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Sage Publications Ltd International Relations of the Middle East 2015 Edition by Morten Valbjorn, Fred H. Lawson
This interdisciplinary resource brings together important works from the fields of international relations theory and Middle East studies - it promotes a stronger dialogue and cross-fertilisation between the two areas of study. The work's esteemed editorial team has structured the volumes thematically, to allow for ease of navigation and clear understanding of the different key aspects:Volume One addresses the more fundamental and (meta)theoretical issues relating to the debate about the study of Middle East international relationsVolume Two looks at the history of the field, addressing the debate about the emergence and evolution of the modern Middle East state system.Volume Three examines more recent debates, and primarily the issue about the role of identity politics in international relations.Volume Four engages with more classic and well-known issues from the general IR debate and explores to what extent assumptions and approaches from these debates are also useful in the study of Middle East international relations.The articles are framed by an introductory essay written by the editors, which helps to guide the reader through the volumes by providing further context and explaining the rationale behind the selection of literature. Table of contents :- VOLUME ONE: STUDYING INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS OF THE MIDDLE EAST (INTRODUCTION BY VALBJORN)Part One: What and Where Is the Middle East?Is There a Middle East? - Nikki KeddieWhose 'Middle East'? Geopolitical Inventions and Practices of Security - Pinar BilginPart Two: The Area Studies ControversyThe Study of Middle East International Relations: A Critique - Fawaz GergesThe Middle East and International Politics - Fred HallidayToward a 'Mesopotamian Turn': Disciplinarity and the Study of the International Relations of the Middle East - Morten ValbjornBridging the Gap: IR, Middle East Studies and the Disciplinary Politics of the Area Studies Controversy - Andrea TetiPart Three: Penetrated System or Discrete Regional Order?The Middle East as a Subordinate International System - Leonard BinderExtract from International Politics and the Middle East - L. Carl BrownThe Absence of Middle Eastern Great Powers: Political "Backwardness" in Historical Perspective - Ian LustickPart Four: Local PerspectivesSystemic Approaches to Middle East International Relations - F. Gregory Gause IIIDangerous Perceptions: Gulf Views of the U.S. Role in the Region - Abdullah Al-ShayejiThe Politics of Studying Securitization? The Copenhagen School in Turkey - Pinar BilginAnalyzing the Turkish-Iranian Relations from the Copenhagen School's Point of View - Rahmat HajiminehVOLUME TWO: TRANSFORMATIONS OF THE MIDDLE EASTERN ORDER (INTRODUCTION BY LAWSON)Part One: Legacies of EmpireThe Origin of the French Mandate in Syria and Lebanon: The Railroad Question, 1901-1914 - William ShorrockMosul, the Ottoman Legacy and the League of Nations - Sarah ShieldsPart Two: Origins of the Middle Eastern States-SystemThe Origins of the Arab State System - Iliya HarikWestphalian Sovereignty and the Emergence of the Arab States System: The Case of Syria - Fred LawsonPart Three: Impact of the Cold WarStrategy, Diplomacy and the Cold War: The United States, Turkey and NATO, 1945-1952 - Melvin LefflerCold War and Covert Action: The United States and Syria, 1945-1958 - Douglas LittleThe 'New Deal' in Egypt: The Rise of Anglo-American Commercial Competition in World War II and the Fall of Neocolonialism - Robert VitalisPart Four: Structures of Regional PoliticsThe Struggle over Arab Hegemony after the Suez Crisis - Elie PodehArab Unity Schemes Revisited: Interest, Identity, and Policy in Syria and Egypt - Eberhard KienleA Structural Analysis of the Situation in the Middle East in 1956 - Frank HararyPart Five: Great Power InterventionNuclear Shadowboxing: Soviet Intervention Threats in the Middle East - Francis FukuyamaDeterrence and Compellence in the Gulf, 1990-91: A Failed or Impossible Task? - Janice Gross SteinThe Role of Ideas in EU Reponses to International Crises: Comparing the Cases of Iraq and Iran - Benjamin KienzlePart Six: The Middle East in the Twenty-First CenturyThe Middle East in the World Hierarchy: Imperialism and Resistance - Raymond HinnebuschThe Gulf Sovereign Wealth Funds: Myths and Reality - Jean-Francois SeznecVOLUME THREE: IDEOLOGY AND RELIGION IN THE MIDDLE EASTERN ORDER (INTRODUCTION BY VALBJORN)Part One: Arabism and Westphalian SovereigntySovereignty, Statecraft and Stability in the Middle East - F. Gregory Gause IIISovereignty, Nationalism and Regional Order in the Arab States System - Michael BarnettBeyond Arabism vs. Sovereignty: Relocating Ideas in the International Relations of the Middle East - Ewan SteinPart Two: Arabism: Obsolete or Obstinate?The End of Pan-Arabism - Fouad AjamiA New Version of Pan-Arabism? - Hussein SirriyehBeyond the Arab Street: Iraq and the Arab Public Sphere - Marc LynchThe New Arab Cold War: Rediscovering the Arab Dimension of Middle East Regional Politics - Morten Valbjorn and Andre BankPart Three: Islam and Regional PoliticsThe Islamic Theory of International Relations and Its Contemporary Relevance - Majid KhadduriImagining Pan-Islam: Religious Activism and Political Utopias - James PiscatoriGlobal Intifadah? September 11th and the Struggle within Islam - Arshin Adib-MoghaddamPart Four: Non-State Actors: Islamist, Sectarian, TribalThe Middle East: Elusive Security, Indefinable Region - Ghassan SalameGlobal Jihadism after the Iraq War - Thomas HegghammerWhen the Shiites Rise - Vali NasrThe Hizballah-Iran Connection: Model for Sunni Resistance - Graham FullerVOLUME FOUR: CONFLICT AND CO-OPERATION IN THE MIDDLE EAST (INTRODUCTION BY LAWSON)Part One: Dynamics of ConflictConflict Interactions in the Middle East, 1949-1967 - Jonathan Wilkenfeld, Virginia Lee Lussier and Dale TahtinenThe Impact of Israel's Reprisals on Behavior of the Bordering Arab Nations Directed at Israel - Barry BlechmanBalance of Power or the State-to-Nation Balance: Explaining Middle East War-Propensity - Benjamin MillerPart Two: Patterns of AlignmentTesting Theories of Alliance Formation: The Case of Southwest Asia - Stephen WaltBalancing What? Threat Perception and Alliance Choice in the Gulf - F. Gregory Gause IIIEconomics and Shifting Alliances: Jordan's Relations with Syria and Iraq, 1975-81 - Laurie BrandPart Three: Regional InstitutionsTransformation of Regional Economic Governance in the Gulf Cooperation Council - Fred LawsonDesigned to Fail or Failure of Design? The Origins and Legacy of the Arab League - Michael Barnett and Etel SolingenPart Four: Peculiarities of the Arab-Israeli ConflictThe Impact of Palestine on Arab Politics - Walid KazzihaStrategic Beliefs and the Formation of Enduring International Revalries: Israel's National Security Conception, 1947-56 - Ben MorPersonal Whim or Strategic Imperative? The Israeli Invasion of Lebanon - Avner Yaniv and Robert LieberBetween Palestine and Lebanon: Seven Shi'i Villages as a Case Study of Boundaries, Identities and Conflict - Asher Kaufman