1st Edition
Persistent Permeability? Regionalism, Localism, and Globalization in the Middle East
208 Pages
by
Routledge
208 Pages
by
Routledge
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With the collapse of the Middle East peace process, the 'war on terrorism' and US-led intervention in Iraq, the question of Middle East regionalism(s) has reached a new salience. Will such developments usher in a new wave of transnational politics, as events reverberate through a Middle East made even more permeable by new information technologies and transregional religious networks? Or will... Read more
Contents: Pondering permeability: some introductory explorations, Bassel F. Salloukh and Rex Brynen; Theory and system in understanding Middle East international politics: rereading Paul Noble's 'The Arab System: Pressures, Constraints and Opportunities', F. Gregory Gause, III; Systemic factors do matter, but... reflections on the uses and limitations of systemic analysis, Paul Noble; Between conflict and cooperation: accommodation in the post-Cold War Middle East, James Devine; Regime autonomy and regional foreign policy choices in the Middle East: a theoretical exploration, Bassel F. Salloukh; Regional dynamics of refugee flows: the case of Iran, Asya El-Meehy; Permeability revisited: reflections on the regional repercussions of the al-Aqsa Intifada, Rex Brynen; Globalization of a torn state: Turkey from the Middle East to European integration, Ersel Aydinli; American hegemony and the changing terrain of Middle East international politics, Michael C. Hudson; Index.
Biography
Bassel F. Salloukh is a Professor in the Department of Arab and International Studies at the American University of Sharjah, UAE. Rex Brynen is a Professor in the Department of Political Science at McGill University, Canada.
