▪ Abstract Some contemporary states seem subject to aggregational dynamics that bring
them together in larger regional associations, whereas others fall prey to centrifugal forces …

The present international system, composed for the most part of sovereign, territorial states,
is often viewed as the inevitable outcome of historical development. Hendrik Spruyt argues …

The international politics of the Middle East fills a major gap in the field of middle eastern
political studies by combining international relations theory with concrete case studies. It will …

Some changes in the international system only reveal themselves if we accept the
proposition that power politics is as much about ideas as it is about guns. This is not to deny …

Although this collection of ten separate studies of the foreign policies of Egypt, Israel, Syria,
Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Libya, Tunisia, Yemen, Iran, and Turkey have different authors …

Propelled by the oil boom of the mid-1970s the Middle East emerged as the world's fastest
growing region. Hopes and expectations were high for Arab political consolidation …

I would like to thank a number of people for their help and support during this project.
Michael Barnett provided insightful early advice about the direction of the project. I am also …

This article provides a conceptual lens for and a thick interpretation of the emergent regional
constellation in the Middle East in the first decade of the 21st century. It starts out by …

In early 1946, Kurds declared an independent republic in north-west Iran. The Mahabad
Republic, as it became known, was the first time that the Kurds experienced self-rule in the …

To many observers the Middle East state system since the Arab uprisings stands at a critical
juncture, displaying contradictory patterns of fragility and durability. The uprisings, which …