Turbulence in the Eastern Mediterranean

Geopolitical, Security and Energy Dynamics
1. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-1-032-99463-5
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 308 Seiten, Format (B × H): 210 mm x 297 mm, Gewicht: 809 g

The IISS Strategic Dossier Turbulence in the Eastern Mediterranean: Geopolitical, Security and Energy Dynamics surveys the geopolitical landscape, defence dynamics and energy prospects of the region that spans Cyprus, Egypt, Greece, Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories, Lebanon, Libya, Syria and Turkiye. It assesses the security outlook for the region, considering potential flashpoints for intra- and inter-state conflict and evaluating whether newly developed defence ties could evolve into formal alliances. Energy discoveries made in the region in recent years have spurred states’ ambitions to become energy hubs. The dossier evaluates whether such aspirations could lay the foundations for deeper regional cooperation or, conversely, increase the risk of confrontation.

The dossier includes both thematic and country-specific chapters. In addition to the countries in the area of study, it explores the involvement of seven external powers – China, the European Union, France, the Gulf Cooperation Council states, NATO, Russia and the United States – and assesses where the opportunities and risks for these actors lie.

This volume will be essential for policymakers and business leaders seeking a better understanding of the factors shaping the geopolitics of the Eastern Mediterranean region.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate, Professional Reference, and Undergraduate Advanced

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hokayem, Emile

Momtaz, Rym

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Militärwesen Nationale und Internationale Sicherheits- und Verteidigungspolitik
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Militärgeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Internationale Organisationen und Institutionen
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Konflikt- und Friedensforschung, Rüstungskontrolle, Abrüstung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

FLAG GLOSSARY  EXECUTIVE SUMMARY  ·  THEMES  o CHAPTER ONE GEOPOLITICS: FRAGMENTATION, COMPETITION AND THE PERSISTENCE OF CONFLICT o CHAPTER TWO MARITIME DISPUTES: THE COMPLEX INTERSECTION OF HISTORY, LAW AND GEOPOLITICS o CHAPTER THREE ENERGY IN THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN: POTENTIAL MEETS GEOPOLITICS o CHAPTER FOUR ARMED FORCES: DEFENCE POLICY, CAPABILITY, COOPERATION AND MODERNISATION · REGIONAL ACTORS  o CHAPTER FIVE TURKIYE: ERDOGAN’S STATECRAFT, REGIONAL AMBITIONS AND STRUCTURAL LIMITATIONS o CHAPTER SIX TURKISH COERCIVE DIPLOMACY: SYRIA AND LIBYA AS LABORATORIES o CHAPTER SEVEN GREECE: REGIONAL COOPERATION AS GRAND STRATEGY o CHAPTER EIGHT CYPRUS: PROTRACTED DIVISION, INCREASED STRATEGIC DEPTH AND AN ISRAELI GAMBLE o CHAPTER NINE LIBYA: INTERNAL DIVISIONS, FOREIGN INTERVENTION AND OIL o CHAPTER TEN EGYPT: REGIONAL AMBITIONS AND DOMESTIC WEAKNESS o CHAPTER ELEVEN ISRAEL: BETWEEN THE AMBITION OF REGIONAL INTEGRATION AND THE REALITY OF CONFLICT o CHAPTER TWELVE LEBANON: ENDURING POLYCRISIS AND ON THE BRINK OF WAR o CHAPTER THIRTEEN SYRIA: A BROKEN STATE AND AN ARENA FOR COMPETITION · GLOBAL ACTORS  o CHAPTER FOURTEEN UNITED STATES: BETWEEN RETRENCHMENT AND ENTANGLEMENT o CHAPTER FIFTEEN FRANCE: HIGH AMBITIONS, REDUCED INFLUENCE o CHAPTER SIXTEEN THE SOUTHERN FLANK: A CHALLENGE FOR NATO AND THE EU o CHAPTER SEVENTEEN THE GULF STATES IN THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN: FROM GEOPOLITICS TO GEO-ECONOMICS o CHAPTER EIGHTEEN RUSSIA: MAXIMISING THE POLITICAL RETURNS OF ITS INTERVENTIONS o CHAPTER NINETEEN CHINA IN THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN: SMALL BUT GROWING PRESENCE

Über Autor(innen)

Emile Hokayem is Director of Regional Security and Senior Fellow for Middle East Security at the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS). He specialises in regional politics, security and conflict analysis in the Middle East, including the national security and defence policies of the Middle Eastern states, the role of armed non-state actors, and the interests and involvement of external actors in the Middle East. Prior to joining IISS, Emile was the political editor and international affairs columnist of The National newspaper in Abu Dhabi, and from 2004 to 2008 was the research fellow for the Middle East at the Stimson Center in Washington, DC. Emile is the author of Syria’s Uprising and the Fracturing of the Levant (IISS Adelphi Series 2013), and the editor of the IISS Strategic Dossier Iran’s Networks of Influence in the Middle East (2019).