Overlapping Regional Orders in the Middle East and North Africa : Norms and Social Practices of Foreign Behaviour / Jordi Quero.

1. International Order in the Middle East and North Africa Regional System -- 1.1. The plurality of conceptions of order in the discipline of International Relations -- 1.1.1. International order as the totality of the global reality -- 1.1.2. International order as a material sphere of global reality -- 1.1.3. International order as global structure -- 1.1.4. International order as ruled-based patterns -- 1.1.5. International order as ruled-based patterns with concrete objectives -- 1.1.6. International order as ruled-based patterns by means of regulatory agreements -- 1.1.7. International order as global “public order” -- 1.1.8. International order as international social peace -- 1.2. Definitions of key concepts for the study of international orders -- 1.3. Perceptions and subjective elements in international orders: Nuances from constructivism -- 1.4. Regionalizing the debates on global systems and their orders -- 1.5. Interactions between the global order and regional orders -- 1.6. Regional order in the MENA sub-system: Contributions about its institutions and their evolution -- 1.6.1. The ontological challenge: Discussions on what the MENA region is -- 1.6.2. The disciplinary challenge: Between International Relations and Area Studies -- 1.6.3. International Relations of the Middle East and North Africa: State-of-the-art -- 2. The Intra-Arab Order and Its Primary Institutions -- 2.1. Primary institutions in the intra-Arab order: Norms and practices -- 2.1.1. Sovereignty -- 2.1.2. Intra-regional solidarity and Arabism -- 2.1.3. Diplomacy -- 2.1.4. Regional power management -- 2.1.5. Penetration of extra-regional powers -- 3. “Balancing Politics” as Primary Institution of the Intra-Arab Order -- 3.1. Theoretical considerations on “balance of power” -- 3.2. “Balancing politics” in the intra-Arab order -- 3.2.1. First adaptation: Balancing against perceived threats -- 3.2.2. Second adaptation: Threats against the regimes versus against the state -- 3.2.3. Third adaptation: Orchestrated overreactions -- 3.2.4. “Balancing politics” since 1989 -- 3.2.4.1. “Balancing politics” in Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait (1989–1990) -- 3.2.4.2. “Balancing politics” in Lebanon Syria relations (2000–2005) -- 4. “Proxy Wars” and “Controlled Crisis” as Primary Institutions of the Intra-Arab Order -- 4.1. “Proxy wars” in the intra-Arab order -- 4.1.1. Theoretical and terminological discussions around “proxy wars” -- 4.1.2. “Proxy wars” as a normative institution in the intra-Arab order -- 4.1.3. Case study: The North Yemen Civil War (1962—1968) -- 4.2. “Controlled crisis” in the intra-Arab order -- 4.2.1. “Deflection mechanisms” and “scapegoating” -- 4.2.2. “Tacit communication” and “limited probes” -- 4.2.3. “Audience costs” -- 4.2.4. Autocracies’ “coup-proofing strategies” and “democratic peace” assumptions -- 4.2.5. Case study: The Egypt-Libya crisis (1977) -- 5. The Arab-Israeli Order and Its Primary Institutions -- 5.1. Primary institutions in the Arab-Israeli order: Norms and practices -- 5.1.1. Amity/enmity patterns -- 5.1.2. Sovereignty -- 5.1.3. Diplomacy -- 5.1.3.1. “Back-channel diplomacy” -- 5.1.3.2. “Hyper-bilateralism” -- 5.1.3.3. “Periphery diplomacy” and “minority diplomacy” -- 5.1.3.4. “Second-track diplomacy” -- 5.1.4. Limited arrangements for managing armed conflicts -- 5.1.5. The politics of Israel’s nuclear deterrence -- 5.1.6. “Proxy wars” -- 5.1.7. “Controlled crisis” -- 5.1.8. United States of America’s penetration -- 6. The Arab-Iranian Order and Its Primary Institutions -- 6.1. Primary institutions in the Arab-Iranian order: Norms and practices -- 6.1.1. Sovereignty -- 6.1.2. Amity/enmity patterns -- 6.1.3. Diplomacy -- 6.1.4. Revolutionary solidarity -- 6.1.5. “Proxy wars” -- 6.1.6. United States of America’s penetration -- 7. The Global Order and Normative Syncretism in the MENA Sub-System -- 7.1. Manifestations of the global order in the regional system: Between incorporation and normative localization -- 7.1.1. Direct incorporation of global norms -- 7.1.2. Diffusion and localization of global norms -- 7.2. Normative syncretism: Varieties and expressions in the MENA sub-system -- 7.2.1. Autonomization -- 7.2.2. Seclusion -- 7.2.3. Identification -- 7.2.4. Metamorphosis -- 7.2.5. Amalgamation -- 7.2.6. Symbiosis -- 8. The Regional Order since 2011: The “Arab Uprisings” as a Turning Point? -- 8.1. Continuities in the regional order amid domestic revolutionary processes -- 8.2. Changes of orders, changes in orders or changes within orders: The “Arab Uprisings” as catalyzer of ongoing transformations -- 8.2.1. Current volatile penetration roles of the United States, China and Russia -- 8.2.2. Increasing autonomy by regional powers in their foreign behavior -- 8.2.3. Who is the enemy? Changes in Iran’s regional perception and Israel’s normalization processes

Focused on a set of overlapping international orders of regional scope present in the Middle East and North Africa, this book argues that rules and primary institutions have sanctioned the foreign behavior of the sub-system's international actors since 1945.The author avoids recent IR trends focused on narrow case studies, instead providing a comprehensive overview of the MENA's regional politics. The normative content and evolution of multiple international orders are examined, constituting the intra-Arab order, the Arab-Israeli order and the Arab-Iranian order, as well as the expression of the global order in regional interactions. Drawing on Area Studies and English School and constructivist IR theories, the author argues that a plurality of overlapping regional orders have coexisted since 1945, not just one as is commonly suggested in the literature. Each of these orders is integrated by different participants and has developed its own differentiated norms and institutions setting parameters on legitimate behavior. This analytical proposal helps make sense of foreign relations otherwise labeled as incoherent.The book has wide appeal, accessible both to students wishing to learn about the politics, history and sociology of the Middle East, as well as to specialists seeking original research on the functioning of the MENA's regional orders.

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