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Regional Politics in a Highly Fragmented Region: Israel's Middle East Policies

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The region of the Middle East is highly conflict-loaded. The absence of one distinct regional power may be considered both cause and consequence of this structural feature. At the same time, there are significant power gaps between states in the Middle East, with Israel among the most powerful actors and accordingly defined as a potential regional power. Due to the specific empirical setting of the Middle East region, an analytical design emphasizing relational and procedural dynamics is required. In attempting to develop such a design, this paper utilizes three well-established schools of thought of international relations: (neo)realism, institutionalism, and constructivism. These three schools of thought are further used for developing hypotheses on both Israeli regional policy and its effects on the Middle East. After illustrating these hypotheses in relation to four periods in the contemporary history of Israel, theoretical lessons to be learned for the analysis of regional powers in other world areas are presented.

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  • Beck, Martin, 2008. "Regional Politics in a Highly Fragmented Region: Israel's Middle East Policies," GIGA Working Papers 89, GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies.
    • Handle: RePEc:zbw:gigawp:89
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