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The new Middle East

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The new Middle East
James L. Gelvin
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An edition of The new Middle East (2018)

The new Middle East

what everyone needs to know

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December 17, 2016 marked the sixth anniversary of the outbreak of the Arab uprisings. In the six years since Muhammad Bouazizi set himself on fire in Tunisia, igniting the uprisings which continue today, the entire Middle East landscape has changed in ways that were unimaginable before. In spite of the early hype about the "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-Morocco and Algeria-the forces of reaction were able to maintain their hold on power, while in the "hybrid democracies"--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 and wannabes, Ansar al-Shariahs, etc.) have 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 that come every 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 crisis, food and water insecurity, and war increasingly threaten human security in the region.

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English
Pages
191

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The new Middle East: what everyone needs to know
2018, Oxford University Press
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Table of Contents

Before the deluge : the Middle East, 1945-2011
The Arab uprisings and their fallout
The Syria imbroglio
The rise and decline of ISIS
Patrons, proxies, and freelancers : the international relations of the new Middle East
Human security in the new Middle East.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Series
What everyone needs to know, What everyone needs to know

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
956.05/4
Library of Congress
DS63.123 .G45 2018, DS63.123.G45 2018

The Physical Object

Pagination
x, 191 pages
Number of pages
191

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL26934931M
ISBN 10
0190653981, 019065399X
ISBN 13
9780190653989, 9780190653996
LCCN
2017009576
OCLC/WorldCat
975270261

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