Middle Eastern security, the US pivot and the rise of ISIS /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Dodge, Toby (Editor), Hokayem, Emile (Editor)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge for the International Institute for Strategic Studies, 2014.
Series:	Adelphi (Series) (International Institute for Strategic Studies) ; 447-448.
Subjects:	IS (Organization) > History. Security, International > Middle East. Security, International > Persian Gulf Region. United States > Foreign relations > Middle East. Middle East > Foreign relations > United States. United States > Foreign relations > Persian Gulf Region. Persian Gulf Region > Foreign relations > United States. Middle East > Strategic aspects. Persian Gulf Region > Strategic aspects. IS (Organization) Diplomatic relations. Security, International. Strategic aspects of individual places. Middle East. Middle East > Persian Gulf Region. United States.

Table of Contents:

Introduction / Adam Ward
Chapter One. The crisis of the Iraqi state / Toby Dodge & Becca Wasser
Chapter Two. Iran, the Gulf States and the Syrian Civil War / Emile Hokayem
Chapter Three. Assessing Syria's jihad / Charles Lister
Chapter Four. Turkey's Syria predicament / Henri J. Barkey
Chapter Five. Jordan: caught in the middle again / Ben Fishman
Chapter Six. The Gulf States in an era of American retrenchment / Emile Hokayem & Becca Wasser
Chapter Seven. Obama and the Middle East: the politics, strategies and difficulties of American restraint / Dana H. Allin
Chapter Eight. Is Russia an outside power in the Gulf? / Samuel Charap
Chapter Nine. China and the Middle East / Alexander Neill
Chapter Ten. India: Gulf security partner in waiting? / Rahul Roy-Chaudhury
Chapter Eleven. Security Middle East oil / Pierre Noel.