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The Post-American Middle East

How the World Changed Where the War on Terror Failed

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Editors:
  1. Laurent A. Lambert

    1. School of Economics, Public Policy and Administration, Doha Institute for Graduate Studies, Doha, Qatar

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  2. Moosa Elayah

    1. School of Economics, Public Policy and Administration, Doha Institute for Graduate Studies, Doha, Qatar

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  • Focuses on the legacy of twenty years of war on terror in the Middle East

  • Explains key social, economic, and geopolitical transformations caused by the war on terror

  • Brings unique perspectives from the region to understand the emergence of a Post-American Middle East

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  2. Introduction

    • Laurent A. Lambert, Moosa Elayah
    Pages 1-19Open Access

  3. War, Expanding Chaos & Failed State-Building Across the Middle East

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 21-21
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    2. Afghanistan Since 2001: US Geostrategic Ambitions, a Failed State, and the Return of the Taliban

      • Guillaume Beaud, René-Eric Dagorn
      Pages 23-59

    3. Iraq 2003–2007, Geopolitics of an Imperial Democratization

      • René-Eric Dagorn
      Pages 61-94

    4. The Quasi-Legal Foundations of Rebel Oil Governance: The Case of the Houthis in Yemen

      • Ariel I. Ahram
      Pages 95-117

    5. Wars Against Terror in Oil Lands, Russian Interventions, and Chinese Energy Policies: The Case of Northern Iraq and Syria

      • Amal Abdullah, Islam Aburok, Samiea Elmardy, Mahmood Alhosain, Massaab Al-Aloosy, Laurent A. Lambert
      Pages 119-142

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 267-277
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About this book

After two decades of War on Terror, it is particularly important, for both academic and policy purposes, to clearly understand why the US formidable mobilization of means and might has transformed into a such a blatant geostrategic defeat of the US and its allies in the broad Middle East. This is all the more paradoxical that the WOT achieved a series of tactical victories – such as the toppling of hostile regimes in Afghanistan, Iraq and Libya; the crippling of the national economies of enemy states by sanctions; the successful targeted killing of lead terrorist Usama Bin Laden, ISIS cult leaders Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi and his successor, etc. So, why have these tactical victories not led to what was supposed to become, according to the US government, a ‘Greater Middle East’? With most authors being from or living in the Middle East, this book is unique as it brings perspectives and answers from the region. This is crucially important as we are entering, we argue, the era of a Post-American Middle East.

Chapters 1 and 10 are available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com


Reviews

"This is a unique book analyzing with depth and breadth why and how the so-called ‘War on Terror’ had for more than two decades a dramatic impact on the broad Middle East region, contributing to the effective rise of China and Russia in this part of the world. Beyond the policy failures that it underlines, this edited volume is in the end, and more importantly, about governance. It emphasizes for the benefit of policymakers and academia, specific gaps and failures in the Middle East region, but with global consequences."

- Dr. Cristina D’Alessandro, Centre on Governance at the University of Ottawa, Canada.

"This book makes an important contribution to research on U.S. policy in the Middle East, going beyond the energy security issue by drawing attention to topics such as the question of state formation and migration. The body of work illustrates the inadequate US assessment of the challenges in the region and proves that transforming societies through the use of military means cannot be a viable project in the twenty-first century."

- Dr. Farkhad AliMukhamedov, Sciences Po, France.

"Along these pages the reader will find unique contributions to understand the configuration of armed conflicts, the great crises of representation, and the dynamic relationship between local governments and international powers in the Middle East. This book presents in a clear and comprehensive manner, reflections and analysis that are key to the concern of researchers and students, but also for policymakers. A new indispensable addition for every library featuring Middle Eastern studies."

- Dr. Ignacio Rullansky, National University of San Martin, Argentina

"Lambert and Elayah have put together a fascinating and provocative volume that contributes significantly to debates surrounding the immediate and long-term consequences of the United States’ actions and policies in the Middle East after 9/11. Unlike many other scholarly interventions on this topic, the essays they have contributed to and collected focus on the region itself rather than the interests of global powers who seek to dominate it. Thus, while the underlying strategic interests of global powers are deeply engaged throughout, the volume ultimately provides readers with a poignant view of great power politics from the region."

- Dr. Ammar Shamaileh, Assistant Professor of Politics & International Relations, Doha Institute for Graduate Studies, Qatar.



Editors and Affiliations

  • School of Economics, Public Policy and Administration, Doha Institute for Graduate Studies, Doha, Qatar

    Laurent A. Lambert, Moosa Elayah

About the editors

Prof. Laurent A. Lambert teaches energy policy and geopolitics, as well as climate change diplomacy and hydropolitics at the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies and previously taught at Sciences Po Paris and Qatar University.



Prof. Moosa Elayah specializes in Conflict Studies, Peacebuilding, and International Development. He has pioneered teaching and research in governance, community-based initiatives, alternative and cooperative services delivery during conflicts in Yemen and beyond.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Post-American Middle East

  • Book Subtitle: How the World Changed Where the War on Terror Failed

  • Editors: Laurent A. Lambert, Moosa Elayah

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-29912-4

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-29911-7Published: 18 June 2023

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-29914-8Due: 02 July 2024

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-29912-4Published: 17 June 2023

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVI, 11

  • Number of Illustrations: 9 b/w illustrations, 19 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: International Relations Theory, Middle Eastern Politics

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