Non-Traditional Security in the Middle East and North Africa

Joshua Snider is Associate Professor of Security Studies at the UAE National Defence College in Abu Dhabi.

• Introduction: Rethinking Security in the Middle East Chapter 1: Understanding Non-Traditional Security: Expanding the Boundaries of Threat and Governance Chapter 2: Security Transitions in the MENA: State Fragility, Reform, and the Politics of Transformation Chapter 3: Economic Security: Developmental Dependence and Structural Vulnerability Chapter 4: Food Security: Scarcity, Sovereignty, and the Political Economy of Provision Chapter 5: Environmental Security: Climate Stress, Resource Depletion, and Human Resilience Chapter 6: Health Security: Pandemics, Public Health, and State Capacity Chapter 7: Gender and Security: Inequality, Agency, and the Limits of Reform Chapter 8: Societal Security: Identity, Cohesion, and the Securitisation of Difference Chapter 9: Migration and Human Mobility: Displacement, Labour, and Border Governance Chapter 10: National Security and Non-Traditional Challenges: Institutionalising Policy and Reform Chapter 11: Non-State Actors and Security Governance: Between Parallel Authority and Partnership Conclusion: Reframing Security in the Middle East: A Non-Traditional Security Perspective