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International relations in the Middle East : hegemonic strategies and regional order
\"Developing an original theoretical approach to understanding the roots of regional conflict and cooperation, International Relations in the Middle East explores domestic and international foreign policy dynamics for an accessible insight into how and why Middle Eastern regional order has changed over time. Highlighting interactions between foreign policy trajectories in a range of states including Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Syria and Turkey, Ewan Stein identifies two main drivers of foreign policy and alignments: competitive supportseeking and ideological externalisation. Clearly linking political, ideological and foreign policy dynamics, Stein demonstrates how the sources of regional antagonisms and solidarities are to be found not in the geopolitical chessboard, but in the hegemonic strategies of the region's pivotal powers. Making the case for historical sociology- in particular the work of Antonio Gramsci and Louis Althusser-as the most powerful lens through which to understand regional politics in the Middle East, with wider implications for the study of regional order elsewhere\"-- Provided by publisher.
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Ideological Codependency and Regional Order: Iran, Syria, and the Axis of Refusal
With exceptions, \"identity\" has eclipsed \"ideology\" as an analytical category in scholarship on the Middle East since the end of the Cold War (Haugbolle 2016). Ideological power constitutes a fundamental currency in both domestic politics and IR, with the interrelationship between the two often obscured by a narrower focus on ideology as a source of legitimacy, shaper of perception or foreign-policy resource (i.e., soft power). [...]the article engages directly with issues of identity in IR, specifically by integrating ideology as a category of analysis. Examples include work on coalitions and regional security (Buzan and Wæver 2003; Solingen 1998, 2015), neoclassical realism (Juneau 2015), role theory (Cantir and Kaarbo 2012; Fernandez-Molina 2015), the role of ideology in alliances and conflict (Haas 2012; Owen 2010, 2015; Rubin 2014), the foreign policy of authoritarian states (Colgan and Weeks 2015; Kanat 2014; Odinius and Kuntz 2015; Weeks 2012), and constructivist approaches to foreign policy and regional order (Barnett 1998; Telhami and Barnett 2002). [...]although some scholars explain divergent outlooks with reference to historical processes of state formation (Solingen 2015), such an explanation is provided as background rather than theorized as an integral and ongoing influence on foreign policy and regional order. IDEATIONAL FACTORS IN FOREIGN POLICY AND IR Ideology lies at the core of modernity, in which political power depends on the consent and support of putatively sovereign publics, not only the possession of material resources (i.e., economic and military) (Gramsci 1971; Mann 1986). [...]World Quarterly 37 (5 ): 917 -33.10.1080/01436597.2015.1113872 Juneau Thomas ...
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Beyond Arabism vs. sovereignty: relocating ideas in the international relations of the Middle East
This article critiques constructivist approaches to the international relations of the Middle East and sets out an alternative interpretation of the role of ideas based on political economy and the sociology of knowledge. It cautions against using constructivism as a way of ‘building bridges’ between IR and Middle East Studies and disputes the claim that the norms of ‘Arabism’ as a putative regional identity are in contradiction with those of sovereignty. The article shows that this assumption is based on the combined influences of modernisation theory and Orientalist assumptions about the power and continuity of regional culture that have persisted in Middle East IR. This is despite the fact that there is no reason to believe the Arabs constitute a more ‘natural’ nation than do the Syrians, Iraqis or Egyptians. The political role and resonance of ideas can be better established by viewing the modern history of the Middle East in terms of domestic structure and social change, and in particular emphasising the role of rising middle classes in revolutionary nationalist movements. The findings of this article raise questions for the utility of ‘moderate’ constructivist interpretations of International Relations as a whole.
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An Uncivil Partnership: Egypt's Jama'a Islamiyya and the state after the Jihad
This study will examine the Jama'a Islamiyya (ji) as an example of a group that has, in different ways, tried to shape patterns of civility and position itself as an interface between state and society in Egypt. It charts and offers an explanation for the ji's intellectual and programmatic transition fromaspiring to create a totally new polity based on a
Salafi
Islamic form of civility to an accommodation with the state and apparently more tolerant posture
vis-à-vis
society. The study analyses the ji's shifting interpretation of
hisba
and argues that, although the ji appears reconciled to a more co-operative stance, the group continues to promote an unrealistic vision of state-society relations in Egypt. Whereas before the 'revisions' the ji proceeded from an idealised conception of the Islamic state and the potential for its realisation in Egypt, its new ideas suggest an equally naive conception of the existing state and its ability to regulate, and police, society. The political and intellectual trajectory of the ji tells us much about the role of societal groups in sustaining authoritarianism in Egypt and suggests that any compact between the ji and a regime like that of Mubarak is likely to remain 'uncivil'.
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The \Camp David Consensus\: Ideas, Intellectuals, and the Division of Labor in Egypt's Foreign Policy toward Israel
This paper explores the nature, background, and evolution of the \"Camp David consensus.\" Under this consensus, Egyptian intellectuals and political movements broadly accept that the Egyptian regime must deal constructively and \"correctly\" with Israel as a state, but insist that society has the right and responsibility to resist Zionism. The consensus rests on particular ways of understanding Israel, and the nature of the Arab-Israeli conflict, that can be traced back to the formative years of the Egyptian republic under Nasser. This has served the interests of both regimes and opposition movements and in this sense represents a \"double instrumentalization\" of foreign policy. The paper, which examines a range of regime and intellectual pronouncements during the Nasser and Sadat periods, as well as more recently, challenges the growing use within International Relations, particularly in the Middle East context, of the concept of \"identity\" to explain state behavior.
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The “Camp David Consensus”: Ideas, Intellectuals, and the Division of Labor in Egypt’s Foreign Policy toward Israel1
This paper explores the nature, background, and evolution of the “Camp David consensus.” Under this consensus, Egyptian intellectuals and political movements broadly accept that the Egyptian regime must deal constructively and “correctly” with Israel as a state, but insist that society has the right and responsibility to resist Zionism. The consensus rests on particular ways of understanding Israel, and the nature of the Arab‐Israeli conflict, that can be traced back to the formative years of the Egyptian republic under Nasser. This has served the interests of both regimes and opposition movements and in this sense represents a “double instrumentalization” of foreign policy. The paper, which examines a range of regime and intellectual pronouncements during the Nasser and Sadat periods, as well as more recently, challenges the growing use within International Relations, particularly in the Middle East context, of the concept of “identity” to explain state behavior.
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Intellectuals and Political Change in the Modern Middle East and North Africa
This article introduces the special issue on Intellectual dynamics in the modern Middle East. It discusses key themes of the contributions, including intellectuals as social and political actors, intellectuals, power and the state, and history, tradition and regional temporality.
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