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Book Synopsis Could the Houthis Be the Next Hizballah? by : Trevor Johnston
Download or read book Could the Houthis Be the Next Hizballah? written by Trevor Johnston and published by . This book was released on 2020-08-30 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The authors analyze the prospect that Iran will further invest in Yemen's Houthis and develop them into an enduring proxy group. The authors examine the history, current relations and trajectory, and possible future of the Houthi-Iran relationship.
Book Synopsis A Comparative Historical and Typological Approach to the Middle Eastern State System by : Lars Mjøset
Download or read book A Comparative Historical and Typological Approach to the Middle Eastern State System written by Lars Mjøset and published by Emerald Group Publishing. This book was released on 2024-04-19 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Showcasing the legacy of Norwegian political scientist and sociologist Stein Rokkan, this volume ushers in a new vision in the field of state formation and nation building.
Book Synopsis A Self-Fulfilling Prophecy by : Katherine Harvey
Download or read book A Self-Fulfilling Prophecy written by Katherine Harvey and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2022-01-01 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recent years, the geopolitical rivalry between Saudi Arabia and Iran has dominated the headlines. Many have charted the polarization between a Saudi-led Sunni camp and an Iranian-led Shia one, assuming that a predominantly Shia state like Iraq would automatically ally with Iran. In this compelling account, Katherine Harvey tells a different story: Iraq's alignment with Iran was not a foregone conclusion. Rather, Saudi efforts to undermine Iran have paradoxically empowered it. Harvey investigates why the Saudis refused to engage with Iraq's post-2003 Shia-led government, despite continual outreach by Iraq's new leaders and considerable pressure from the United States. She finds that certain deeply ingrained assumptions predisposed Saudi leaders to see a Shia-led Iraq as naturally beholden to Iran: the view that Iran is inherently expansionist, and the belief that Arab Shia tend to be loyal to it. This outlook was simplistic, even downright inaccurate; and, in refusing to engage, the Saudis created a self-fulfilling prophecy. As Harvey demonstrates, members of Iraq's new government initially sought to establish a positive relationship with Saudi Arabia, and to pursue a course independent from Iran. But, isolated and rejected by Saudi King Abdullah, Iraq ultimately had nowhere else to turn.
Download or read book Armies of Arabia written by Zoltan Barany and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2021 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Armies of Arabia is the first book to comprehensively analyze the armed forces of the Gulf monarchies. Zoltan Barany explains the conspicuous ineffectiveness of Gulf militaries with a combination of political-structural and sociocultural factors. Following a brief exposition on their historical evolution, he explores the region's six armies of the region comparatively, through the lenses of military politics, sociology, economics, and diplomacy. The book'sthemes come together in the last chapter that critically evaluates the Saudi and Emirati armed forces' record in the on-going war in Yemen.
Book Synopsis The Caliph and the Imam by : Toby Matthiesen
Download or read book The Caliph and the Imam written by Toby Matthiesen and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2023-03-09 with total page 961 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The authoritative account of Islam's schism that for centuries has shaped events in the Middle East and the Islamic world. In 632, soon after the Prophet Muhammad died, a struggle broke out among his followers as to who would succeed him. Most Muslims argued that the leader of Islam should be elected by the community's elite and rule as Caliph. They would later become the Sunnis. Otherswho would become known as the Shiabelieved that Muhammad had designated his cousin and son-in-law Ali as his successor, and that henceforth Ali's offspring should lead as Imams. This dispute over who should guide Muslims, the Caliph or the Imam, marks the origin of the Sunni-Shii split in Islam. Toby Matthiesen explores this hugely significant division from its origins to the present day. Moving chronologically, his book sheds light on the many ways that it has shaped the Islamic world, outlining how over the centuries Sunnism and Shiism became Islam's two main branches, and how Muslim Empires embraced specific sectarian identities. Focussing on connections between the Indian subcontinent and the Middle East, it reveals how colonial rule and the modern state institutionalised sectarian divisions and at the same time led to pan-Islamic resistance and Sunni and Shii revivalism. It then focuses on the fall-out from the 1979 revolution in Iran and the US-led military intervention in Iraq. As Matthiesen shows, however, though Sunnism and Shiism have had a long and antagonistic history, most Muslims have led lives characterised by confessional ambiguity and peaceful co-existence. Tensions arise when sectarian identity becomes linked to politics. Based on a synthesis of decades of scholarship in numerous languages, The Caliph and the Imam will become the standard text for readers looking for a deeper understanding of contemporary sectarian conflict and its historical roots.
