Routledge Studies in Middle Eastern Politics
About the Book Series
This series is concerned with recent political developments in the region. It will have a range of different approaches and include both single authored monographs and edited volumes covering issues such as international relations, foreign intervention, security, political Islam, democracy, ideology and public policy.
The Early Israeli Settler Movement: The Birth Pangs of Gush Emunim
1st Edition
By Jeffrey Kaplan
September 23, 2024
This book examines the religious, intellectual and historical roots of the Israeli settlement movement through the lens of various strands of Zionism. The book opens with a discussion of religious Zionism, especially through the lens of the teachings of Rabbi Avraham Isaac Kook and his son Zvi ...
Conflict and Peace in Western Sahara: The Role of the UN's Peacekeeping Mission (MINURSO)
1st Edition
Edited
By János Besenyő, R. Joseph Huddleston, Yahia H. Zoubir
August 26, 2024
This book offers the first comprehensive analysis of MINURSO (the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara), focused on its activities, composition, purpose, and operational future in Western Sahara, the world’s last colony. The book’s focus is broad, examining MINURSO from key ...
Islamic Perspectives on International Conflict Resolution: Theological Debates and the Israel-Palestinian Peace Process
1st Edition
By Shameer Modongal
August 26, 2024
Upturning the traditional view of religion as a source of conflict, this book studies Islamic perspectives of international conflict resolution, re-interpreting the possibility of Israel-Palestine reconciliation beyond traditional secular frameworks. Beginning with an analysis of both classical and...
British Diplomacy in Oman and Bahrain: 50 Years of Change
1st Edition
By Joe Worthington
May 27, 2024
This book marks the first comprehensive examination of contemporary British influence in Oman and Bahrain, analysing Britain’s legacy since the official withdrawal from the Gulf in 1971. Using theories of power as a framework, the book examines the development of British economic, strategic, and ...
Egyptian Foreign Relations Under al-Sisi: External Alignments Since 2013
1st Edition
By Christian Achrainer
May 27, 2024
Considering both changes and continuities, this book examines how, why, and along which lines Egypt’s external alignments under the al-Sisi regime emerged and developed. Egypt’s foreign relations have changed substantially since the current regime took power in 2013. To assess this, the author ...
The New Silk Road Grand Strategy and the Maghreb: China and North Africa
1st Edition
By Mordechai Chaziza
May 27, 2024
Examining Chinese-North African relations through the lens of President Xi Jinping’s Silk Road grand strategy, this book offers a comprehensive analysis of emerging strategic and economic partnerships in the Maghreb region. China’s ‘Belt and Road Initiative’ (BRI) is one of the most ambitious ...
Hezbollah: A Regional Armed Non-State Actor
1st Edition
By Hadi Wahab
January 29, 2024
This book examines Hezbollah’s transition from a domestic into a regional armed non-state actor (ANSA). Taking its point of departure in Hezbollah’s historiography on the military and political levels in Lebanon, it focuses on the participation of Hezbollah’s troops in Syria’s sect-coded civil war....
Israel’s Knesset Members: A Comparative Study of an Undefined Job
1st Edition
By Susan Hattis Rolef
January 29, 2024
Taking Members of the Israeli Knesset (MKs) as a case study, this book offers a comparative analysis of the various roles performed by Members of Parliament (MPs) within the framework of their job in democracies around the world. Based on the author’s experience of working in and for the ...
Qatar: The Practice of Rented Power
1st Edition
By Diana Galeeva
January 29, 2024
This book explains the parameters of Qatar’s political growth by developing an alternative theory of power – ‘rented’ power. The author demonstrates how Qatar’s emergence as a regional power can be solely explained by its capacity as a gas-rich rentier state. By using Qatar as an empirical case ...
The End of the Middle East Peace Process: The Failure of US Diplomacy
1st Edition
By Samer Bakkour
January 29, 2024
Presenting the Middle East peace process as an extension of US foreign policy, this book argues that ongoing interventions justified in the name of ‘peace’ sustain and reproduce hegemonic power. With an interdisciplinary approach, this book questions the conceptualisation and general understanding...
The Kurds in Erdogan's "New" Turkey: Domestic and International Implications
1st Edition
Edited
By Nikos Christofis
September 25, 2023
This book focuses on the AKP government since 2002 during which time the state’s approach to the Kurdish Question has undergone several changes. Examining what preceded and followed the failed putsch of 2016, it explains and critiques that situates the Kurdish Question in its broader context. It ...
Cronyism and Elite Capture in Egypt: From Businessmen Cabinet to Military Inc.
1st Edition
By Sarah Smierciak
May 31, 2023
Examining business-state networks in Egypt (1991–2020), this book highlights the complicity of international actors in facilitating inequality and elite capture. Using interdisciplinary methodology, it argues that Western actors promoting market liberalization have served as central ...