The regional order in the Gulf Region and the Middle East. Regional rivalries and security alliances

Dr. Philipp O. Amour is thrilled to announce the publication of his latest edited Book by Palgrave Macmillan “The Regional Order in the Gulf Region and the Middle East: Regional Rivalries and Security Alliances”.

This book examines the regional order in the Gulf Region and the wider Middle East, focusing on regional rivalries and security alliances. The authors analyze the regional system in terms of its general structure as well as the major inter-state and non-state security alliances. The structure of the regional system in the wider Middle East and the shake-ups it has experienced explain the ongoing regional rivalry and polarization since 2011 in hotspots such as Syria, Yemen, and Libya. As such, the various chapters address regional transition and power dynamics between and among regional great powers and non-state militant actors across the Gulf Region and the wider Middle East in terms of alliance-building, persistence, and disintegration since 2011.

The opening chapter is “Introduction: The Regional Order in the Gulf Region and the Middle East” by @PhilippAmour.

Next up is “Political Islam as an Ordering Factor? The Reconfiguration of the Regional Order in the Middle East Since the “Arab Spring”” by Julius Dihstelhoff & LohseAlexander.

Chapter 3 is “Gulfization of the Middle East Security Complex: The Arab Spring’s Systemic Change” by Amr Yossef. Chapter 4 is “The Conservative-Resistance Camp: The Axis of Resistance” by Ana Belén Soage. Chapter 5 is “Emergence of the Turkish/Qatari Alliance in the Middle East: Making of the Moderate Resistance Bloc” by Nuri Yeşilyurt & MustafaYetim.

Chapter 6 is “Expanding the Turkish Bid for Regional Control in the Somali Regional Security Complexes” by Stephanie Carver. Chapter 7 is “Qatar’s Calculated Gamble on the Syrian Muslim Brotherhood” by HanlieBooysen. Chapter 8 is “(Un)Limited Force: Regional Realignments, Israeli Operations, and the Security of Gaza” by Colter Louwerse. Chapter 9 is “The Evolution of Iraq’s Hashd al-Sha’abi (Popular Mobilization Forces)” by Zana Gulmohamad. Chapter 10 is “Between the PYD and the Islamic State: The Complex Role of Non-state Actors in Syria” by Naomí Ramírez Díaz. Chapter 11 is “Domestic and External Factors in the Syrian Conflict: Toward a Multi-causal Explanation” by Efe Can Gürcan.

Chapter 12 is “Lending an “Old Friend” a Hand: Why Does Russia Back Syria?” by Umut Bekcan & Pınar Uz Hançarlı. Chapter 13 is “Contribution of Water Scarcity and Sustainability Failures to Disintegration and Conflict in the Arab Region—The Case of Syria and Yemen” by Mohammad Al-Saidi.

And the final chapter is @PhilippAmour ‘s “Regional Rivalries and Security Alliances in the Gulf Region and the Middle East”.

The Regional Order in the Gulf Region and the Middle East: Regional Rivalries and Security Alliances

This book (The Regional Order in the Gulf Region and the Middle East: Regional Rivalries and Security Alliances) examines the regional order in the Gulf Region and the wider Middle East, focusing on regional rivalries and security alliances. The authors analyze the regional system in terms of its general structure as well as the major inter-state and non-state security alliances. The structure of the regional system in the wider Middle East and the shake-ups it has experienced explain the ongoing regional rivalry and polarization since 2011 in hotspots such as Syria, Yemen, and Libya. As such, the various chapters address regional transition and power dynamics between and among regional great powers and non-state militant actors across the Gulf Region and the wider Middle East in terms of the alliance building, persistence, and disintegration since 2011.

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Bibliographic information:
  • Book title: The Regional Order in the Gulf Region and the Middle East
  • Book subtitle: Regional Rivalries and Security Alliances
  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-45464-7
  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-45465-4
  • DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-45465-4
  • Release date: August 2020
  • Edition number: 1
  • Trim size:
  • Pages: XXI, 510
  • Palgrave MacMillan (USA)
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Edited by Philipp O. Amour, an Associate Professor of International Relations at Sakarya University and a frequent Visiting Professor at Boğaziçi University, Turkey. He has published scholarly articles in the International Journal of Middle East Studies and British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies as well as book chapters with leading publishers.

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  • Gulf Studies
  • Middle Eastern Studies
  • Middle Eastern Politics
    • Axis of Resistance
    • Conservative-resistance bloc
    • Resistance bloc
    • Conservative-moderate bloc
    • Sunni Axis
    • Islamic bloc
    • Political Islam
  • International Relations
    • Regional order
    • Alliances
    • Security
    • Foreign policy
  • Ecological factors and the Regional order
    • Water
    • Energy
    • Natural resources
    • Environment
  • Middle East
  • Gulf Region
  • North Africa
  • Horn of Africa
  • Egypt
  • Iran
  • Qatar
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Syria
  • Turkey
  • United Arab Emirates
  • USA
  • Russia
  • Asaib Ahl al-Haq (AAH)
  • Hamas
  • Hezbollah
  • Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF)
  • Kata’ib Hezbollah in Iraq (KH)
  • Syria’s Democratic Union Party (PYD)
  • The Houthi movement
  • The Islamic State
  • The Muslim Brotherhood
“This book presents original and detailed insights into the relations between the dominant states of the Middle East. It elucidates the complex and dynamic competition between four region-wide actors: the alliance between Turkey-Qatar and the Muslim Brotherhood, Iran and its non-state Islamist clients, the anti-Islamist bloc of Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Egypt, and finally Israel, the only regional superpower.”
— Bernard Haykel, Professor of Near Eastern Studies, Princeton University
“This volume contains rigorously researched and thematically rich contributions that advance our understanding of the regional rivalries and security alliances that have reshaped the regional order in the Middle East since 2011, and is a resource that will appeal to scholars, students, and practitioners seeking to place the Middle East in comparative and analytical context.”
— Kristian Coates Ulrichsen is Fellow for the Middle East, Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy
“This book brings together a wide range of international contributors to look at the Arab Gulf region in the context of the broader Middle East from a variety of perspectives. The volume’s focus on systemic, regional ways of understanding the Gulf states is a refreshing and helpful way of understanding contemporary Arab regional dynamics.”
— David Mednicoff, Chair, Department of Judaic and Near Eastern Studies, UMass-Amherst