1st Edition
Great Power Intervention in Civil Wars Strategic Denial of Rivals in the Middle East and North Africa
Part I Setting the Stage for Great Power Conflict Introduction: The United States and Russia in the Middle East and North Africa 1 The Denial of Rival Influence: A New Lens on Major Power Interventions Part II Core Arenas of Strategic Conflict 2 U.S. Intervention in Syria: Balancing Expansion with Containment 3 High Stakes and Hard Power: Russia’s Direct Intervention in Syria 4 Humanitarian Goals, Strategic Gains: U.S. Intervention in Libya 5 Wagner and Warfare: Russia’s Approach to Libya's Civil War Part III Peripheral Conflicts and Calculated Engagements 6 Minimal Engagement in Yemen: A Contest of Denial 7 Peripheral Interests: Great Power Engagement in the Sudanese Civil War 8 Conclusion
Biography
Hogr Tarkhani is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Rogers State University, USA, and a 2025–2026 Civil War Paths Fellow at the University of York’s Centre for the Comparative Study of War. He holds a PhD in Political Science from Louisiana State University.
