The new Middle East : what everyone needs to know

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Label

The new Middle East : what everyone needs to know

Title remainder

what everyone needs to know

Statement of responsibility

James L. Gelvin

Creator

• Gelvin, James L., 1951-

Author

• Gelvin, James L., 1951-

Subject

• Human security -- Middle East
• IS (Organization) -- History
• Middle East -- Foreign relations -- 21st century
• Middle East -- History
• Middle East -- Politics and government -- 21st century
• 2000-2099
• Arab Spring, 2010-

Language

eng

Summary

December 17, 2016 marked the sixth anniversary of the outbreak of the Arab uprisings. In the six years since Muhammad Bouazizi set himself on fire in Tunisia, igniting the uprisings which continue today, the entire Middle East landscape has changed in ways that were unimaginable before. In spite of the early hype about the "Arab Spring" and the prominence observers gave to calls for the downfall of regimes and an end to their abuses, most of the protests and uprisings born of Bouazizi's self-immolation have had disastrous results across the whole Middle East. While the old powers reasserted their control with violence in Egypt and Bahrain, Libya, Yemen, and Syria have virtually ceased to exist as states, torn apart by civil wars. In other states-Morocco and Algeria-the forces of reaction were able to maintain their hold on power, while in the "hybrid democracies"--Lebanon, Palestine, and Iraq-protests against government inefficiency, corruption, and arrogance have done little to bring about the sort of changes protesters have demanded. Simultaneously, ISIS, along with other jihadi groups (al-Qaeda, al-Qaeda affiliates and wannabes, Ansar al-Shariahs, etc.) have thrived in an environment marked by state breakdown. This book explains these changes, outlining the social, political, and economic contours of what some have termed "the new Middle East." One of the leading scholars of modern Middle Eastern history, James L. Gelvin lucidly distills the political and economic reasons behind the dramatic news that come every day from Syria and the rest of the Middle East. He shows how and why bad governance, stagnant economies, poor healthcare, climate change, population growth, refugee crisis, food and water insecurity, and war increasingly threaten human security in the region

Member of

• What everyone needs to know

Cataloging source

DGU/DLC

Dewey number

956.05/4

Illustrations

maps

Index

index present

LC call number

DS63.123

LC item number

.G45 2018

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Series statement

What everyone needs to know