May Darwich (University of Birmingham)

Threats and Alliances in the Middle East

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Produktbeschreibung

Examining Saudi and Syrian policies during three pivotal wars, the Iran-Iraq War (1980â 1988), the 2006 Lebanon War, and the 2009 Gaza War, May Darwich analyses the forces that shape threat perceptions and alliance choices in the Middle East, debating the role of identity and power in influencing state behaviour in the Middle East and beyond.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 222
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. September 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 426g
• ISBN-13: 9781108493628
• ISBN-10: 1108493629
• Artikelnr.: 56027287

Autorenporträt

May Darwich is Lecturer in the Department of Politics and International Studies at the University of Birmingham. Her research focusing on bringing Middle East cases to debates within international relations theory, has appeared in internationally renowned journals, including Foreign Policy Analysis, the Journal of Global Security Studies, Democratization, Mediterranean Politics and Global Discourse.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: debating threat perception
2. Why and when states perceive threats: a theoretical framework
3. The Iran-Iraq War (1980-1988)
4. The 2006 Lebanon War
5. The 2009 Gaza War
6. Conclusion.