Undesired Revolution

Ahmed M. Abozaid, Ph.D. (2022), University of St Andrews, is Lecturer of International Security at the University of Southampton and has published many books in Arabic and English, including Counterterrorism Strategies in Egypt (Routledge, 2022).

• List of IllustrationsIntroduction Arab Uprising in Ten: Studying Change from Inside/Outside1 The Post Arab Uprising(s) Chaos: What Went Wrong?2 The Arab Uprising and the Prolonged Crisis of the Arab States3 Book Structure1 Theories of International Relations and Change in the Arab World Nine Fallacies1 Structural Change in International Politics since the End of the Cold War2 Critical School and Change3 Critical International Relations Theories and the Arab Uprising(s)4 Political Identity5 The Failure of Neoliberal Policies6 Political Will7 Arab Uprising and ir Theories: an Encounter7.1 Cognitive Fallacy7.2 Eurocentric Fallacy7.3 Modernity/Enlightenment Fallacy7.4 Monologic Fallacy7.5 Pedagogical Fallacy8 The [Mis]representation and [Mis]location of the Arab World in the Field of ir9 Knowledge Production of ir in the Arabic Speaking World10 The Ahistorical Perspective of ir in the Arab World11 The Fallacies of Applying ir Theories to the Study of the Arab World2 No Revolution Why as-Ṣa’īdiyya Did Not Really Revolt?1 Saʿid: Identity and Politics2 Doing Ethnography in Upper Egypt3 Reflexivity/Limitations4 Peasants and Rural Societies: an Overview5 al-Saʿidiyya, al-fellaheen, and the 2011 Uprising6 Findings7 Abu-Qurqas Case Study8 Conclusion3 Incomplete Revolution The Determinations of Post-revolution Egyptian Foreign Policy1 Introduction2 Theories of International Relations and Revolution3 Revolution and Foreign Policy4 The Determinations of Egyptian Foreign Policy after the Arab Spring4.1 The Nature of the Revolution4.2 Regional and International Changes4.3 Global Public Opinion Orientations5 Domestic Policy and Post-revolution Foreign Policy5.1 National Choices5.2 National Performance5.3 Domestic Policy5.4 Regime Type5.5 Civil-Military Relations5.6 Public Participation5.7 National Strategy4 Counter-Revolution: Egypt–Gulf Relations after the Arab Uprising From Predominance to Bandwagon1 Introduction2 Revolution and War and Peace2.1 The Nature of Revolutionary Organizations and Ideologies2.2 Domestic Repercussions of Internal Changes2.3 The Type of Revolutionary Regimes and Leadership3 Revolution from the Perspective of ‘Balance of Values’ Theory3.1 Security Concerns3.2 Threat Perception3.3 Misperception and Miscalculations3.4 Foreign Aid3.5 Stability Concerns4 Regional Balance of Power in the Middle East after the Arab Uprisings5 Between Morsi and Sisi: Regime Change and Egypt-gcc Relations5.1 Locally5.2 Regionally6 Egypt–gcc Relations Issues7 Bilateral Relations8 The gcc and the Arab Uprising in Egypt9 Egypt and Saudi Arabia10 Economic Aid11 Political Support12 Regional Stability13 Conclusion5 Undesired Revolution: Power Transition in the Arab World The Fall of Egypt, and the Rise of Gulf States1 Structural Realism and International Relations of the gcc Countries2 The Characteristics of the Arabian Gulf Regional System3 The Small States in the Arabian Gulf: an Outline4 How to Study Small States: a Historical Sociology Perspective5 Historical Sociology and the Rise of Small Arab Gulf States6 A Three-Level Model7 Welcome to “The Khaleeji Age”8 The Pillars of the gcc Rise9 The Aspects of the gcc Rise10 The Objectives of the gcc Rise11 Challenges and Obstacles to the gcc Rise12 Great Expectations?Conclusion Much Ado about Nothing: [Eurocentric] Theories of International Relations and the Study of Arab Uprisings1 Towards New Imagination: On Decolonising the Study of the Arab WorldBibliographyIndex