Threats and Alliances in the Middle East : Saudi and Syrian Policies in a Turbulent Region.

Examines Saudi and Syrian policies during three pivotal wars, to understand how identity and power influence state behaviour in the Middle East.

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Online Access: Full Text (via Cambridge)
Main Author: Darwich, May
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2019.
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505 0 |a Cover; Half-title; Title page; Copyright information; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Figure; Tables; Acknowledgements; Note on Transliteration and Translation; 1 Introduction: Debating Threat Perception; Overview of the Argument; Ideational and Material Forces and How They Matter; Ideational and Material Forces: When They Matter; Why Study Saudi and Syria Threat Perceptions?; Contributions of the Argument and Its Relationships with Existing Explanations; Plan of the Book; 2 Why and When States Perceive Threats: A Theoretical Framework 
505 8 |a Analytical Eclecticism: Building an Integrated Framework of AnalysisIdeational and Material Forces: How They Shape Threat Perception; Ideational and Material Forces: When They Matter; Research Design and Methods; 3 The Iran-Iraq War (1980-1988); The Islamic Revolution, the Iran-Iraq War, and Regional Reactions; Saudi Arabia and the Quest for Distinctiveness; The Relative Power Distribution: 'A Structure without an Instruction Sheet'; The Regime Identity: From Pan-Islamism to Sunni Islam; Syria: Demystifying Rationalism; The Strategic Balance of Power: Limited Options 
505 8 |a The Syrian Regime Identity: A Strategic AdaptationConclusion; 4 The 2006 Lebanon War; The 2006 Lebanon War and Regional Reactions; Saudi Arabia: Resisting the Resistance; The Relative Power Distribution: Saudi Physical Security; Regime Identity and the Ontological Security of Sectarianism; Syria: The Quest for Physical Security; The Relative Power Distribution: Surviving Isolation; The Regime Identity: Widening Pan-Arabism; Conclusion; 5 The 2009 Gaza War; The 2009 Gaza War and Regional Reactions; Saudi Arabia and the Struggle for Consistency; Saudi Physical Security: Is Hamas a Threat? 
505 8 |a Saudi Regime Identity: 'Othering' HamasSyria: Reinforcing Pan-Arabism; The Relative Power Distribution: Escaping Isolation; The Regime Identity Narrative and the Resistance Discourse; Conclusion; 6 Conclusion; Summary of the Findings; Lessons for IR Theory and Middle East International Relations; Unresolved Anomalies and Avenues for Future Research; Bibliography; Index 
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651 0 |a Saudi Arabia  |x Foreign relations  |y 21st century. 
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