The New Middle East
What Everyone Needs to Know®
(Sprache: Englisch)
In the wake of the Soviet Union's collapse, the 2003 American invasion of Iraq, and the Arab uprisings of 2010-2011, a new Middle East took shape. In this book, James L. Gelvin explores these changes, offering a succinct overview of the region's recent...
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In the wake of the Soviet Union's collapse, the 2003 American invasion of Iraq, and the Arab uprisings of 2010-2011, a new Middle East took shape. In this book, James L. Gelvin explores these changes, offering a succinct overview of the region's recent political and cultural historical developments. He focuses particularly on the uprisings and their aftermath, the Syrian Civil War, ISIS, and those factors that threaten the lives of the region's inhabitants.
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Since Muhammad Bouazizi set himself on fire in Tunisia on December 17, 2010, galvanizing the Arab uprisings that continue today, the entire Middle East landscape has changed in ways that were unimaginable years before. In spite of the early hype about a so-called "Arab Spring" and the prominence observers gave to calls for the downfall of regimes and an end to their abuses, most of the protests and uprisings born of Bouazizi's self-immolation have had disastrous results across the whole Middle East. While the old powers reasserted their control with violence in Egypt and Bahrain, Libya, Yemen, and Syria have virtually ceased to exist as states, torn apart by civil wars. In other states, namely Morocco and Algeria, the forces of reaction were able to maintain their hold on power, while in the "hybrid democracies" of Lebanon, Palestine, and Iraq, protests against government inefficiency, corruption, and arrogance have done little to bring about the sort of changes protesters have demanded. Simultaneously, ISIS, along with other jihadi groups (al-Qaeda, al-Qaeda affiliates, Ansar al-Shariahs, etc.) has thrived in an environment marked by state breakdown.
This book explains these changes, outlining the social, political, and economic contours of what some have termed "the new Middle East." One of the leading scholars of modern Middle Eastern history, James L. Gelvin lucidly distills the political and economic reasons behind the dramatic news arriving each day from Syria and the rest of the Middle East. He shows how and why bad governance, stagnant economies, poor healthcare, climate change, population growth, refugee crises, food and water insecurity, and war increasingly threaten human security in the region.
Inhaltsverzeichnis zu „The New Middle East “
- Preface
- 1 Before the deluge: the Middle East, 1945-2011
- 2 The Arab uprisings and their fallout
- 3 The Syria imbroglio
- 4 The rise and decline of ISIS
- 5 Patrons, proxies, and freelancers: the international relations of the New Middle East
- 6 Human security in the New Middle East
- Notes
- Further Reading
- Index
Autoren-Porträt von James L. Gelvin
James L. Gelvin is Professor of Modern Middle Eastern History at UCLA. His publications include The Arab Uprisings: What Everyone Needs to Know®, The Modern Middle East: A History, and The Israel-Palestine Conflict: One Hundred Years of War.Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: James L. Gelvin
- 2018, 208 Seiten, Maße: 14,2 x 21 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Oxford University Press
- ISBN-10: 0190653981
- ISBN-13: 9780190653989
- Erscheinungsdatum: 17.04.2018
Sprache:
Englisch
Pressezitat
The New Middle East is an outstanding contribution to our understanding the complexity, importance and tragedy of the modern Middle East... The author clearly, skillfully, and smartly reveals the fundamental struggles that the region has endured since 2010. Equally as important, the author approaches the topic in a pragmatic, realistic manner and respects the limits of writing about history while in the midst of living it... This is a book I will refer to often and be sure to have my students read regardless of the stage of their intellectual journey in the region. Dr. Christopher P. Dallas-Feeney, Middle East Journal
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