The International Spectator, Volume 56, Issue 4 (2021)

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The International Spectator, Volume 56, Issue 4 (2021)

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Special Issue: Between the Domestic and the International: Ideational Factors, Peacebuilding and Foreign Policy in the Middle East and the Persian Gulf. Guest Editors: Olivia Glombitza and Kristian Coates Ulrichsen

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Between the Domestic and the International: Ideational Factors, Peacebuilding and Foreign Policy in the Middle East and the Persian Gulf
Olivia Glombitza & Kristian Coates Ulrichsen
Pages: 1-14
Published online: 08 Dec 2021
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The Islamic Republic’s Foreign Policy through the Iranian Lens: Initiatives of Engagement with the GCC
Olivia Glombitza & Luciano Zaccara
Pages: 15-32
Published online: 15 Nov 2021
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Dignity, Wisdom and Expediency: How Ideational Factors Shape Iran’s Foreign Policy
Hassan Ahmadian
Pages: 33-48
Published online: 19 Nov 2021
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The New Saudi Leadership and Its Impact on Regional Policy
Fatiha Dazi-Héni
Pages: 49-65
Published online: 15 Nov 2021
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De-securitisation and Pragmatism in the Persian Gulf: The Future of Saudi-Iranian Relations
Simon Mabon, Samira Nasirzadeh & Eyad Alrefai
Pages: 66-83
Published online: 15 Nov 2021
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Between Human and State Security: Turkey’s Syria Policy under the Justice and Development Party (AKP)
Pinar Tank
Pages: 84-100
Published online: 08 Nov 2021
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Ideational Factors in Turkey’s Alignment with Qatar and Their Impact on Regional Security
Nesibe Hicret Battaloglu
Pages: 101-118
Published online: 08 Dec 2021
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Kuwait as a Mediator in Regional Affairs: The Gulf Crises of 2014 and 2017
Kristian Coates Ulrichsen
Pages: 119-133
Published online: 22 Oct 2021
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“Switzerland of Arabia”: Omani Foreign Policy and Mediation Efforts in the Middle East
James Worrall
Pages: 134-150
Published online: 08 Dec 2021
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The Gulf Cooperation Council and the Failure of Peacebuilding in Yemen
Gertjan Hoetjes
Pages: 151-166
Published online: 15 Nov 2021
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BOOK REVIEW

Book Review
Strategic Confusion: The Evolution of the EU’s Discourse on Israel/Palestine
EU diplomacy and the Israeli-Arab conflict, 1967-2019 / Anders Persson. - Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2020. - xiii, 218 p. - ISBN 978-1-4744-7472-6 ; 978-1-4744-7474-0 (ePub) ; 978-1-4744-7475-7 (pdf)
Muriel Asseburg
Pages: 167-169
Published online: 15 Oct 2021
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Afghanistan: The War That Could Not Be Won
Carter Malkasian. – Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2021. - ix, 561 p. – ISBN 978-0-19755077-9 ; 978-0-19755079-3 (ePub) ; 978-0-19755080-9 (pdf)
Andrea Gilli
Pages: 170-172
Published online: 08 Dec 2021
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