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Middle Eastern Monarchies: Ingroup Identity and Foreign Policy Making book cover

1st Edition

Middle Eastern Monarchies Ingroup Identity and Foreign Policy Making

By Anna Sunik Copyright 2021
258 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

258 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

258 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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The monograph explores the dynamics of ingroup identity in the foreign policy-making of Middle Eastern monarchies from the evolution of the regional system after the World Wars until the present. Utilising an innovative theoretical framework that combines Foreign Policy Analysis in the context of authoritarian regimes and Social Identity Theory, the book theorizes the origins and inner workings... Read more

1. Introduction: Explaining the Dynamics of "Monarchic Peace"

2. Moving Beyond Democratic Exceptionalism: The Peace among Similar Political Systems

3. Middle East monarchies from the "Arab Cold War" to the "Arab Spring"

4. When Monarchies Collide: Case studies of "Near misses" of Monarchic War

5. From monarchy to republic – from peace to war? "Quasi-Experiments" of collapsed monarchic couples

6. The limits of SPSP: deviant cases?

7. Conclusion: Towards a Peace Among Similar Political Systems

8. Bibliography

Biography

Anna Sunik, focuses on Middle East politics and authoritarianism. She studied Political Science, Islamic studies and cultural anthropology in Heidelberg and Paris and has worked in the Middle East Institute of the GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies and the German Federal Foreign Office.

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