Socio-Political Order and Security in the Arab World From Regime Sec
This book examines the connection between socio-politics and security in the Arab World. In an effort to understand the social and political developments that have been on-going in the Arab World since the 1990s, culminating in the Arab Spring, Krieg move
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Andreas Krieg
Socio-Political Order and Security in the Arab World
Andreas Krieg
Socio-Political Order and Security in the Arab World From Regime Security to Public Security
Andreas Krieg War & Defence Studies King’s College London London, United Kingdom
ISBN 978-3-319-52242-5 ISBN 978-3-319-52243-2 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-52243-2 Library of Congress Control Number: 2016963567 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Cover image © Oleg Zabielin / Alamy Stock Photo Printed on acid-free paper This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Springer International Publishing AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
Acknowledgements
The idea for this book was inspired by my travels through a war-torn region in the aftermath of the Arab Spring. Whether chatting to youth activists in Marrakesh in 2011, standing on the hills of the Golan Heights observing regime and rebel forces exchanging fire in 2013, interviewing Hezbollah affiliates in southern Lebanon in early 2014, driving along the ISIS frontline in Mahmour, Iraq, on the back of a Peshmerga pick-up truck in late 2014 or walking across a highly barricaded Tahrir Square in 2015, it had dawned on me that the developments that were incited by the self-immolation of a Tunisian vendor in 2010 had changed the Arab World more fundamentally than arguably any event since the collapse of the Ottoman Empire. A lot had been written upon the Arab Revolutions in the meantime; few, however, looked at the Arab Spring more deeply and conceptually. My secondment to the Qatari Joint Command and Staff College since 2013 has provided me with the unique opportunity to embrace myself in the Arab psyche and mentality not just through the daily interact
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