Threats and Alliances in the Middle East

Darwich, May

doi:10.1017/9781108656689

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“…The Abraham Accords between Israel and the Gulf countries suggest that Jordan's key position as a "lynchpin" of the Gulf sheikhdoms' policy toward Israel and Palestine (Furlow & Borgognone, 2018) would be seriously endangered. As Darwich (2019) argues when the roles framed by states are appropriated by others, this may intensify threat perceptions.…”

Section: The Changing Regional Environment and Jordan's Diversifying ...mentioning

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The quest to end marginalization: Jordan's diversifying alignments in the post‐Arab Spring era

Altunisik,

Koprulu

2024

Digest Mid East Studies

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Since 2017 Jordan has been diversifying its alignments while its relations with its traditional backers have become tenser. Drawing upon the existing literature that explains Jordan's alignment choices, this article aims to understand Jordan's diversification of its alignments and how they evolved in the post‐Arab Uprisings era. It is argued that although the regime security argument and the linkage between external and internal threats for explaining Jordan's alignment decisions have been very useful, to take these arguments further, there is a need to unpack regime security. The article, thus, introduces the importance of the content of the threat and from whom it is perceived to understand this complex interaction between external and domestic threat perceptions and how that interaction affects Jordan's alignment choices.

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Section: The Changing Regional Environment and Jordan's Diversifying ...mentioning

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The quest to end marginalization: Jordan's diversifying alignments in the post‐Arab Spring era

Altunisik,

Koprulu

2024

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“…Therefore, the continuation of economic aid from the Gulf States is directly related to the security of the political regimes of Jordan, Egypt, and other weak states in the region, and makes them inevitably follow the regional initiatives of the Saudi coalition. Based on this, the allianceforming policy in the region is a function of the urgency of the corresponding threats to the security of their political system (Darwich, 2019). For this reason, although they unite around a common threat such as terrorism or Iran, each of them has a different perception of their security threats.…”

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2024

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The Regime security and Alliance politics in the Middle East

Ababakr

2024

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This article seeks to systematically understand the logic of unstable alliances in the postrevolutionary Arab Middle East. On what basis do the states in the Middle East enter into alliances with each other and what variables influence their fluid coalition-forming policy? Contrary to mainstream approaches that explain the nature of alliances through variables such as the balance of power, anarchy, identity, and external threats, however, understanding the mechanisms and empirical complexities of the alliance-making policy of Middle East states go beyond those variables. The present study proposes using the theories of alliance in international relations as an approach to 'regime security', an alternative integrated framework in understanding the roots of alliance in the Middle East. Despite the changes in international and regional politics, the main interest for each of the Middle East states is still to ensure the survival and security of their political regime. The options of foreign relations and alliances of the states in the Middle East are based on their dynamic action to maintain the security of the ruling regime against potential internal and external threats. In such a situation, alliances are formulated as transnational coalitions among potential allies to ensure the survival of political regimes. In line with the test of the main idea of the article, a case study of regional alliances in the Middle East is discussed.

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Threats and Alliances in the Middle East

Cited by 12 publications

References 159 publications

The quest to end marginalization: Jordan's diversifying alignments in the post‐Arab Spring era

The quest to end marginalization: Jordan's diversifying alignments in the post‐Arab Spring era

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The Regime security and Alliance politics in the Middle East

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