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The Middle East

Crises, Conflicts, and Wars

Edited by Arda Özkan and Pınar Yürür - Contributions by Begüm Kurtuluş Abdulhayoğlu; Şebnem Köşer Akçapar; Atay Akdevelioğlu; Ayşe Ömür Atmaca; Gizem Bilgin Aytaç; Burcu Sunar Cankurtaran; Osman Çatı; Yusuf Çınar; Ahmet Conker; Bezen Balamir Coşkun; Erol Demir; Esra Dilek; Cihan Dizdaroğlu; Güneş Ersoy; Gülnaz Şengül Güneş; Levent Kırval; Özgür Kızılyurt; Ayşe Küçük; Vildan Meydan; Sanem Özer; Arda Özkan; Fulya Özkan; Özge Özkoç; Derya Sürmelioğlu Parlar; Uğur Pektaş; Yeşim Tanrıvermiş; Göktürk Tüysüzoğlu; Ahmet Üçağaç and Pınar Yürür

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.

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Lexington Books
Pages: 534 • Trim: 6⅜ x 9¼
978-1-66696-211-6 • Hardback • August 2024 • $165.00 • (£127.00)
978-1-66696-212-3 • eBook • August 2024 • $60.00 • (£46.00)
Subjects: Political Science / World / Middle Eastern, Political Science / International Relations / General, Political Science / Peace

Arda Özkan is assistant professor at Ankara University, Department of International Trade and Logistics.

Pınar Yürür is associate professor of political science and international relations at Mugla Sitki Kocman University, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences.

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

“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 Demirtaş, Turkish-German University


The Middle East

Crises, Conflicts, and Wars

Cover Image
Hardback
eBook
Summary
Summary
  • 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.

Details
Details
  • Lexington Books
    Pages: 534 • Trim: 6⅜ x 9¼
    978-1-66696-211-6 • Hardback • August 2024 • $165.00 • (£127.00)
    978-1-66696-212-3 • eBook • August 2024 • $60.00 • (£46.00)
    Subjects: Political Science / World / Middle Eastern, Political Science / International Relations / General, Political Science / Peace
Author
Author
  • Arda Özkan is assistant professor at Ankara University, Department of International Trade and Logistics.

    Pınar Yürür is associate professor of political science and international relations at Mugla Sitki Kocman University, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences.

Table of Contents
Table of Contents
  • 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

Reviews
Reviews
  • “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 Demirtaş, Turkish-German University


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