Routledge Handbook on Middle East Security

<p><em>Routledge Handbook on Middle East Security</em> provides the first comprehensive look at Middle East security issues that includes both traditional and emerging security threats. </p><p>Taking a broad perspective on security the volume offers both analysis grounded in the ‘hard’ military and state security discourse but also delves into the ‘soft’ aspects of security employing a human security perspective. As such the volume addresses imminent challenges to security such as the ones relating directly to the war in Syria but also the long-term challenges. The traditional security problems which are deep-seated are at risk of being exacerbated also by a lack of focus on emerging vulnerabilities in the region. While taking as a point of departure the prevalent security discourse the volume also goes beyond the traditional focus on military or state security and consider non-traditional security challenges. </p><p></p><p>This book provides a state-of-the-art review of research on the key challenges for security in the Middle East; it will be a key resource for students and scholars interested in Security Studies International Relations Political Science and Middle Eastern Studies.</p>