Book Synopsis Frustrated Nationalism by : Gregory S. Mahler
Download or read book Frustrated Nationalism written by Gregory S. Mahler and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2024-01-01 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The nation-state is seen by many today as the key unit of analysis for international organization and cooperation in the modern age, but not all groups that want to make up and control their own nation-state are able to do so: historical factors, domestic politics, and international relations often prevent them from obtaining sovereign power. Groups that have tried to create a nation-state and failed to do so can be referred to as being "frustrated." Frustrated Nationalism offers case studies by an international collection of scholars who describe the efforts of many of those groups to achieve sovereign status, or at least to obtain greater control over the policies that affect them, their strategies, and their outcomes.
Book Synopsis Cyber Peace by : Scott J. Shackelford
Download or read book Cyber Peace written by Scott J. Shackelford and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2022-05-05 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chapters and essays thinking through both the meaning of, and the mechanisms for achieving, cyber peace.
Book Synopsis Orsam Analiz Sayı:313 / Ensârullah Hareketi: Yemen’de Husi-İran İlişkilerinin Geleceği by :
Download or read book Orsam Analiz Sayı:313 / Ensârullah Hareketi: Yemen’de Husi-İran İlişkilerinin Geleceği written by and published by Ortadoğu Yayınları. This book was released on 2023-04-17 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 10 Mart 2023 tarihinde İran ile Suudi Arabistan arasında yedi yıllık gerilimin ardından diplomatik ilişkileri yeniden başlatmaya yönelik varılan anlaşmanın, en çok iki ülkenin vekâlet savaşı yürüttüğü Yemen’i etkileyeceği düşünülmektedir. Yemen krizi, İran-Suudi rekabetinin en yıkıcı etkiye sahip olduğu ülke olması nedeniyle varılan anlaşmanın en kritik sınavı olabilir. Yerel kaynaklara göre Suudi Arabistan yetkilileri ile Husiler arasında yapılan görüşmeler bir ateşkes anlaşması ile sonuçlanmak üzeredir. Dolayısıyla İran-Suudi ilişkilerinin yeniden tesis edilmesi kısa vadede gerilimi düşürürken Yemen ateşkes görüşmelerinde de yapıcı bir etkiye sahiptir. Ancak uzun vadede Yemen’de bir statüko tesis edildiğinde Husi-İran ilişkilerinin seyri Yemen’in geleceğinde belirleyici bir rol oynayacaktır. O nedenle mevcut durumda Husi-İran ilişkilerinin geleceği bugün politika yapıcılar için giderek daha önemli bir soru hâline gelmektedir. Öncelikle Husilerin sadece İran'dan etkilenen bir örgüt ya da İran'ın desteğiyle oluşturulan bir yapı olmadığını, Yemen’de yerel ve toplumsal sorunların bir sonucu olarak ortaya çıkan bir hareket olduğunu belirtmek gerekir. Husi hareketi 1992’de Hüseyin Bedreddin el-Husi liderliğinde kurulan “İnançlı Gençler” örgütünden doğarak Yemen'in kuzeyinde silahlı bir siyasi hareket hâline gelmiştir. Ensârullah (Allah’ın yardımcıları) veya eş-Şebâbü’l-Mü’min (inançlı gençler) gibi adlar taşıyan Zeydî Husiler Yemen'in kuzeybatısındaki Sa’dah vilayeti çevresinde ithal Selefiliğin yükselişine ve merkezî hükûmetin bölgeyi ihmal ettiği ve kalkınma yatırımları yapmadığı algısına tepki olarak ortaya çıkmıştır.[1] Bu hareket zamanla Yemen yönetiminin ayrımcı politikaları ve İran'ın ideolojik etkisiyle örgütlenen askerî bir yapıya dönüşerek Yemen iç savaşında önemli bir aktör hâline gelmiştir.[2] Yemen hükûmeti Zeydî sorununu görmezden gelerek Husilerin radikalleşmesinde önemli bir katkıya sahiptir. Bu durum Yemen'in Selefi yayılmacılığına göz yumma politikasından kaynaklanmış ancak bu politika aynı zamanda Husilere karşı sert ve uzlaşmaz bir yaklaşım sergilenmesine de yol açmıştır. 