Routledge Handbook of International Relations in the Middle East

This handbook book examines the regional and international dynamics of the Middle East. The 28 chapters include the world's leading scholars of the Middle East and International Relations (IR) in order to make sense of the region.

Autorentext

Shahram Akbarzadeh is Research Professor in Middle East and Central Asian Politics at Deakin University and the Deputy Director (International) of the Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation, Deakin University (Australia). He held a prestigious ARC Future Fellowship (2012-2016) on the Role of Islam in Iran's Foreign Policy-making and recently completed a Qatar Foundation grant on Sectarianism in the Middle East.

Inhalt

1. The blurred line between state identity and realpolitik Shahram Akbarzadeh
   
   2. Neoclassical Realism: Domestic Politics, Systemic Pressures, and the impact on Foreign Policy since the Arab Spring Thomas Juneau, Steven E. Lobell, Norrin Ripsman and Larry Rubin3. What constructivism? Vendulka Kubálková4. Historical sociology and Middle East international relations Ewan Stein
   3. Subaltern Realism Meets the Arab World Mohammad Ayoob
   4. Islam, Political Islam, and the State System Frederic Volpi
   5. Don't Shoot the Elephant: Middle East stability after the Iranian nuclear deal Patricia Lewis and Karim Kemal
   6. The Revolutionary Guard in Iranian Domestic and Foreign Power Politics Farzan Sabet and Roozbeh Safshekan
   7. The Arab Uprising and Regional Power Struggle Raymond Hinnesbuch
   8. U.S.-Israel Relations During the Obama Administration: Fundamental Shift, or Adaptation to New Realities? Robert Looney
   9. Saudi Arabia and Iran: Islam and Foreign Policy in the Middle East Simon Mabon
   10. The Arab Spring and Russian Foreign Policy toward the Middle East Mark Katz
   11. China's Foray into the Middle East: from Ambivalence to Ambition? Michael Clarke
   12. Oil Production, Innovation, and Politics in the Middle East Hamid E.Ali and Nesreen N. Al Anbar
   13. Qatar: An Ambitious Small State Matthew Gray
   14. GCC Foreign Policy: The Struggle for Consensus Kristian Coates Ulrichsen
   15. EU Policy in the Middle East: Shifting Dynamics Christian Koch
   16. Old and New Challenges for Ethnic and Religious Minorities in the Middle East Jordi Tejel
   17. UNSCR 1325: A Framework for Women's Peace Activism in the Middle East? Sophie Richter-Devroe
   18. The demise of the Arab strongman? Authoritarianism and the future of the Middle East Pietro Marzo and Francesco Cavatorta
   19. State breakdown and its beneficiaries: the Kurds Denise Natali
   20. Strategic decision-making of Middle Eastern armed non-state actors Wietse van den Berge
   21. Islamic State: Aberration, or Accelerant of System-wide Changes to Come? Michael S. Smith II
   22. The Iran-Hizbullah relationship in the Arab Spring Shahram Akbarzadeh
   23. The Muslim Brotherhood and An-Nahda after the Arab Spring: a Failed Project Alison Pargeter
   24. Transition and the Arab Spring George Joffe
   25. Shock absorption Palestinian-Israel status quo 2009-17 Philip Leech-Ngo
   26. The rise and fall of Turkey in the Arab Spring Paul Williams