1st Edition

Non-Traditional Security in the Middle East and North Africa Theories, Themes and Solutions

By Joshua Snider Copyright 2026
314 Pages
by Routledge

314 Pages
by Routledge

This book explores how non-traditional security (NTS) issues are reshaping the political and strategic landscape in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). Moving beyond conventional state-centric and militarised approaches, the book analyses how environmental stress, food and water insecurity, public health vulnerabilities, gender and societal insecurity, migration, and demographic pressures... Read more

Introduction  1 Understanding Non-Traditional Security: Expanding the Boundaries of Threat and Governance  2 Security Transitions in the MENA Region: State Fragility, Reform, and the Politics of Transformation  3 Economic Security: Developmental Dependence and Structural Vulnerability  4 Food Security: Scarcity, Sovereignty, and the Political Economy of Provision  5 Environmental Security: Climate Stress, Resource Depletion, and Human Resilience  6 Health Security: Pandemics, Public Health, and State Capacity  7 Gender and Security: Inequality, Agency, and the Limits of Reform  8 Societal Security: Identity, Cohesion, and the Securitisation of Difference  9 Migration and Human Mobility: Displacement, Labour, and Border Governance  10 National Security and Non-Traditional Challenges: Institutionalising Policy and Reform  11 Non-State Actors and Security Governance: Between Parallel Authority and Partnership  Conclusion: Reframing Security in the Middle East: A Non-Traditional Security Perspective

Biography

Joshua Snider is Associate Professor of Security Studies at the UAE National Defence College in Abu Dhabi.