Pax Asiatica Versus Bella Levantina: The Foundations of War and Peace in East Asia and the Middle East

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Etel Solingen
Keyword(s):  
Middle East ◽  
East Asia ◽  
War And Peace

Pax Asiatica versus Bella Levantina: The Foundations of War and Peace in East Asia and the Middle East

2007 ◽  
Vol 101 (4) ◽  
pp. 757-780 ◽  
Author(s):  
ETEL SOLINGEN
Keyword(s):  
World War Ii ◽  
Middle East ◽  
East Asia ◽  
Global Economy ◽  
Unintended Effects ◽  
Political Survival ◽  
War And Peace ◽  
Regional Conflict ◽  
Self Sufficiency ◽  
Militarized Conflicts

Although turmoil characterized both the Middle East and East Asia in the two decades following World War II, the two regions looked dramatically different at the dawn of the twenty-first century. Since 1965 the incidence of interstate wars and militarized conflicts has been nearly five times higher in the Middle East, as was their severity, including the use of ballistic missiles and chemical weapons. By contrast, declining militarized conflict and rising intraregional cooperation has replaced earlier patterns in East Asia. There are no systematic efforts explaining this contrast betweenBella Levantinaand an evolvingPax Asiatica. This article traces these diverging paths to competing domestic models of political survival. East Asian leaders pivoted their political control on economic performance and integration in the global economy, whereas Middle East leaders relied on inward-looking self-sufficiency, state and military entrepreneurship, and a related brand of nationalism. I examine permissive and catalytic conditions explaining the models' emergence; their respective intended and unintended effects on states, military, and authoritarian institutions; and their implications for regional conflict. The final section distills conceptual and methodological conclusions.

US and Russian policies and strategies in the Middle East: Iraq and Syria as a model

2019 ◽  
pp. 220
Author(s):  
Esraa Aladdin Noori ◽  
Nasser Zain AlAbidine Ahmed
Keyword(s):  
Middle East ◽  
East Asia ◽  
Balance Of Power ◽  
Western World ◽  
International Conflicts ◽  
The South ◽  
The West ◽  
The North ◽  
East Region ◽  
Middle East Region

The Russian-American relations have undergone many stages of conflict and competition over cooperation that have left their mark on the international balance of power in the Middle East. The Iraqi and Syrian crises are a detailed development in the Middle East region. The Middle East region has allowed some regional and international conflicts to intensify, with the expansion of the geopolitical circle, which, if applied strategically to the Middle East region, covers the area between Afghanistan and East Asia, From the north to the Maghreb to the west and to the Sudan and the Greater Sahara to the south, its strategic importance will seem clear. It is the main lifeline of the Western world.

XII Middle East, Asia, Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands

2000 ◽  
Vol 84 (1) ◽  
pp. 206-227
Author(s):  
Paul Bailey ◽  
James Grayson ◽  
Michael Sturma ◽  
Peter Lineham
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Middle East ◽  
East Asia ◽  
Pacific Islands ◽  
The Pacific

World War I: A War (and Peace?) for the Middle East

2014 ◽  
Vol 38 (4) ◽  
pp. 776-785
Author(s):  
M. F. Jacobs
Keyword(s):  
Middle East ◽  
World War I ◽  
War And Peace ◽  
World War

scholarly journals Cultural Sociology of the Middle East, Asia, & Africa: An Encyclopedia

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea Stanton ◽  
Edward Ramsamy ◽  
Peter Seybolt ◽  
Carolyn Elliott
Keyword(s):  
Middle East ◽  
East Asia ◽  
Cultural Sociology
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