The New Regional Order in the Middle East

Part of the International Political Economy Series Book Series

Editors: Bazoobandi, Sara

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-27885-4

ISBN: 978-3-030-27884-7

Publisher: Springer International Publishing - Springer Journals

Sep 20, 2019

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Chapter 1The Middle East North Africa Socio-economic Challenges

Bazoobandi, Sara

Pages: 1 –25

[Middle Eastern societies have been facing fundamental social, economic and political challenges in recent decades. Many of these challenges were highlighted by the chain of political uprisings across the region that began in 2011. These challenges have arisen partly from changes in a number of...
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Chapter 2GCC Oil Wealth: The Power and the People

Bazoobandi, Sara; Alexander, Rhiannon

Pages: 27 –48

[Across the GCC, oil income has driven growth, development and the longevity of the ruling families. It has enabled the ruling families to maintain a social contract based on economic benefits in return for political acceptance. Uncertainties about the sustainability of oil-driven economic growth...
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Chapter 3The Realignment of Regional Politics and the Future of the Gulf Cooperation Council

Ulrichsen, Kristian Coates

Pages: 49 –68

[This chapter analyses how and why the GCC developed as a regional organisation and security community in the 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s. It explores the factors that favoured closer cooperation amongst the six ruling families in the Gulf and examines the nature of the cooperative mechanisms that...
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Chapter 4Iran Nuclear Programme, a Brief History

Bazoobandi, Sara

Pages: 69 –91

[Iran nuclear programme dates back to the time of Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi, the country’s last monarch. Whilst Iran became a signatory of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), under the Shah’s rule, the first aspirations of the country for...
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Chapter 5The Role of External Powers: Global Actors (Part I)

Quilliam, Neil

Pages: 93 –118

[The Gulf region is undergoing a series of profound changes at national, regional and international levels. It is at a pivotal moment in its history when the balance of power amongst external powers is transitioning from a predominantly US-dominated order to a multipolar one in which global...
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Chapter 6The Role of External Powers: Regional Actors (Part II)

Quilliam, Neil

Pages: 119 –141

[This chapter continues the analysis provided in chapter five by exploring, in more detail, how Russia, India, Turkey and Brazil are beginning to shape and influence the political and economic landscape in the region. It begins with an assessment of Russia’s bid to capitalise upon the immediate...

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