The New Middle East: Protest and Revolution in the Arab World

522 Pages·2013·3.9 MB·English

by  Fawaz A. Gerges

TheNewMiddleEast
TheNewMiddleEastisoneofthefirstcomprehensivebookswritten
byprominentscholarsoftheregionandofcomparativepoliticstocrit-
icallyexaminetheArabpopularuprisingsof2010–2012.Whilethese
uprisingspromptedanumberofcursorypublications,thisvolumecon-
tains meticulous and thoughtful reflections on the causes, drivers and
effectsoftheseseminaleventsontheinternal,regionalandinternational
politics of the Middle East and North Africa. Although specific con-
ditionsinindividualcountriesthathaveexperiencedlarge-scalepopu-
lar mobilizations are investigated, they are neither treated in isolation
nor separated from broader developments in the region. Instead, the
authorshighlightconnectionsbetweenindividualcasestudiesandsys-
temic conditions throughout the Arab arena. These include the crisis
of political authority, the failure of economic development and new
genres of mobilization and activism, especially communication tech-
nology and youth movements. The careful analysis and reflection on
theprospectsfordemocraticchangeintheregionensuresthebookwill
haveanimmediateandenduringappeal.
FawazA.GergesisaProfessorofInternationalRelationsattheLondon
SchoolofEconomicsandPoliticalScience,wherehedirectstheMiddle
EastCentre.Gergesistheauthorofseveralacclaimedbooks,including
ObamaandtheMiddleEast:TheEndofAmerica’sMoment?;TheRise
andFallofAl-QaedaandTheFarEnemy:WhyJihadWentGlobal.He
haswrittenextensivelyonArabpoliticsandtheinternationalrelations
oftheMiddleEast.HisarticleshaveappearedinForeignAffairs,For-
eign Policy, Newsweek, the New York Times, the Washington Post,
theGuardianandtheIndependent.

The New Middle East
Protest and Revolution in the Arab World
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Contents
ListofFiguresandTables pageix
Contributors xi
Acknowledgments xvii
1. Introduction:ARupture 1
FawazA.Gerges
part i: context and causes
2. AuthoritarianLegaciesandRegimeChange:Towards
UnderstandingPoliticalTransitionintheArabWorld 41
LisaAnderson
3. Egypt’sModernRevolutionsandtheFallofMubarak 60
JuanCole
4. ADepressivePre–ArabUprisingsEconomicPerformance 80
AliKadri
5. BreadandOliveOil:TheAgrarianRootsoftheArab
Uprisings 107
RamiZuraykandAnneGough
part ii: thematic and comparative aspects
6. ThePoliticsofResistanceandtheArabUprisings 135
CharlesTripp
7. Egypt’s25JanuaryUprising,HegemonicContestation,
andtheExplosionofthePoor 155
JohnChalcraft
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vi Contents
8. TheMilitaryamidstUprisingsandTransitionsin
theArabWorld 180
PhilippeDroz-Vincent
9. Women,DemocracyandDictatorshipintheContext
oftheArabUprisings 209
SamiZubaida
10. DangersandDemon(izer)sofDemocratizationinEgypt:
ThroughanIndonesianGlass,Darkly 226
JohnT.Sidel
part iii: countries in turmoil
11. EgyptandTunisia:FromtheRevolutionaryOverthrow
ofDictatorshipstotheStruggletoEstablishaNew
ConstitutionalOrder 257
RogerOwen
12. ArabNationalism,IslamismandtheArabUprisings 273
SadikAl-Azm
13. Yemen:RevolutionSuspended? 285
GabrielevomBruck,AtiafAlwazirandBenjaminWiacek
14. LibyainTransition:FromJamahiriyatoJumhu¯riyyah? 309
KarimMezran
15. Bahrain’sUprising:DomesticImplicationsandRegional
andInternationalPerspectives 332
KristianCoatesUlrichsen
part iv: regional and international implications
16. SaudiInternalDilemmasandRegionalResponses
totheArabUprisings 353
MadawiAl-Rasheed
17. Israel,Palestine,andtheArabUprisings 380
AviShlaim
18. TurkeyandIranintheEraoftheArabUprisings 402
MohammedAyoob
19. U.S.PolicyandtheArabRevolutionsof2011 418
WilliamB.Quandt
20. EuropeandtheArabUprisings:TheIrrelevantPower? 429
FedericaBicchi
Contents vii
21. Conclusion:RebelliousCitizensandResilient
Authoritarians 446
ValerieBunce
SelectedBibliography 469
Index 483