Conflict in the modern Middle East : an encyclopedia of civil war, revolutions, and regime change / Jonathan K. Zartman, editor
- Published
- Santa Barbara, California : ABC-CLIO, An Imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, [2020]
- Copyright Date
- ©2020
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xxiii, 409 pages).
- Additional Creators
- Zartman, Jonathan K. and Gale (Firm)
Access Online
- ezaccess.libraries.psu.edu , Available via Gale eBooks. Click here to access
- Series
- Contents
- Abbas, Mahmoud -- Abdullah II, King of Jordan -- Academics for Peace in Turkey -- Against compulsory Hijab -- Ahmadinejad, Mahmoud -- Ahrar al-Sham Brigades -- AKP-PKK peace talks (2005-2015) -- Al-Abadi, Haider -- Al-Ahmar, Ali Muhsin -- Al-Assad, Bashar -- Alawites (Nusayris) -- Al-Awlaki, Anwar -- Alevis -- Algeria, The People's Democratic Republic of -- Algerian Protests (2011) -- Al-Islah (Reform Party) -- Al Jazeera -- Al-Maliki, Nouri -- Al Manar Television -- Al-Qaeda Central -- Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) -- Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) -- Al-Sadr, Muqtada -- Al-Sharif, Manal -- Ammar, Rachid -- Ansar al-Sharia in Libya -- Ansar Beit al Maqdis -- April 6 Youth -- Arab nationalism -- Arab Spring Movements (2011) -- Armed Islamic Group (GIA) -- Armenians -- Army of Islamic Salvation (AIS) -- Ashrawi, Hanan -- Authoritarianism -- Ba'athism -- Badawi, Raif -- Bahrain, Kingdom of -- Barzani, Masoud -- Basij -- Battle of Sirte in 2011 -- Battle of Sirte in 2016 -- Belhaj, Abdul Hakim -- Belmokhtar, Mokhtar -- Ben Ali, Zine al-Abidine -- Benghazi Attack -- Benkirane, Abdelilah -- Berbers (Imazighen) -- Black October Riots (1988) -- Black September -- Bouazizi, Tarek el-Tayeb Mohamed -- Bouteflika, Abdelaziz -- Cedar Revolution (2005) -- Civil wars -- Clientelism (Patrimonialism) -- Constitutional Drafting Assembly -- Coptic Orthodox Church -- Corruption -- Coup of 2016 -- Dahiya Doctrine -- Demirtaş, Selahattin -- Democracy deficit -- Demographics (Youth Bulge) -- Development -- Druze -- Economic Protests (2017-2018) -- Egypt, Arab Republic of -- El-Sisi, Abdel Fattah Saeed Hussein Khalil -- Ennahda Movement -- Erdogan, Recep Tayyip -- Ergenekon Scandal -- Fatah Party -- Fayyad, Salam -- February 17th Revolution -- February 20 Movement -- Fikri, Mouhcine -- Foreign fighters -- Framing model -- Free Syrian Army -- General National Congress -- General People's Congress -- Gezi Park Protests (2013) -- Ghannouchi, Rachid -- Ghonim, Wael -- Ghouta Chemical Weapons Attack of 2013 -- Ghouta Chemical Weapons Attack of 2018 -- Greed model -- Green Movement (2009) -- Grievance model -- Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) -- Hadi, Abdu Rabbu Mansour -- Haftar, Khalifa Belqasim -- Hamas -- Hamas-Fatah Conflict -- Hariri, Saad -- Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) -- Hezbollah -- Hizmet (G©ulen) Movement -- Houla Massacre (2012) -- Houthis (Ansar Allah) -- Ibadi Doctrine -- Intifadas (I, II, and Knife) -- Iran, Islamic Republic of -- Iranian Azerbaijanis -- Iraq, Republic of -- Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) -- Islamic Salvation Front (FIS) -- Islamic State (Daesh) -- Islamism -- Israel -- Israeli Invasion of Lebanon (2006) -- Jasmine Revolution -- Jihad -- Jordan, Hashemite Kingdom of -- Jordanian Protests (2011) -- Jumblatt, Walid -- Justice and Development Party (Morocco) -- Justice and Development Party (Turkey) -- Khamenei, Ayatollah Sayyid Ali -- Khatami, Mohammad -- Khomeini, Ayatollah Sayyid Ruhollah M©usavi -- Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) -- Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) -- Kurds -- Kuwait, State of -- Labor migration : receiving countries -- Labor migration : sending countries -- Lebanese Republic -- Libya, State of -- Libya Dawn Coalition -- Libyan Civil War -- Local coordination committees -- Maronites -- Middle East Road Map (2003) -- Military coups -- Minorities -- Modernization -- Mohammed VI, King of Morocco -- Morocco, Kingdom of -- Morsi, Mohamed -- Mubarak, Muhammad Hosni Sayyid -- Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK) -- Muslim Brotherhood -- Muslim Brotherhood in Jordan -- Nakhla, Rami -- Nasrallah, Hassan Abdel Karim -- National Action Charter -- National Liberation Front (FLN) -- National Transition Council -- Nezzar, Khaled -- Ocalan, Abdullah -- Oman, Sultanate of -- Oman Protests (2011) -- Operation Cast Lead -- Operation Decisive Storm -- Palestine -- Palestine Liberation Organization -- Palestinian Islamic Jihad -- Party of Authenticity and Modernity -- Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) -- Pearl Roundabout Protests -- Political decision-making in Iran -- Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) -- Qaboos bin Said bin Taimur Al Said -- Qaddafi, Muammar -- Qatar -- Quds Force -- Rabi'a al-Adawiya Massacre -- Rafsanjani, Ali Akbar Hashemi -- Rajab, Nabeel -- Rally for Culture and Democracy (RCD) -- Refugees -- Regime change cascades -- Rentier state politics -- Rouhani, Hassan Feridun -- Sahwa (Sunni Tribal Awakening) -- Salafism -- Salah, Ahmed Gaid -- Saleh, Ali Abdullah -- Salman, Mohammad bin -- Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of -- Saudi Arabian Protests (2011) -- Saudi Sahwa (Islamic Awakening) -- Sectarianism -- Shabiha Militias -- Shi'a -- Social media -- Syrian Arab Republic -- Syrian Civil War -- Tahrir Square Protests (2011) -- Takfiri Doctrine -- Takrizards -- Tamarod Movement (2013) -- Tunisia, Republic of -- Tunisian General Labor Union -- Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet -- Turkey, Republic of -- United Arab Emirates (UAE) -- Washington consensus -- Wasta -- Women's Leadership in Protests -- Yazidi -- Yemen, Republic of -- Yemen Civil War (2015) -- Yemeni Socialist Party (YSP) -- Yemen Uprising (2011) -- Zaydi Doctrine.
- Summary
- This book details key conflict-related developments since the Arab Spring and the nature of various conflicts that have erupted in the Middle East and North Africa. It discusses important concepts related to Islam, ideology, and ethnicity and the economic, social, and cultural forces propelling conflict in the region. Provides biographical and organizational profiles, and covers each country, minority groups that have suffered violence, and the role of women in the region.
- Subject(s)
- Civil war—Middle East—History—21st century—Encyclopedias
- Civil war—Africa, North—History—21st century—Encyclopedias
- Middle East—History—21st century—Encyclopedias
- Middle East—Politics and government—21st century—Encyclopedias
- Africa, North—History—21st century—Encyclopedias
- Africa, North—Politics and government—21st century—Encyclopedias
- ISBN
- 9781440865039 (electronic book)
9781440865022 (cloth) - Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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