scholarly journals Review of the book by Sara Bazoobandi (2020), The New Regional Order in the Middle East: Changes and Challenges. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 141, ISBN 978-3-030-27885-4

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Felix Shihundu
Keyword(s):  
Middle East ◽  
Regional Order

Regional Order in the 1990s: The Challenge of the Middle East

1991 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 181-188 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard N. Haass
Keyword(s):  
Middle East ◽  
Regional Order

Qatar and Rising China

China Report ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 53 (4) ◽  
pp. 447-466 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brahim Saidy
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Policy ◽  
Middle East ◽  
State Sovereignty ◽  
Economic Aspects ◽  
Military Cooperation ◽  
Gulf Countries ◽  
Regional Order ◽  
China’S Foreign Policy ◽  
Rising China

This article explores the Qatari perception of the partnership with China on the basis of three factors: globalisation, the absence of a legacy of colonialism and the principles of non-intervention and respect for state sovereignty professed in China’s foreign policy. China’s perception of its relations with Qatar is embedded within its understanding of the regional order in the Middle East and reflects its assessment of the geopolitical factors that are transforming Gulf countries. It emerges from this analysis that the diplomatic and economic aspects of Qatar–China relations are substantial and well institutionalised. However, military cooperation is still underdeveloped despite the increase of military-to-military contacts.

The Battle for Syria

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher Phillips
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Civil War ◽  
Middle East ◽  
The United States ◽  
External Factors ◽  
International Dimension ◽  
Regional Order ◽  
Regional Factors

This book provides an analysis of the crucial but underexplored roles the United States and other nations have played in shaping Syria's ongoing civil war. Most accounts of Syria's brutal, long-lasting civil war focus on a domestic contest that began in 2011 and only later drew foreign nations into the escalating violence. The book argues instead that the international dimension was never secondary but that Syria's war was, from the very start, profoundly influenced by regional factors, particularly the vacuum created by a perceived decline of U.S. power in the Middle East. This precipitated a new regional order in which six external protagonists — the United States, Russia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Qatar — have violently competed for influence, with Syria a key battleground. Drawing on a plethora of original interviews, the book constructs a new narrative of Syria's war. Without absolving the brutal Bashar al-Assad regime, the book untangles the key external factors which explain the acceleration and endurance of the conflict, including the West's strategy against ISIS. It concludes with some insights on Syria and the region's future.

Divergent goals will rock Saudi-Egyptian relations

2016 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Middle East ◽  
Economic Crisis ◽  
Political Stability ◽  
Gulf War ◽  
Oil Products ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Refined Oil ◽  
Regional Order

Significance The oil shipments were part of a five-year deal that Saudi would provide Egypt with 700,000 tonnes of refined oil products per month, but these were stopped in early October amid a row over Egypt's position towards Syria. Relations between Saudi Arabia and Egypt have served as a bedrock of stability in the Middle East for much of the period since the second Gulf War (1990-91), but this subset of the regional order now appears in jeopardy. Impacts If Riyadh withholds investments or future assistance, the Egyptian economy may deteriorate even further. Should Egypt's economic crisis deepen, its political stability outlook would look uncertain at best and unsustainable at worst. This crisis compounds the Kingdom's recent regional setbacks, as the Syrian and Yemeni wars slide towards unfavourable outcomes for Riyadh.

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