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Shocks and rivalries in the Middle East and north Africa
This is the first book to analyze the dynamics of interstate rivalries in the international relations of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) and how they have changed dramatically in recent decades. The authors explore rivalry origins, persistence, escalation and termination. They also analyze how shock events, such as internal revolts or regional wars, can change the trajectory of rivalries, including to begin or end them. The rivalries in the book, including both contemporary and twentieth-century rivalries, are Israel-Iran, Iran-Saudi Arabia, Iran-Turkey, Iran-Iraq-Syria, Egypt-Saudi Arabia and Algeria-Morocco. Other chapters provide analysis across rivalries and over time. This book will address an understudied phenomenon in the international relations of the Middle East and is part of a larger trend in the discipline to study rivalries and particular regional dynamics. The book will appeal to scholars of international relations and Middle East Studies and will be a supplemental textbook for graduate and upper-level undergraduate classes.
Introduction : A Theory of Shock and Rivalry / Imad Mansour and William R. Thompson -- Crucial Fault Lines in the Middle East : Inter-State Rivalries in Comparative Perspective / Thomas J. Volgy, Kelly Marie Gordell, and Paul Bezerra -- Humpty Dumpty Had A Great Fall? Making Sense of Longer-term Ups and Downs in Middle Eastern and North African Rivalries / William R. Thompson -- The Saudi-Iran Strategic Rivalry : 'Like Fire and Dynamite' / John Calabrese -- Rethinking Rivalry Fluctuation : Iranian Rivalry Behavior and the Domestic Level of Analysis / Thomas Keith Wilson -- Iran-Iraq-Syria : Shocks and Rivalries in a Triadic Pattern / Marwan Kabalan -- Iran-Turkey Relations : Between Rivalry and Competition / Meliha Benli Altunisik -- Dangerous Entanglements : The Rivalry Effects of the Iran and Israel Narratives / Imad Mansour -- Revolution and Rivalry Onset : The Emergence of the Egyptian-Saudi (1955-70) and Iranian-Saudi (1979-2018) Rivalries / Karen Rasler -- The Algerian-Moroccan Rivalry : Constructing the Imagined Enemy / Yahia H. Zoubir -- Conclusion : Assessing Shocks and Rivalry in the Middle East and North Africa / Imad Mansour and William R. Thompson.
Imad Mansour, William R. Thompson, editors.
Includes bibliographical references and index.