Israel, the Arab Spring, and the unfolding regional order in the Middle East: a strategic assessment

Amour, Philipp O.

doi:10.1080/13530194.2016.1185696

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“…The power capabilities of Israel outweigh those of Iran significantly (Kaye et al, ; see also Amour, ). In some areas, such as high technology and education standards, Israel is so much more advanced than Iran that it might be indifferent to relative power changes in favour of Iran.…”

Section: Attempts To Explain the Aggravated Conflicts Of Saudi Arabiamentioning

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The Aggravated Struggle for Regional Power in the Middle East: American Allies Saudi Arabia and Israel versus Iran

Beck

2020

Global Policy

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The present contribution first describes the aggravated Middle Eastern power competition in the 21st century, thereby emphasizing two aspects: the concentration of participants in the regional power game to Saudi Arabia, Israel, and Iran, including shifts in regional power distribution; and the recent trend of entanglement of the Israeli–Iranian conflict with that between Saudi Arabia and Iran. Second, it contributes to an explanation of these developments by discussing the explanatory power of approaches based on three paradigms: primordialism, rationalism, and social constructivism. It is shown that a rationalist school of thought – structural realism – does not perform perfectly but nonetheless does rather well in explaining the aggravated power competition in the Middle East and the entanglement of the rivalries of each of the two American allies with Iran. At the same time, it is shown that the best way of bridging some of the explanatory gaps of structural realism in the case of Middle Eastern power politics is to epistemologically embed insights from rationalist schools of thought in a setting of a positivist version of social constructivism. On this fundament, the article explores a Copenhagen School‐inspired approach of securitization to better comprehend recent developments of aggravated Middle Eastern power conflicts.

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Section: Attempts To Explain the Aggravated Conflicts Of Saudi Arabiamentioning

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The Aggravated Struggle for Regional Power in the Middle East: American Allies Saudi Arabia and Israel versus Iran

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2020

Global Policy

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“…The Iran-led bloc is known for its critical stance toward Israel/USA. Eruptions in the political leadership in Tunisia, Egypt, and elsewhere have facilitated the formation of a third bloc, which I call the elected-"reformist" camp, led by Turkey and Qatar (Amour, 2017). The rise of this novel alliance has intensified uncertainty and insecurity in the regional behavior of the established alliances.…”

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“…Palestinian paramilitary capabilities proved insufficient on their own to be translated into strategic ends; hence, they were not accompanied by a diplomatic reinforcement of a regional or international power that might have encouraged Israel to make concessions. Thus, in the aftermath of the Gaza Battle of 2014, Israel was not open to concessions in contrast to 2012 because of the disappearance of a regional broker (for Israel's policy during the Arab Spring movement, see Amour, 2017). Furthermore, later developments in the Middle East have placed enormous pressure on the novel allies to the strategic disadvantage of Hamas.…”

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Hamas-PLO/Fatah Reconciliation and Rapprochement within the Unfolding Regional Order in the Middle East since 2010: Neorealist and Neoclassical Realist Perspectives

Amour

2018

Anemon Muş Alparslan Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi

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Bu makale iki ana soruya değinmektedir. Birincisi, 2010 yılından itibaren bölgesel dinamikler ve iç tercihler, Filistin uzlaşısını ve yakınlaşmasını nasıl etkiledi (sınırlandırdı ya da zorladı)? İkincisi, realist teori, Hamas ve El-Fetih'in uzlaşı ve yakınlaşma konusundaki tercihlerinde ortaya çıkan benzerlikleri ve farklılıkları anlamada bize yardımcı olur mu? 2011 yılından beri, Ortadoğudaki baskın devletler, hesapları ve kontrolleri ötesinde rekabet içerisindeki güçler ve büyük güç elde etmeye çalışan devletler ile devlet-dışı aktörlere yönelik tepkisel ve proaktif bir tutum sergilemektedir. Devlet dışı aktörler olan Hamas ve El-Fetih'in tepki gösterdiği anlaşmazlık, kendilerinin politik tercihlerine ve stratejilerine de işaret eden bölgesel dinamiklerin sınırlamaları ve fırsatlarına ilişkin bakış açılarındaki farklılıklara işaret eden önemli tedbirler/önlemler üzerinedir. Bu makale, özellikle sistemik ve iç faktörlerin karşılıklı etkileşiminin, iki rakip hareketi ulusal birliğin sağlanması noktasında oldukça farklı yörüngelere yerleştirdiği sonucuna varmaktadır. Bu bağlamda, her iki realist akım (neo-realizm ve neo-klasik realizm), farklı açıklama kapasitesi/fırsatları ile birlikte teorik çerçeve olarak uygun görünmektedir.

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Regional Rivalries and Security Alliances in the Gulf Region and the Middle East

Amour

2020

The Regional Order in the Gulf Region and the Middle East

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Israel, the Arab Spring, and the unfolding regional order in the Middle East: a strategic assessment

Cited by 14 publications

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The Aggravated Struggle for Regional Power in the Middle East: American Allies Saudi Arabia and Israel versus Iran

The Aggravated Struggle for Regional Power in the Middle East: American Allies Saudi Arabia and Israel versus Iran

Hamas-PLO/Fatah Reconciliation and Rapprochement within the Unfolding Regional Order in the Middle East since 2010: Neorealist and Neoclassical Realist Perspectives

Regional Rivalries and Security Alliances in the Gulf Region and the Middle East

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