2004 yılında Suudi Arabistan'ın kışkırtmasıyla Yemen güçleri ile Husiler arasında çatışmalar başlamış ve Husilerin lideri Hüseyin el-Husi Yemen güçleri tarafından öldürülmüştür. Kardeşi, Hüseyin el-Husi'nin 2006 yılında öldürülmesinin ardından hareketin liderliğini Abdulmelik el-Husi devralmıştır. Bu olaydan sonra kuzeydeki çatışmalar kitlesel bir isyan niteliği kazanmış ve Husileri destekleyen grup ve aşiretlerin sayısı artmıştır. Sa’dah Savaşları olarak bilinen çatışmalar 2010 yılına kadar düzenli aralıklarla devam etmiştir. Savaşın son aşamasında Suudi Arabistan da Husilere karşı askerî müdahalede bulunmuştur. Savaş 2010 yılında sona ermiş gibi görünse de Arap Baharı ayaklanmalarından sonra bu savaşın bir nevi ikinci raundu yaşanmıştır.[3] Suudiler Husileri "İran destekli milis" olarak adlandırarak hareketin İran'ın vekili ve uluslararası hukuka göre Yemen devletinin tek meşru temsilcisi olan uluslararası tanınmış hükûmete muhalif silahlı bir devlet dışı aktör olarak anlaşılması gerektiğini belirtmektedir. Husilerin İran'ın vekili olduğu iddiası yeni olmamakla birlikte, Eylül 2014'te Husilerin Sana’a’yı ele geçirmesi sonrası bu söylem pekişmiştir. İran'ın Husileri desteklediği iddiası, Suudi Arabistan'ın Mart 2015'te başlayan askerî müdahaleyi meşrulaştırmasında kilit bir unsur hâline gelmiştir. 2011 Arap Halk Ayaklanmaları ve ardından bölgedeki devletlerin zayıflaması, Suudi Arabistan ve İran arasındaki ilişkilerin bozulması, ABD'nin politika sorumluluklarını bölgesel aktörlere devretme tercihinin artması ve Donald Trump'ın İran'a karşı sert tutumu, uluslararası toplumun Husilere bakışını değiştirmiştir. Bu da Yemen'deki çatışmanın İran ve Suudi Arabistan arasında bir vekâlet savaşı olduğu söylemini beslemiştir.[4] Birleşmiş Milletler Güvenlik Konseyinin İran Yaptırımları Komitesine sunulan Nisan 2015 tarihli bir rapora göre, İran 2009 yılından itibaren (ancak daha öncesinde daha sınırlı destek olabileceği belirtilmekle birlikte) Husilere silah sevkiyatına başlamıştır. Görünüşe göre, İran'ın Husilere desteği 2011'den sonra artmıştır.[5] 2015'in ilk aylarından bu yana, İran ve Yemen arasındaki daha yoğun nakliye faaliyetlerine dair raporlar bulunmaktadır.[6] İran'ın Irak'taki Haşdi Şabi ve Lübnan'daki Hizbullah ile daha derin ilişkileri olsa da Husi hareketi İran için gelinen noktada artık bir başka vekili temsil etmektedir. Ayrıca, Husilerin İran'la doğrudan bağlarının bulunmasının yanı sıra Lübnan'daki İran müttefiki Hizbullah da savaş stratejilerine rehberlik etmektedir. Suudi liderliğindeki koalisyonun hiçbir zaman bir parçası olmayan Lübnan, Husilere becerilerini geliştirebilecekleri bir alan sağlamakta ve Husi medyasının yayınlarına izin vermektedir. Husilere yakın kaynaklar, Hizbullah'tan küçük uzman ekiplerin Yemen'de sahada olduğunu ve Husilere nasıl etkili füze yapılacağını öğrettiklerini doğrulamaktadır. Ancak Irak ve Lübnan'daki Şii silahlı grupların aksine Husiler, Yemen dışında güç devşirme niyetinde olan transnational/ulusaşırı bir Şii aktör değildir. Bunun başlıca nedeni, kendilerini Yemen'deki Şiilerin temsilcileri olarak görmemeleridir.[7] Bölgesel müttefik seçenekleri sınırlı olan İran, Ortadoğu'daki erişim alanını genişletmek ve doğrudan çatışma riskini en aza indirirken düşmanlarını pasifize etmek için “sponsor-vekil” ilişkilerini rutin olarak kullanmaktadır. Devlet dışı vekil güçler yetiştirmek ve bu güçlerin kabiliyetlerini arttırmak, İran'ın gücünü, kendi çıkarlarına düşman olan bir bölgede kapsamlı bir şekilde yansıtmasına olanak sağlamaktadır. Dolayısıyla bu ilişkiler İran'ın Ortadoğu'daki dış politikasının kritik bir parçası hâline gelmiştir. İran'ın bakış açısına göre Husiler, Yemen’de nüfuzunu artırmak ve Suudi rakiplerini maliyetli bir bataklığa sürüklemek için cazip bir fırsat sunmaktadır. Bu çalışma İran-Husi ilişkisini anlamak için Yemen'deki durum ile Husilerin İran için nasıl potansiyel vekil hâline geldiğine dair bir bağlam sunmaktadır. Ayrıca bu çalışma çok boyutlu Husi-İran ilişkilerinin dinamiklerini keşfetmeye çalışacaktır. Çalışmada, hem Husilerin hem de İran'ın iyi tanımlanmış çıkarları olduğunu ve hedeflerine araçsal olarak ulaşmak için stratejik seçimler yaptıkları varsayılacaktır. Husilerin İran'ın vekili olduğu söyleminin hâkimiyeti, bölgesel politikalarına ve içerdeki hedeflerinin ne olduğuna ilgi gösterilmemesine neden olmuştur. Bu çalışma bu hedefleri de tartışmaya açacaktır.
