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ID149443
Title ProperState, region and order
Other Title Informationgeopolitics of the Arab Spring
LanguageENG
AuthorAras, Bülent ;  Yorulmazlar, Emirhan
Summary / Abstract (Note)State failure, sovereignty disputes, non-state territorial structures, and revolutionary and counter-revolutionary currents, among others, are intertwined within the Arab Spring process, compelling old and emerging regional actors to operate in the absence of a regional order. The emergent geopolitical picture introduces the poisonous mix of loss of state authority spiralling toward instability, defined by sectarianism, extremism, global rivalries, and ultimately irredentism within interdependent subregional formations. This assertion is substantiated by detailed and specific evidence from the shifting and multi-layered alliance formation practices of intra- and inter-state relations, and non-state and state actors. Analysis of the relations and alliances through a dichotomous flow from domestic to regional and regional to global also sheds light on prospective future order. A possible future order may take shape around a new imagination of the MENA, with porous delimitations in the form of emerging subregions.
`In' analytical NoteThird World Quarterly Vol. 37, No.12; 2016: p.2259-2273
Journal SourceThird World Quarterly Vol: 37 No 12
Key WordsGeopolitics ;  Regional order ;  State Failure ;  Middle East and North Africa ;  Arab Spring ;  Subregions


 
 
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