Battleground : ten conflicts that explain the new Middle East
Phillips, Christopher (Lecturer in international relations of the Middle East)2024
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Click and Collect for Battleground : ten conflicts that explain the new Middle EastThe essential guide to geopolitics in the modern Middle East in the aftermath of the Arab Spring. The Middle East is in crisis. The shocking events of the war in Gaza have rocked the entire region. More than a decade ago, the Arab Spring had raised hopes of a new beginning but instead ushered in a series of civil wars, coups, and even harsher autocracies. Tensions were exacerbated by the meddling of outsiders, as regional and global powers sought to further their interests. The United States, for so long the dominant actor, had stepped back, leaving a vacuum behind it to be fought over. Christopher Phillips explores geopolitical rivalries in the region, and the major external powers vying for influence: Russia, China, the EU, and the US. Moving through ten key flashpoints, from Syria to Palestine, Phillips argues that the United States' overextension after the Cold War, and retreat in the 2010s, has imbalanced the region. Today, the Middle East remains blighted by conflicts of unprecedented violence and a post-American scramble for power - leaving its fate in the balance.
Battleground : ten conflicts that explain the new Middle East / Christopher Phillips.
New Haven : Yale University Press, [2024]©2024
v, 312 pages : maps ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
9780300263428 (hbk)9780300263428
956.054
English
558946
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Beaumaris Library | Adult Non Fiction - History | 956.054 PHI | Available |
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