Download or read book Hezbollah written by Matthew Levitt and published by Georgetown University Press. This book was released on 2024-11 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Hezbollah: The Global Footprint of Lebanon's Party of God is the most-compreshensive examination of Hezbollah's covert activities beyond Lebanon's borders, including its financial and logistical support networks and its criminal and terrorist operations worldwide. Originally published in 2013, this paperback edition includes a new preface and epilogue by the author to update us on Hezbollah's activities in recent years, particularly in supporting the Assad regime in Syria's civil war and the latest crossborder fighting between Hezbollah and Israel after October 7, 2023. Hezbollah-which translates as "Party of God"-is a multifaceted organization: It is a powerful political party in Lebanon, a Shia Islam religious and social movement, Lebanon's largest militia, a close ally of Iran and Hamas, and a terrorist organization. Drawing on a wide range of sources, including declassified government documents, court records, and personal interviews with intelligence and law enforcement officials around the world, Matthew Levitt examines Hezbollah's beginnings, its first violent forays in Lebanon, and then its terrorist activities and criminal enterprises abroad in Europe, the Middle East, South America, Southeast Asia, Africa, and finally in North America. Levitt also describes Hezbollah's unit dedicated to supporting Palestinian militant groups and Hezbollah's involvement in training and supporting insurgents who fought US troops in post-Saddam Iraq. The book concludes with a look at Hezbollah's integral, ongoing role in Iran's shadow war with Israel and the West, including plots targeting civilians around the world. Levitt shows convincingly that Hezbollah's willingness to use violence at home and abroad, its global reach, and its proxy-patron relationship with the Iranian regime remains a serious international concern. Hezbollah is an important book for scholars, policymakers, students, and the general public interested in international security, terrorism, international criminal organizations, and Middle East studies"--
Book Synopsis The Huthi Movement in Yemen by : Abdullah Hamidaddin
Download or read book The Huthi Movement in Yemen written by Abdullah Hamidaddin and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2022-06-30 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Huthi rebels in Yemen are a resistance movement going back decades. Their coup against Yemeni President Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi in 2015 - and the subsequent Yemeni civil war and the intervention of the Arab coalition in support of Hadi - has brought absolute devastation to the country. But who are the Huthis and how can we understand the group away from armed conflict and war? What has motivated their social movement to fundamentally re-shape Yemen, and what are the group's local and regional ambitions? This book provides the first comprehensive critical analysis dedicated to the Huthis. Across four parts and 17 chapters, the book examines how the movement is challenging traditional religious authority, re-shaping tribal values and roles in Yemen, constructing new collective memories and identities, and infusing Yemen's mediascape with their ideological creed. In examining the movement's specific ways of thinking and beliefs, the book also highlights its foreign policy within a regional policy of resistance to the United States, and it points towards what its impact on both Yemen and the security of the Arab Gulf region will be. The book brings together the leading experts on Yemen from diverse disciplines to provide readers with a nuanced and multi-layered approach to understanding the Huthi movement.
Book Synopsis Building an Enduring Peace in Yemen by : Daniel Egel
Download or read book Building an Enduring Peace in Yemen written by Daniel Egel and published by . This book was released on 2021-04-15 with total page 57 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Yemen's civil war entered its sixth year in 2021. This report describes the challenges facing efforts to achieve an enduring peace in Yemen and outlines constructive steps the international community can take to achieve an enduring peace.
Book Synopsis Attacking Hezbollah's Financial Network by : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs
Download or read book Attacking Hezbollah's Financial Network written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Armies of Sand by : Kenneth Michael Pollack
Download or read book Armies of Sand written by Kenneth Michael Pollack and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2019 with total page 697 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Armies of Sand asks, 'why have Arab militaries fought so poorly in the modern era?' It examines the performance of over two-dozen Arab militaries from 1948 to 2017, and compares them to a half-dozen non-Arab militaries, to conclude that politics, economics, and culture all contributed to the past weakness of Arab armies.
