Unfulfilled Aspirations: Middle Power Politics in the Middle East 0197521886, 9780197521885

The concepts and theories of what constitutes a 'Middle Power' have played a key part in explaining the identi

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Table of contents :
Cover Page
Title_Pages
Acknowledgments
About_the_Contributors
IntroductionMiddle_Powers_in_the_Middle_East
Middling_or_MeddlingOrigins_and_Constraints_of_External_Influence_in_the_Middle_East
Middle_Power_Theory_at_the_Regional_LevelAn_Analytical_Framework_for_the_Middle_East
Middle_Eastern_Middle_PowersThe_Roles_of_Norms_in_Mediation_and_Conflict_Prevention
A_Giant_Afraid_of_its_ShadowAlgeria_the_Reluctant_Middle_Power
Egypts_Middle_Power_Aspirations_Under_elSisi
IranAspirations_and_Constraints
The_Kingdom_and_the_GlorySaudi_Arabia_as_a_Middle_Power_in_the_Contemporary_Middle_East
SmallState_Aspirations_to_MiddlepowerhoodThe_Cases_of_Qatar_and_the_UAE
The_UAEA_Small_State_with_Regional_Middle_Power_Aspirations
Notes
Index
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