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How can the current civil wars in the Middle East be resolved? This
volume brings together academics, experts, and practitioners to
explore this question. The book covers the history of civil wars in
the region during the 20th century, and then examines the specific
causes, drivers, and dynamics of the ongoing civil wars in Syria,
Yemen, Libya, Afghanistan, and Iraq. Updated for a second edition,
the book argues that while these are very different cases of civil
war, there are patterns that are important to point out at the
outset. First, while each of the conflicts appears to be a
relatively recent phenomenon, each has a long historical tail.
Second, each of the civil wars had deep and complex domestic
drivers and dynamics over issues of governance, political identity,
and resources; at the same time, all of the conflicts have had deep
regional and international components. Finally, all of these civil
wars have been affected by the presence or entrance of armed
transnational non-state actors, which have had far greater
involvement in the Middle Eastern civil wars compared to other
regions. The book concludes that these conflicts will require a
mixture of local, regional, and international interventions to
bring them to an end, but that none of the conflicts are likely to
end cleanly through either a negotiated settlement or a clear
victory by one party or the other. Despite this pessimistic overall
assessment, the book emphasizes that policymakers should use
knowledge of civil wars in the Middle East to develop and pursue
specific national, regional and global policies. These should be
built around mitigating the worst effects of the conflicts and
towards ultimate resolution.
As America prepares to welcome its 45th president, he or she will
face a multitude of challenges, including the security of the
nation and its people. Terrorism, specifically violent Islamist
extremism, is ravaging the Middle East while having repercussions
here in the United States and the world. This volume of The ANNALS
delves into the issue of terrorism and offers direction and
guidance to the next president and administration for countering
violent extremism (CVE).
Ideology has been described as the single most powerful force in
modern Arab politics. In this analysis, Salem examines 20th-century
nationalist, Marxist, and Islamic movements in the Arab world. He
uses a multidisciplinary approach and a breadth of theoretical work
from the fields of sociology, social psychology, and political
science. He also draws on primary Arabic sources, examining the
main works of Sati al-Husri, Michel Aflaq, Sayyid Qutb, and Antoun
Saadeh. Salem argues that, throughout the 20th-century, ideology
has served a crucial political function in integrating the masses
into the modern state system and in legitimising new elites. This
ideology was stimulated by the rapid pace of social, economic,
political, and cultural change that began at the turn of the
century and which caused considerable strain within the structure
of the existing traditional belief systems. He not only analyses
the rise of numerous movements including Arab nationalism, Marxism,
and Islamic fundamentalism, but also Egyptian, Syrian, and Lebanese
nationalism. Unlike many other studies that often treat ideologies
as separate and static phenomena, the author places ideology in a
comparative and dialectical framework. He approaches the work from
a multidisciplinary perspective to study the movements and how
their respective ideologies compete and reinforce one another. By
considering religious and cultural variables and by examining a
movements's roots, its appeal to different classes and generations,
and how it fulfills people's psychological needs, the author
provides a fuller understanding of the Arab society as a whole.
""Bitter Legacy"" aims to provide a panoramic review of modern Arab
political thought and offers analytical tools for comprehending
ideological change.
As America prepares to welcome its 45th president, he or she will
face a multitude of challenges, including the security of the
nation and its people. Terrorism, specifically violent Islamist
extremism, is ravaging the Middle East while having repercussions
here in the United States and the world. This volume of The ANNALS
delves into the issue of terrorism and offers direction and
guidance to the next president and administration for countering
violent extremism (CVE).
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