Yossi Alpher (Joseph)

Winners and Losers in the 'Arab Spring'

Profiles in Chaos

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Produktbeschreibung

This book looks at the way primarily external actors influenced and were influenced by the revolutionary chaos that erupted in the Arab Middle East in 2011 The Arab revolutions radically altered the Middle East dynamic and particularly the strategic standing of key actors, both locally and globally.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 132
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. August 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 8mm
• Gewicht: 213g
• ISBN-13: 9780367227531
• ISBN-10: 0367227533
• Artikelnr.: 57498315

Autorenporträt

Yossi Alpher is a former Mossad official and served in the Israel Defense Forces Intelligence. He was director of the Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies (today INSS) at Tel Aviv University. Now retired, he researches and writes about Middle East strategic issues. His book Periphery: Israel's Search for Middle East Allies (2015), won two awards in Israel for best book in the security field.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface: Two Images Introduction I. Abetting the Chaos: Western Losers 1.
Presidential Blunders: Bush (and Blair), Obama, Trump 2. Hapless Political
Philosophers, Counterproductive Social Media 3. Interim Summary: US
Post-Cold War Intervention and Arab Collapse II. Reaping the Benefits:
Local Winners 4. Qasem Soleimani and the Quds Force 5. Putin: Russia
Returns to the Middle East 6. Netanyahu Leverages Arab Chaos 7. Erdogan and
the Kurds: the Jury is Still Out 8. The Arab Monarchies and MbS's Reformist
Mayhem III. Conclusion: Understanding a Global Grand-Strategic Event
Timeline of Arab Chaos through December 2018