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.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|38 pages
Theoretical framework
part II|97 pages
Europe – from hot war to warm peace
chapter 2|21 pages
With a Little Help from Our Institutions
chapter 3|19 pages
Why “Warm Peace” in Europe is not So Warm
chapter 5|18 pages
In Search of Identity
chapter 6|19 pages
Realist Institutionalism and Regional Peace
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
chapter 9|20 pages
The Alawi Regime during the Syria Civil War 2013–2014
chapter 10|19 pages
The (De)construction of “Economic Peace”: “Economic Peace” Strategies in the Israeli–Palestinian Conflict
part IV|91 pages
Comparative perspectives