Voller, Yaniv (2012) After the Arab Spring: power shift in the Middle East?: turmoil and uncertainty: Israel and the New Middle East. IDEAS reports - special reports, Kitchen, Nicholas (ed.) SR011. LSE IDEAS, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK.
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Abstract
Many observers consider Israel the biggest loser of the recent political turmoil and dramatic changes in Arab states. With the overthrow of the Mubarak regime, Israel has now lost a leader who shared with it a desire for maintaining the ‘stable’ status quo, and who was willing to accept, if grudgingly, Israel’s blockade of the Gaza Strip. Now Israel is facing the rise of Islamist parties-led governments across the region, not only in Egypt and Tunisia, but also in non-revolutionary states, such as Morocco and Kuwait. Although cautious in their rhetoric toward the Arab-Israeli conflict, these new governments could hardly be described as adhering to the Israeli-inspired regional status quo. These geopolitical changes in the Middle East have therefore forced Israel to reassess its current strategic arrangements amid its two immediate security threats: the Iranian nuclear programme and the emerging cold war in the region over that issue; and the risk of deterioration on the Palestinian front.
| Item Type: | Monograph (Report) |
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| Official URL: | http://www2.lse.ac.uk/IDEAS/Home.aspx |
| Additional Information: | © 2012 The Author |
| Library of Congress subject classification: | D History General and Old World > DS Asia J Political Science > JQ Political institutions Asia J Political Science > JZ International relations |
| Sets: | Research centres and groups > LSE IDEAS |
| Rights: | http://www.lse.ac.uk/library/rights/LSERO.htm |
| Identification Number: | SR011 |
| URL: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/43468/ |
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