Interregnum: The Regional Order in the Middle East and North Africa after 2011

MENARA Final Reports No. 1, February 2019

58 Pages Posted: 6 May 2019

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Raffaella A. Del Sarto

Johns Hopkins University - Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) - SAIS Europe; European University Institute - Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies (RSCAS)

Helle Malmvig

affiliation not provided to SSRN

Eduard Soler i Lecha

affiliation not provided to SSRN

Date Written: Feburary 2019

Abstract

This report contends that the Middle East regional order since 2011 has changed in several ways. This is evidenced by the decline in US power, the rise of sectarianism, the growing influence of non-state actors, the return of Arab state permeability, intensified rivalry between Iran and Saudi Arabia, the emergence of regional players such as Turkey, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates, and the fluidity of alliances. However, these and other changes constitute a change within order, rather than of order.

Keywords: Middle East, North Africa, regional order

Suggested Citation

Del Sarto, Raffaella A. and Malmvig, Helle and Lecha, Eduard Soler i, Interregnum: The Regional Order in the Middle East and North Africa after 2011 (Feburary 2019). MENARA Final Reports No. 1, February 2019, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3367815 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3367815

Raffaella A. Del Sarto (Contact Author)

Johns Hopkins University - Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) - SAIS Europe ( email )

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European University Institute - Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies (RSCAS) ( email )

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Helle Malmvig

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Eduard Soler i Lecha

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