| ID | 142175 |
| Title Proper | History of Insecurity |
| Other Title Information | from the Arab uprisings to ISIS |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Hazbun, Waleed |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | In recent decades, scholars of the Middle East have come to understand that the long-dominant neorealist approaches, with their focus on the relative material power of states, fail to explain the dynamics of security politics in the region. As Gregory Gause explains, Arab states “have overwhelmingly identified ideological and political threats…to the domestic stability of their ruling regimes as more salient than threats based upon aggregate power, geographic proximity and offensive capabilities.” While Gause refers to threats “emanating from abroad,” others have highlighted that the primary function of security policy in Arab states is to secure the interests and power of the ruling regimes from ideological and political threats that emanate from within the territory of the state. |
| `In' analytical Note | Middle East Policy Vol. 22, No.2; Fall 2015: p.55–65 |
| Journal Source | Middle East Policy Vol: 22 No 3 |
| Key Words | Insecurity ; Arab Uprisings ; ISIS ; History |