Regional Powers in the Middle East ─ New Constellations After the Arab Revolts

With theoretically-rich contributions from an international group of political scientists, historians, and economists, this volume addresses the puzzle of why the Middle East has produced no single dominant and acknowledged regional power, despite contenders such as Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Israel, and Turkey. Rich, theoretically-engaged case study chapters address a gap in the vibrant international academic discussion on the role of (new) regional powers in global politics. Furtig offers powerful insights into both the unique nature of the Middle East region, with its dispersed power structures and competing centers, and probable new power constellations.

Henner Furtig is the Director of the Institute of Middle East Studies at the German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA), Germany. He also holds the Chair of Middle East Studies at the University of Hamburg, Germany. Previously, he worked at the Center for Modern Oriental Studies in Berlin and for several years in Iran and Egypt. He has published extensively on the contemporary history of the Middle East.