, the articles in the book shed light not only on the internal political dimensions of the regional countries, but also help the reader to make more sense of global politics as well. Without peace in the Middle East, there will not be peace in the world. Original scientific studies, like this volume, will help us to grasp the main challenges in the region and hopefully motivate us to work more for a peaceful regional and global order."" --Birgül Demirtas, Turkish-German University"
