{"product_id":"9780755658763","title":"Why Regional Orders Do Not Transform A Century of Conflict in the Middle East and North Africa","description":"\u003ch1\u003eWhy Regional Orders Do Not Transform\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eA Century of Conflict in the Middle East and North Africa\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eImad Mansour | William R. Thompson\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003ePolitical Science \/ World \/ Middle Eastern\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eMENA regional order has changed over the last century. However, there has been little structural transformation so existing rules and systems have not been altered. This book examines why despite so much change in the MENA - in the form of wars, economic decline and revival as well as massive societal uprisings - the regional order has not really moved beyond a conflict zone classification. Covering one hundred years from  1922 (the date of the partition of the Ottoman Empire) to 2022, the authors forward an analytical framework and suggest three phases in the regional order and what factors might move the MENA into another categorical order. The analysis offers important theoretical contributions on how dynamism and stasis in regional orders interact and the book offers a new understanding of the concepts of 'rivalry field' and 'conflict axis'.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eImad Mansour\u003c\/b\u003eis Assistant Professor for the Critical Security Studies Program at the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies, Qatar. He is also Non-Resident Research Associate with the Global Institute for Strategic Research, Qatar.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWilliam R. Thompson \u003c\/b\u003eis Distinguished Professor and Donald A. Rogers Professor of Political Science Emeritus at Indiana University, US. He is Former Editor-in-chief of the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Politics, and Affiliated Professor at the University of Washington, US.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e20 August 2026\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9780755658763\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e256\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e16.0\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51669848916108,"sku":"9780755658763","price":103.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_23397773-3bc6-48a0-bb94-50ea70c6c999.jpg?v=1785204373","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9780755658763","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}