ABSTRACT

This volume examines mechanisms for regional peacemaking and conflict management in Europe and the Middle East.

To date little research has been devoted to uncovering the conditions for peace, and the factors that contribute to stabilizing the state of peace. This volume assesses the factors that contribute to regional pacification, the incentives that motivate states in establishing peaceful relations, and most importantly, how regions become peaceful. It discusses the conditions under which various types of ‘peace’ might emerge on a regional level and the factors most likely to determine the outcome. The book takes an innovative approach through a systematic comparison of two regions that are particularly prominent and important for the subject of regional pacification: Europe and the Middle East.

While many believe that the European case is the indispensable model for peacemaking, others believe that these two regions are too different for Europe to be a useful framework for the Middle East. This volume occupies a middle ground between these two extreme positions. It argues that while a mindless copying of European models will not lead to peace in the Middle East, important insights can be gained from the most successful case of regional peacemaking to date.

This work will be of much interest to students of regional security, peacemaking, conflict management, Middle East politics, European security and IR in general.

chapter |4 pages

Introduction

part II|97 pages

Europe – from hot war to warm peace

chapter 2|21 pages

With a Little Help from Our Institutions

French–German security relations after 1945

chapter 3|19 pages

Why “Warm Peace” in Europe is not So Warm

The impact of immigration-related securitization process on the European security community

chapter 5|18 pages

In Search of Identity

‘Normative Power Europe' through the lens of the Middle East conflict 1

chapter 6|19 pages

Realist Institutionalism and Regional Peace

The case of the European Coal and Steel Community

part III|78 pages

Middle East – from hot war to cold peace – and back to hot (civil) war

chapter 8|22 pages

Hobbes, Locke, and Kant

Systemic cultures in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict and prospects for peace

chapter 9|20 pages

The Alawi Regime during the Syria Civil War 2013–2014

From collapse to fragile stability

part IV|91 pages

Comparative perspectives

chapter 12|25 pages

The Prerequisites Matter

North America's transition to regional peace

chapter 14|16 pages

The Sunshine Policy

Between cold war and normal peace

chapter 15|9 pages

Conclusions