Book Synopsis A Concise History of the Middle East by : Ibrahim Al-Marashi
Download or read book A Concise History of the Middle East written by Ibrahim Al-Marashi and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2024-10-07 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Concise History of the Middle East provides a comprehensive introduction to the history of this region. Spanning from the pre-Islamic era to the present, it explores the evolution of Middle Eastern institutions and culture, the influence of European colonialism and Western imperialism, regional modernization efforts, the struggle of various peoples for political independence, the Arab–Israeli conflict, the reassertion of Islamist values and power, the issues surrounding the Palestinian Question, and the Middle East following 9/11, the 2011 Arab uprisings, and the regional crisis that erupted after 7 October 2023. The thirteenth edition has been fully revised to reflect the most recent events in, and concerns of, the region, including its future in the face of climate change and challenges in Iraq, and developments in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict. In addition, the important role of Middle Eastern women in the history of the region is woven into the narrative. New parts and part timelines will help students grasp and contextualize the long and complicated history of the region. With updated biographical sketches and a new concluding chapter, this book remains the quintessential text for students of Middle East history.
Book Synopsis The New Middle East by : Fawaz A. Gerges
Download or read book The New Middle East written by Fawaz A. Gerges and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2014 with total page 521 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The New Middle East critically examines the Arab popular uprisings of 2011-12.
Book Synopsis The Gulf States and the Horn of Africa by : Robert Mason
Download or read book The Gulf States and the Horn of Africa written by Robert Mason and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2022-01-25 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Gulf States and the Horn of Africa takes a deep dive into the complexities of power projection, political rivalry and conflict across the Red Sea and beyond. Focusing on the nature of interregional connections between the Gulf and the Horn, it explores the multifaceted nature of relations between states and the two increasingly important subregions. Bringing together scholars working on and in both regions, the book considers strategic competition between Saudi Arabia and Iran, and between the UAE and both Qatar and Turkey, along with other international engagement such as joint anti-piracy operations, counterterrorism cooperation, security assistance, base agreements and economic development. Drawing on a range of subject expertise and field research across case study countries, the volume adds to the sparse literature on the regional and international politics of the Horn of Africa and Red Sea, gleaning specific insights from contemporary reflections across the book. This is essential reading for students and researchers interested in the Horn of Africa and the evolving regional geopolitics of the Gulf.
Book Synopsis Iran's Foreign and Defense Policies by : Kenneth Katzman
Download or read book Iran's Foreign and Defense Policies written by Kenneth Katzman and published by . This book was released on 2019-08-03 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Iran's national security policy is the product of many overlapping and sometimes competing factors such as the ideology of Iran's Islamic revolution, perception of threats to the regime and to the country, long-standing national interests, and the interaction of the Iranian regime's factions and constituencies. Iran's leadership: * Seeks to deter or thwart U.S. or other efforts to invade or intimidate Iran or to bring about a change of regime. * Has sought to take advantage of opportunities of regional conflicts to overturn a power structure in the Middle East that it asserts favors the United States, Israel, Saudi Arabia, and other Sunni Muslim Arab regimes. * Seeks to enhance its international prestige and restore a sense of "greatness" reminiscent of ancient Persian empires. * Advances its foreign policy goals, in part by providing material support to regional allied governments and armed factions. Iranian officials characterize the support as helping the region's "oppressed" and assert that Saudi Arabia, in particular, is instigating sectarian tensions and trying to exclude Iran from regional affairs. * Sometimes disagrees on tactics and strategies. Supreme Leader Ali Khamene'i and key hardline institutions, such as the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), oppose any compromises of Iran's national security core goals. Iran's elected president, Hassan Rouhani, and Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif have supported Iran's integration into regional and international diplomacy. * Supports acts of international terrorism, as the "leading" or "most active" state sponsor of terrorism, according to each annual State Department report on international terrorism since the early 1990s. The Trump Administration insists that an end to Iran's malign activities is a requirement of any revised JCPOA and normalization of relations with the United States. The Trump Administration has articulated a strategy to counter Iran's "malign activities" based on * Applying "maximum pressure" on Iran's economy and regime through sanctions. President Trump withdrew the United States from the JCPOA on May 8, 2018, and reimposed all U.S. sanctions as of November 5, 2018. * Attempting to diplomatically, politically, and economically isolate Iran. * Training, arming, and providing counterterrorism assistance to partner governments and some allied substate actors in the region. * Deploying U.S. forces to deter Iran and interdict its arms shipments to its allies and proxies, and threatening military action against Iranian actions that pose an immediate threat to U.S. regional interests or allies.
