The Role of Leadership In Transitional States: The Cases Of Lebanon, Israel-Palestine - Softcover

Institute, Strategic Studies; College, U.S. Army War; Filippidou, Dr. Anastasia

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1312846534 ISBN 13: 9781312846531

Publisher: Lulu.com, 2015

Synopsis

The United States plays a significant role in the Middle East. When dealing with the region, often the dilemma is: should there be a strong or weak regional leadership in order to facilitate a transitional phase? However, this decision is contextual, and a state must know what is its own foreign policy. To promote its national interests in the long term, the United States might have to prioritize the local interests and almost altruistically help the regions overcome their internal divisions and problems. In this book, Dr. Anastasia Filippidou reviews the main leadership theories in order to set the foundations for analysis of asymmetric leadership in transitional processes. The report also examines the different leadership types and highlights that, with the exception possibly of toxic leadership, it is difficult, if not impossible, to determine that a specific type is better than another in every situation.

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ANASTASIA FILIPPIDOU is a lecturer at the Cen­tre for International Security and Resilience at Cranfield University, United Kingdom (UK). Prior to her employment at Cranfield University, she was a Lecturer at the Defence Studies Department KCL, Brunel University, and she was a teaching fellow at the War Studies Department. Dr. Filippidou worked with the Centre for Defence Studies, delivering courses on ter­rorism and counterterrorism for the Home Office. Her research and teaching focuses on strategy and conflict resolution; psychology of war and peace; and the role of leadership in ending terrorist campaigns. Dr. Filippidou holds a B.A. (Hons); PgCert; and a Ph.D. from the Department of War Studies, King’s College London, UK.
 
ELIAS HANNA is a retired Lebanese Army General, who has participated in training courses in military academies in Europe as well as in the United States. His main interests include geopolitical and security is­sues concerning the Middle East. General (Ret.) Hanna currently teaches geopolitics and causes of war at the American University of Beirut and Notre Dame University. He also has a weekly geopolitical television show on the Lebanese MTV- General View.
 
EYAL PASCOVICH is an adjunct lecturer at the De­partments of Political Sciences at the University of Haifa and Tel Aviv University in Israel. Formerly, he was an analyst officer in the Israel Defense Forces’ military intelligence and the Israeli Counter Terrorism Bureau, as well as an advisor to the Israeli Prime Minister’s Office.
 

Edition details

• Publisher: Lulu.com
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1312846534
• ISBN 13: 9781312846531
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 207