Grand Strategies of Middle East States

How do Middle Eastern countries adjust their foreign policy strategies in response to external pressures, regional rivalries, and domestic politics? At a time when the region is undergoing profound transformation, Grand Strategies for the Middle East offers a new framework for understanding why Middle Eastern countries respond differently to similar challenges.This book, which covers events ranging from the Arab uprisings and the Abraham Accords to the wars and crises that followed the October 7 attacks, offers a comparative view of how grand strategy has changed over time.This demonstrates that while international pressures influence their strategic choices, Middle Eastern countries exercise their autonomy in formulating their grand strategies rather than simply interacting with external powers or changes in the international system, demonstrating the importance of strategic cultures, leaders' perceptions, and concerns about internal stability.Domestic political factors—including state-society relations, civil-military relations, institutions, and elite opinion—influence how leaders interpret regional and global developments as threats, opportunities, or both.Grand Strategies for Middle Eastern Countries, which includes case studies of Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Iran, and Turkey, offers a new vision that challenges approaches that focus primarily on great powers or reduce Middle Eastern politics to mere ideology or sectarianism. By integrating international relations theory with local experience, this book provides a systematic presentation of the behavior of states in one of the most important regions of the world in terms ofThe strategy is the fastest changing.