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International Relations in the Middle East - Softcover

Stein, Ewan

 
9781316633021: International Relations in the Middle East
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1316633020 ISBN 13: 9781316633021
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2021

Synopsis

Developing an original theoretical approach to understanding the roots of regional conflict and cooperation, International Relations in the Middle East explores domestic and international foreign policy dynamics for an accessible insight into how and why Middle Eastern regional order has changed over time. Highlighting interactions between foreign policy trajectories in a range of states including Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Syria and Turkey, Ewan Stein identifies two main drivers of foreign policy and alignments: competitive support-seeking and ideological externalisation. Clearly linking political, ideological and foreign policy dynamics, Stein demonstrates how the sources of regional antagonisms and solidarities are to be found not in the geopolitical chessboard, but in the hegemonic strategies of the region's pivotal powers. Making the case for historical sociology - in particular the work of Antonio Gramsci and Louis Althusser - as the most powerful lens through which to understand regional politics in the Middle East, with wider implications for the study of regional order elsewhere.

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About the Author

Ewan Stein is a Senior lecturer in International Relations at the University of Edinburgh. He is the author of Representing Israel in Modern Egypt: Ideas, Intellectuals and Foreign Policy from Nasser to Mubarak (2012) and editor of Intellectual Dynamics in the Middle East and North Africa (2015).

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication date
2021
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1316633020
ISBN 13 
9781316633021
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
262