Order and Region Making in the Middle East

Marc Lynch is Professor of Political Science at The George Washington University, where he directs its Middle East Studies Program as well as the Project on Middle East Political Science and the Program on African Social Research. His recent books include The Political Science of the Middle East (Oxford University Press), Making Sense of the Arab State (University of Michigan Press), and The New Arab Wars (Public Affairs). Simon Mabon is Professor in International Politics at Lancaster University where he directs SEPAD. He is the other of a number of books and articles on the Middle East including The Struggle for Supremacy in the Middle East (Cambridge University Press, 2023) and Houses built on sand (Manchester University Press).

• AcknowledgementsNotes on Contributors Introduction: Regional Order in the Middle East and North AfricaMarc Lynch and Simon Mabon1. Lost in Change: A Framework for Understanding Change in the Middle East Regional OrderRaffaella A. Del Sarto, Helle Malmvig and Eduard Soler i Lecha2. American Illusions of Regional Order and the Emergence of Turbulence in the MENA Regional SystemWaleed Hazbun3. Which Region? Border Drawing and Ordering in the Middle East and North AfricaSilvia Colombo and Eduard Soler i Lecha4. Variable-Geometry Regionalisation: Overlapping Cartographies of Regime Survival across the Mediterranean MENA and the Red SeaItxaso Domínguez de Olazábal and Victoria Silva Sánchez5. Alliances and Regional Order in the Middle EastCurtis Ryan6. Discursive Perceptions and Projections of Regional Order: The Islamic Republic of Iran and Its Place in the RegionOlivia Glombitza7. Nomos and Normative Alternatives: Spatial Manifestations of the Resistance Axis’ Vision of Regional OrderEdward Wastnidge and Simon Mabon8. Capabilities and Confidence: Gulf Arab Autonomy amid America’s Altered AuthorityTyler Parker9. The Environmental Factor in the Middle East and North Africa: How Climate Change and Environmental Degradation Reshape Regional OrderTobias ZumbraegelConclusion: Ordering and Disordering the Middle EastSimon Mabon and Marc LynchIndex

This volume is a powerful theoretical intervention in the study of MEIR. It is unique in the breadth of perspectives it gathers, and the diversity of its methodological contributions.