Seyed Amir Niakooee; Saeed Pirmohammadi
Abstract
The Arab Awakening which encompassed the broad region of the Middle East and North Africa led to a huge change in the internal politics and especially the pattern of statehood in the region. In the state level, the mentioned developments were accompanied with the symptoms of evolution in the structure ...
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The Arab Awakening which encompassed the broad region of the Middle East and North Africa led to a huge change in the internal politics and especially the pattern of statehood in the region. In the state level, the mentioned developments were accompanied with the symptoms of evolution in the structure of states in the region. In the present paper, the authors are going to explore the transition of Iraq and Syria from statehood to quasi statehood since the eruption of uprisings and civil wars in the region. the recognised Quasi states examined here have been recognised as a political entity. however they lack legitimacy and monopoly in exercizing power in the given territory. It is noteworthy that the context of this evolution in Iraq started since the overthrow of Sadam in 2003 and exacerbated since the Arab spring. The main question of the manuscript is as follows: how can the transition of Iraq and Syria from statehood to quasi statehood since the eruption of the uprising in the region be explained? Accordingly, the following hypothesis has been examined: The weakness of nation state and legitimacy, identity and participation crises coupled with the destructive roles of foreign actors have led to the mentioned transition in Iraq and Syria. The methodology of the manuscript is descriptive explanatory approach and the method of gathering data is based on library studies.
Majid Rouhi Dehboneh
Abstract
Middle East, especially the Arab world since 2011 has been a great deal of transformation. The changes that the "Arab Spring" or "Islamic Awakening" is mentioned rather than to build new state to build the foundations of a regional order, lead by the arrival of variables and factors such as entry Takfiri- ...
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Middle East, especially the Arab world since 2011 has been a great deal of transformation. The changes that the "Arab Spring" or "Islamic Awakening" is mentioned rather than to build new state to build the foundations of a regional order, lead by the arrival of variables and factors such as entry Takfiri- Terrorist groups, dynamics ethnic Kurds, Turkey's quest game in the Middle East, Saudi efforts to change the balance of power, the Obama doctrine and global and regional challenges faced by the recent wave of crisis and instability that is unprecedented in its kind Course of events shows that the Middle East after the Islamic Awakening of the confusion among the various levels (local, regional and international) suffers. That much of this confusion is the question of the state and national state crisis. Accordingly, this article seeks to theoretical explanation of why this confusion and instability in the Middle East after the changes in 2011. In this context using the approach of "regional security complex" and application analysis levels (local, regional and international) attention has systematically tried this approach turmoil, governments, regional dynamics, patterns of friendship and enmity, conflicts and power structure in the region explain and analyze
