Shocks and Rivalries in the Middle East and North Africa

Imad Mansour

ISBN 10: 1626167680 / ISBN 13: 9781626167681

Published by Georgetown University Press Jun 2020, 2020

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Neuware - Shocks and Rivalries in the Middle East and North Africa is the first book to examine issue-driven antagonisms within groups of MENA states and their impact on relations within the region. The volume also considers how shock events can alter interstate tensions and the trajectory of conflict.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Shocks and Rivalries in the Middle East and North Africa
• Publisher: Georgetown University Press Jun 2020
• Publication Date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1626167680
• ISBN 13: 9781626167681
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 254W x 178H x 18D millimeters 254 millimeters width by 178 millimeters height by 18 millimeters depth
• Weight: 504 grams

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Synopsis

This is the first book to analyze the dynamics of interstate rivalries in the international relations of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) and how they have changed dramatically in recent decades. The authors explore rivalry origins, persistence, escalation, and termination. They also analyze how shock events, such as internal revolts or regional wars, can change the trajectory of rivalries, including to begin or end them. The rivalries in the book, including both contemporary and twentieth-century rivalries, are Israel-Iran, Iran-Saudi Arabia, Iran-Turkey, Iran-Iraq-Syria, Egypt-Saudi Arabia, and Algeria-Morocco. Other chapters provide analysis across rivalries and over time. This book will address an understudied phenomenon in the international relations of the Middle East and extends international relations scholars' understanding of rivalry dynamics in global politics. The book will appeal to scholars of international relations and Middle East studies and will be a supplemental reading for graduate and upper-level undergraduate classes.

About the Author

Imad Mansour is an adjunct professor in the Department of Political Science at McGill University and a nonresident scholar at the Middle East Institute (Washington, DC). He is the author of Statecraft in the Middle East: Foreign Policy, Domestic Politics and Security.

William R. Thompson is Distinguished Professor and Donald A. Rogers Professor of Political Science Emeritus at Indiana University, editor in chief of the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Politics, and an affiliated professor at the University of Washington.