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Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of illustrations -- Notes on authors -- Preface -- Chapter 1: Introduction: Middle East politics: patterns of continuity and change -- Part I: Dynamics in Middle East politics -- Chapter 2: The burden of history: from empire to nation states? -- Chapter 3: The legacy of Islam: continuity and change -- Part II: The Northern Belt -- Chapter 4: The Republic of Turkey -- Chapter 5: The Islamic Republic of Iran -- Part III: The Fertile Crescent -- Chapter 6: The Republic of Iraq -- Chapter 7: The Syrian Arab Republic and the Lebanese Republic -- Chapter 8: Israel and Palestine -- Part IV: West and east of the Red Sea -- Chapter 9: The Arab Republic of Egypt -- Chapter 10: The Arab Gulf states and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) -- Index.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Editor's Note -- Introduction -- 1 Stability and Change in Syria -- 2 The Future of Ba 'thist Iraq: Power Structure, Challenges, and Prospects -- 3 Iranian Politics Since the Gulf War -- 4 The Nine Lives of Hashemite Jordan -- 5 Regime Stability and Change in the Gulf: The Case of Saudi Arabia -- 6 The PLO and the Palestinians: A Revolution Institutionalized -- 7 Israel: Political Change in a Democratic State -- 8 Egypt's Political Order: Continuity and Challenges -- About the Contributors -- Index -- About the Book and Editor.

The concepts and theories of what constitutes a 'middle power' have played a key part in explaining the identity, behaviour and foreign policy roles of many states in the international system, including the United Kingdom, France, Australia and Brazil. But, with a few exceptions, these frameworks have failed to travel to scholarship on the Middle East, despite the theoretical and empirical potential that they offer for understanding regional dynamics. This book addresses that major gap by interrogating the conceptual, theoretical and empirical underpinnings of the concept of 'middle power' at a regional level.

Cover -- Half Title -- Dedication -- Title -- Copyright -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF TABLES -- 1. American Entanglement in Three-dimensional Politics -- Legacies -- 2. The Islamic Tradition -- 3. The Beginnings of Military Modernization -- 4. European Imperial Styles -- Postwar Politics -- 5. Military Politics and the Lingering Cold War -- 6. Armies in Postwar Politics -- Military Republics -- 7. Egypt: Military Rule in a Rapidly Changing Society -- 8. Military Roulette: Syria and Iraq -- 9. Sudan: Military Interruption of Civilian Rule -- Military-Civilian Coalitions -- 10. Junior Partners: Pakistan and Algeria -- 11. Concealed Partners: Pakistan and Turkey -- Traditional Monarchies -- 12. Libya: Triumph of Sanusi Leadership -- 13. Saudi Arabia: The Peninsula Under Najdi Rule -- 14. Yemen: Test of Zaydi Durability -- Modernizing Monarchies -- 15. An American Client: Iran -- 16. Cold War Beneficiary: Afghanistan -- 17. Jordan: Keeping a Nonviable State Alive -- 18. Constitutional Absolutism: Morocco -- 19. Kuwayt: An Affluent Amirate Under Political Siege -- Non-military Republics -- 20. Garrison Democracy: Israel -- 21. Confessional Democracy: Lebanon -- 22. Tunisia: Stable One-Party System -- Regional Consequences -- 23. Armies as Agencies of Social Change -- 24. Arms Races in the Region -- 25. Races in the Arab-Israel Zone -- 26. Changing Military Politics and United States Options -- Notes -- Bibliographic Note -- Index.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Original Title -- Original Copyright -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Preface -- Introduction: Comparative Electoral Politics in the Middle East -- PART I: ELECTORAL ISSUES -- 1. Turkey -- 2. Lebanon -- 3. Israel -- 4. Comparisons -- PART II: VOTING BEHAVIOUR -- 5. Turkey -- 6. Lebanon -- 7. Israel -- 8. Comparisons -- PART III: PARLIAMENTARY ELITES -- 9. Turkey -- 10. Lebanon -- 11. Israel -- 12. Comparisons -- Epilogue: Comparative Electoral Politics in the Middle East -- Index.

This volume draws together a number of research papers presented at a conference titled "Security, Insecurity and Prospects for Peace in the Middle East and North Africa", organised by Nottingham Trent University's Middle East and North Africa Research cluster in April 2016. The conference focused on questions pertinent to what may be termed the 'post-Arab Spring' era, in which the Middle East is experiencing unprecedented national and transnational challenges. Conflict, instability, radicalisation and the mass displacement of people have become increasingly salient features of the political and economic landscape of the region.The contributions here analyse a range of political, economic, security and socio-cultural issues that the authors argue lie at the heart of the instability that the region is currently experiencing. Re-thinking issues of security and insecurity in the Middle East not only allows us to explain what might have led to current instability, but also allows us to posit possible solutions to these security issues. In doing so, this book goes beyond the concepts of security and insecurity as a standard account of perpetrator versus victim, in a state-centric and violence-centric manner, to a broader and more complex understanding of the underlying processes informing security and insecurity in the region. The contributors include scholars from around the world working in a variety of different fields, including Middle Eastern studies, international relations and international political economy, providing an eclectic discussion of the state of the region.