1st Edition
Geopolitics of the New Middle East Perspectives from Inside and Outside
Introduction—Geopolitics of the New Middle East: Perspectives from Inside and Outside
Bülent Aras and Şaban Kardaş
1. Europe and the ‘New’ Middle East: Geopolitical Shifts and Strategic Choices
Silvia Colombo and Eduard Soler i Lecha
2. Russia and the New Middle East
Leonid Issaev
3. China and New Middle East
Bingbing Wu
4. Iran and the New Geopolitics of the Middle East: In Search of Equilibrium
Hassan Ahmadian
5. The Second Succession in the Islamic Republic of Iran: Change or Continuity?
Mahjoob Zweiri and Aljohara AlObaidan
6. Revisionism and Resecuritization of Turkey's Middle East Policy: A Neoclassical Realist Explanation
Şaban Kardaş
7. The Unbridgeable Gulf: Applying Bennett’s Model of Analysis to the 2017 Gulf Crisis
Majed Mohammed Hassan Al-Ansari
8. Has the Arab Spring Spread to the Caucasus and Central Asia? Explaining Regional Diffusion and Authoritarian Resistance
Bülent Aras and Lacin Idil Oztig
Biography
Şaban Kardaş is Research Professor at Gulf Studies Center, Qatar University, currently on leave from the Department of Political Science and International Relations at TOBB ETU.
Bülent Aras is Adjunct Professor at Gulf Studies Center, Qatar University, Research Director at Center for International Policy Research.






