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.
Saudi Maritime Policy: Integrated Governance
1st Edition
By Hatim Al-Bisher, Selina Stead, Tim Gray
August 09, 2018
Because marine governance in most countries is sectoral, maritime policies are frequently fragmented, reactive, and even contradictory, meaning that marine resources are underutilized and poorly protected. To avoid these problems, the concept of integrated national maritime policy (INMP) has been ...
Democratic Consolidation in Turkey: Micro and macro challenges
1st Edition
Edited
By Cengiz Erisen, Paul Kubicek
June 28, 2018
While Turkey has made major strides in democratic reforms in the late 1990s and early 2000s, progress has, in many ways, stalled. Turkey remains "democratic" in the sense that attaining political power depends upon winning votes, but in recent years its leadership has taken a majoritarian view of ...
The Turkish Deep State: State Consolidation, Civil-Military Relations and Democracy
1st Edition
By Mehtap Sooyler
December 13, 2017
The deep state ranks among the most critical issues in Turkish politics. This book traces its origins and offers an explanation of the emergence and trajectory of the deep state; the meaning and function of informal and authoritarian institutions in the formal security sector of a democratic regime...
Iranian Foreign Policy Since 2001: Alone in the World
1st Edition
Edited
By Thomas Juneau, Sam Razavi
December 08, 2017
Examining Iranian foreign policy, with a focus on the years since 2001, this book analyses the defining feature of Iran’s international and regional posture, its strategic loneliness, and the implications of this for the Islamic Republic’s foreign policy. Iranian Foreign Policy since 2001 offers ...
The Golan Heights: Political History, Settlement and Geography since 1949
1st Edition
By Yigal Kipnis
December 08, 2017
Presenting the settlement landscape of the Golan before and after June 1967, The Golan Heights deals with the issue of the border between Israel and Syria, and with the Israeli settlement process in the area following the Six Day War. The story of the Golan Heights and its position between Syria ...
The Making of Lebanese Foreign Policy: Understanding the 2006 Hezbollah-Israeli War
1st Edition
By Henrietta Wilkins
December 08, 2017
Seeking to explain Lebanon’s behavior in the international arena during the 2006 war between Hezbollah and Israel, this book offers a critique of both systemic and sub state factors in determining foreign policy decisions. The Making of Lebanese Foreign Policy illustrates how systemic theories are ...
Turkey's Kurdish Question: Discourse & Politics Since 1990
1st Edition
By Hamid Akin Unver
October 13, 2017
The Kurdish question is one of the most complicated and protracted conflicts of the Middle East and will never be resolved unless it is finally defined. The majority of the Kurdish people live in Turkey, which gives the country a unique position in the larger Kurdish conundrum. Society in Turkey ...
Contemporary Morocco: State, Politics and Society under Mohammed VI
1st Edition
Edited
By Bruce Maddy-Weitzman, Daniel Zisenwine
June 16, 2017
Discussions of the unsettled political and social landscapes in the Middle East and North Africa frequently point to Morocco as an exception. An Arab League member-state, Morocco enjoys a favorable image in the West, seemingly combining a healthy and balanced mix of tradition and modernity, ...
EU-Turkey Relations in the 21st Century
1st Edition
By Birol Yesilada
June 16, 2017
The possibility of Turkey’s accession to the European Union has been problematic. Initially, the EU’s pursuit of regional economic integration and enlargement of membership, at the exclusion of Turkey, strained relations between the two. It was not until 1999, and under pressure from the US, that ...
Human Rights in Libya: The Impact of International Society Since 1969
1st Edition
By Giacomina De Bona
June 16, 2017
Since the end of the Cold War a democratic wave has swept through large parts of the world, propagating liberal values and giving impetus to the case for human rights in an international society. To date however, the promotion of human rights has presented a mixed account with some countries ...
Political Regimes in the Arab World: Society and the Exercise of Power
1st Edition
Edited
By Ferran Izquierdo Brichs
June 16, 2017
One of the implications of Orientalism is that the Arab world, as a homogenous entity, is often analysed as an anomaly within the international system. This book argues that, despite their differences, societies across the globe ultimately construct their own history according to very similar ...
Sectarian Conflict in Egypt: Coptic Media, Identity and Representation
1st Edition
By Elizabeth Iskander
June 16, 2017
In light of the Egyptian uprising in early 2011, understanding the dynamics that are shaping Egyptian politics and society is more crucial than ever as Egypt seeks to re-define itself after the Mubarak era. One of the most controversial debates concerns the place of religion in Egypt’s political ...