International Security Studies (ISS) has changed and diversified in many ways since 1945.
This book provides the first intellectual history of the development of the subject in that …

There is a growing realization among international relations scholars and practitioners that
religion is a critical factor in global politics. The Iranian Revolution, the September 11 …

This timely study examines the forces at play in one of the world's most explosive nations,
helping readers understand why Syria's popular uprising has been the most violent and …

In a context of areas of limited statehood and contested order, Iraq, Lebanon and Syria have
been affected by similar diffuse global and more specific regional and local risks over the …

This article examines the 2007 EU all-source intelligence assessment 'Worst Case
Scenarios for the Narrower Middle East'and the lack of policy response to the warning …

Every actor who commands coercive resources plays a relevant role in the complex
processes of state restructuring following regime change. The role of armies in the 2010 …

Lebanon's option in favor of a" weak" state implied that armed forces remained voluntarily
limited and under-equipped. Traditionally, external defense was neglected and the state …

Nachtwey, and Banda 1999), there is by now a widespread consensus among scholars
working on politics and society in the Middle East that analyses on this region stand to profit …

La guerra civil siria supone un elevado riesgo de extensión de la violencia hacia el Líbano,
lo que se explica por distintos factores tanto derivados del conflicto vecino como por otros …

By the autumn of 2013, the Middle Eastern regional security complex (RSC) had taken on a
new configuration, which was substantially different from—and much more explosive than …