The world community and the Arab Spring / Cenap Çakmak, Ali Onur Özçelik, editors

Includes bibliographical references and index

Introduction: Maintaining Relevance Between the Study of International Society and the Arab Spring / Çakmak, Cenap (et al.) --- 2. The United Nations and the Arab Spring / Çakmak, Cenap --- 3. A Litmus Test for Europe: EU Mediterranean Politics After the Arab Spring / Özçelik, Ali Onur --- 4. The Arab Spring and Unconstitutional Changes of Government in Africa / Dalar, Müge --- 5. Cultural Heritage and the Arab Spring: A Review of (Inter)National Efforts to Safeguard Heritage Under Fire / Munawar, Nour A. --- 6. How the Gulf Cooperation Council Responded to the Arab Spring / Akkaya, Gülşah Neslihan --- 7. The United States and the Arab Spring: A Mixed Approach of Cautious Optimism and Indifference / Çakmak, Cenap --- 8. Russia and the Arab Spring: A Counter-revolutionary Power in the MENA Region / Dias, Vanda Amaro (et al.) --- 9. Six Years After the Arab Spring: China's Foreign Policy in the Middle East and North Africa / Chaziza, Mordechai --- 10. French Foreign Policy in Libya and Syria (2003-2017): Strategic Adaptability in Quickly Changing Environments / Theron, Julien --- 11. The Arab Spring and Response from India / Gaffar, Abdul --- 12. Turkey and the Arab Spring / Nakamura, Yoko --- 13. Iran's Unscrupulous Role in the Arab Spring: A March Back to Authoritarianism? / Zaman, Shams uz --- 14. An Israeli Perspective on the Popular Uprisings in the Arab Middle East / Hazran, Yusri --- 15. The Arab Spring and the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG): Analogies with the Arab State Crisis? / Strakes, Jason E. --- 16. Defending the Heartland: Saudi Arabia's Response to the Arab Spring / Bowden, James --- 17. Foreign Policy by Stealth: Kuwait and the Arab Spring / Bowden, James --- 18. The UAE and the Arab Spring: Rethinking Foreign Policy / Guéraiche, William --- 19. Conclusion : Çakmak, Cenap (et al.)

This edited volume offers an understanding of how the international community, as a collection of significant actors including major states and intergovernmental institutions, has responded to the important political and social development of the Arab Spring. Contributors analyze the response by international organizations (UN, EU, NATO), big powers (US, Russia, China, UK), regional powers (Turkey, Iran, Israel, Saudi Arabia) and small powers (Kuwait, Qatar). The book thus makes a sound contribution to the existing literature on the Arab Spring in form of foreign policy analysis and provides an overview of the current shape and outlook of global politics. -- Publisher description