The Eastern Mediterranean in transition: multipolarity, politics and power

1. War, peace and stability in the era of multipolarity : what lies at the end of the systemic rainbow? / Spyridon N. Litsas -- 2. Structural changes and emerging patterns of strategic behavior in the Eastern Mediterranean during the transition from bipolarity to multipolarity / Panayiotis Ifestos -- 3. Russian foreign policy in the Eastern Mediterranean since 1991 / Pavel Shlykov -- 4. US foreign policy in the Eastern Mediterranean : the limits of smart power / Akis Kalaitzidis -- 5. The dragon's rise in the great sea : China's strategic interests in the Levant and the Eastern Mediterranean / Christina Lin -- 6. Penelope unravelling : the Obama administration's policy in the Eastern Mediterranean / Nikolaos Zahariadis -- 7. "Smart" leadership in a small state : the case of Cyprus / Ilias I. Kouskouvelis -- 8. Structure over agency : the Arab uprising and the regional struggle for power / Raymond Hinnebusch -- 9. Reorienting Turkish foreign policy : successes, failures, limitations / Ilter Turan -- 10. Vernacular security in the Eastern Mediterranean after the Arab Spring : the cases of Egypt and Jordan / Stacey Gutkowski -- 11. Twitter vs. Penguens on TV : #Geziparkprotests, social media use, and the generation Y in Turkey / Asli Tunc -- 12. Beyond hegemony : Cyprus, energy securitization and the emergence of new regional security complexes / Constantinos Adamides and Odysseas Christour -- 13. A most vicious weapon : rape, war and civil strife in the Arab world / Amikam Nachmani -- 14. Reasserting normalcy in Iran's foreign policy realm : continuities, challenges and opportunities / Ghoncheh Tazmini -- 15. The call of the sea : strategic opportunities and challenges for Israel in the Eastern Mediterranean / Aharon Klieman -- 16. The Israeli-Greek rapprochement : stability and cooperation in the Eastern Mediterranean / Aristotle Tziampiris.