Stabilising the Contemporary Middle East and North Africa

Victor Gervais is Senior Research Fellow at the Emirates Diplomatic Academy (EDA) in Abu Dhabi, UAE, where he leads the MENA Peace and Security programme.Saskia van Genugten is Strategy and Policy Advisor at the Dutch Ministry of Defence, the Netherlands, and author of Libya in Western Foreign Policies 1911-2011.

• 1. Introduction.- 2. The Evolution of the Regional Security Complex in the MENA Region.- 3. Global Tipping Point? Stabilisation in Afghanistan Since 2001.- 4. A Diplomatic Perspective on Stabilisation.- 5. Non-State Armed Actors and Transitions from Conflict to Peace: Lessons from Peace Processes and Implications for Stabilisation.- 6. GCC Approaches to Stabilisation: Compatible or Competing?.- 7. Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Turkey: The Political Drivers of ‘Stabilisation’.- 8. Beyond Daesh. The UAE’s Approach and Contribution to International Stabilisation and Reconstruction Efforts in Iraq.- 9. Economic Stabilisation of the MENA Region: ‘Old’ vs ‘New’ Actors.- 10. Urban Warfare: Stabilisation of Cities.- 11. Redrawing the Lines in the Sand? Quests for Decentralisation, Regional Autonomy and Independence among Syrian Kurds and South Yemeni separatists.- 12. Egypt and Turkey: Identity as a Source of Instability.- 13. Distributing Justice: Transitional Justice and Stabilisation in North Africa.- 14. The Soldier and the Curator: The Challenges of Defending Cultural Property in Conflict Areas