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Interregnum: The Regional Order in the Middle East and North Africa after 2011

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Del Sarto, Raffaella A., Malmvig, Helle, Lecha, Eduard Soler i·2019·SSRN Electronic Journal
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This report contends that the Middle East regional order since 2011 has changed in several ways. This is evidenced by the decline in US power, the rise of sectarianism, the growing influence of non-state actors, the return of Arab state permeability, intensified rivalry between Iran and Saudi Arabia, the emergence of regional players such as Turkey, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates, and the fluidity of alliances. However, these and other changes constitute a change within order, rather than of order.

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Del Sarto, R. A., Malmvig, H., & Lecha, E. S. I.
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SSRN Electronic Journal
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Elsevier BV
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2019
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1556-5068 (ISSN-L)
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10.2139/ssrn.3367815
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  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts
  • Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › International Relations and Foreign Policy
Keywords
regional order, Middle East and North Africa, Arab Spring aftermath, American decline, sectarianism, non-state actors, Saudi-Iran rivalry, Turkey, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, regional alliances

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