Civil Military Relations In The Islamic World

Author : Paul E. Lenze, Jr.
Publisher : Lexington Books
ISBN 13 : 1498518745
Total Pages : 223 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Civil–Military Relations in the Islamic World written by Paul E. Lenze, Jr. and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2016-09-30 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the Arab Spring, militaries have received renewed attention regarding their intervention into politics of Middle Eastern and South Asian states. This book examines the factors which influence military intervention and withdrawal from politics—namely, United States and Soviet/Russian economic and military aid—and how this affects democratic transitions and consolidation. The militaries of Algeria, Egypt, Pakistan, and Turkey, have used nationalism to justify their interventions into politics while ensuring that withdrawal would only occur if national identity were protected. This book examines important states in the Islamic World which have experienced similar historical trajectories, briefly experimented with democracy, and had the military become a dominant institution in the state. All four countries differ in their levels of ethnic conflict, importance placed on the country by the international community, and internal security concerns. The common result of international influence on political development, however, is that the military will take a keener interest in politics and be more reluctant to disengage.

Author : Are John Knudsen
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319551671
Total Pages : 155 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Civil-Military Relations in Lebanon written by Are John Knudsen and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-08-31 with total page 155 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume examines Lebanon’s post-2011 security dilemmas and the tenuous civil-military relations. The Syrian civil war has strained the Lebanese Armed Forces’ (LAF) cohesion and threatens its neutrality – its most valued assets in a divided society. The spill-over from the Syrian civil war and Hezbollah’s military engagement has magnified the security challenges facing the Army, making it a target. Massive foreign grants have sought to strengthen its military capability, stabilize the country and contain the Syria crisis. However, as this volume demonstrates, the real weakness of the LAF is not its lack of sophisticated armoury, but the fragile civil–military relations that compromise its fighting power, cripple its neutrality and expose it to accusations of partisanship and political bias. This testifies to both the importance of and the challenges facing multi-confessional armies in deeply divided countries.

Author : W. Taylor
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137410051
Total Pages : 422 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Military Responses to the Arab Uprisings and the Future of Civil-Military Relations in the Middle East written by W. Taylor and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-08-07 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explains Arab military responses to the social uprisings which began in 2011. Through a comparative case study analysis of Egyptian, Tunisian, Libyan, and Syrian militaries, it explains why militaries fractured, supported the regime in power, or removed their presidents.

Author : David S. Sorenson
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1538169207
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Civil-Military Relations in the Modern Middle East written by David S. Sorenson and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2023-01-31 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Civil-Military Relations in the Modern Middle East explores the political and economic interactions between civilians and the armed forces in the post-World War II Middle East, emphasizing four themes: military and society, the role of the military in political transitions, the military’s part in national economies, and the relations between soldiers and civilians in wartime. Covering the greater Middle East—including the Arab States, Israel, Turkey, and Iran—the book establishes how militaries in many Middle Eastern countries influence the national political and economic systems and how, in turn, politics influences the national militaries.

Author : Gülçin Balamir Coşkun
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1443877719
Total Pages : 165 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Guardians or Oppressors written by Gülçin Balamir Coşkun and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2015-05-13 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book investigates an important phenomenon in the Middle East and the Mediterranean region, namely the role that the military plays in the governments of several states of the region. Can military forces be defined as guardians of a regime in a democratic state? How is it possible to limit the power of armies to solely military prerogatives and competences? How can the intervention of military forces in the political arena in democratising countries be prevented? It is easy to ask these questions, but finding answers is more difficult. Using historical events and theories as examples to follow is an even more complicated task. What happened after the Arab Spring has demonstrated again how civil-military relations constitute an important pillar of the democratisation process. The contributors to this book develop and analyse the reasons why militaries in the Middle East and the Mediterranean wished to obtain a guardianship role and the methods they used to achieve and maintain it. The book also investigates how these militaries reacted to democratisation in their respective countries, and begins with a conceptual framework followed by examples from Spain, Egypt, Turkey, Lebanon and Iran. This work provides a multi-faceted understanding of the historical, political, social and economic layers of complicated civil-military relations in one of the world’s most unstable regions.

Author : Dhirendra K. Vajpeyi
Publisher : Lexington Books
ISBN 13 : 0739182811
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Civil–Military Relationships in Developing Countries written by Dhirendra K. Vajpeyi and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2013-12-16 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines two sides of civil–military relations in developing countries. One is the place of civil-military relations within a state’s political and economic systems; the other is the role of the military on a state’s maintenance of peace and stability. The book thus proposes that the function of soldiers is not only to defend and deter, but also to develop. The chapters provide a comprehensive analysis of civil-military relationship with comparative cases on Botswana, China, El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala, India, Indonesia, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Pakistan, and The Arab Spring Countries of the Middle East including Bahrain, Sudan, Iraq, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Tunisia, Yemen and Libya. Each chapter analyzes the historical, cultural and political factors that shape the direction of the man on the white horse (military elite) and the politician. In doing so, this book reveals the potential impact of the nature of civil military relations on democratization, political and economic development, and on regional/international security. Dhirendra Vajpeyi and Glen Segell discuss and critique the current models and literature on civil-military relations. The innovative framework and careful choice of case studies, presented in a jargon-free, accessible style, makes this book attractive to scholars and students of civil military relations and development studies, as well as policymakers.

Author : Yehuda Ben-Meir
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780231096843
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Civil-military Relations in Israel written by Yehuda Ben-Meir and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Civil-Military Relations in Israel, Yehuda Ben Meir examines the reasons preventing Israel from becoming a "garrison state". A former deputy minister for foreign affairs and longtime member and analyst of the Israeli political scene, Ben Meir is uniquely qualified to give a behind-the-scenes picture of the intimate relationship between Israel's civilian and military leaders. Civil-Military Relations in Israel examines the changing face of the military over the years from an idealistic defense force to a professional army. Ben Meir also views the great divisiveness in Israeli politics as a threat to the unified strength of purpose that in the past characterized the nation's civil authority, and he examines present and future threats to continued civilian control of the military. The book also delves into the legal and constitutional foundations of Israel's civil-military relations, providing a valuable perspective on the organization and role of the current defense establishment, as well as the informal relationship between the key players in the system. In addition, Ben Meir pinpoints the areas in which the military is involved in key political decision making. Despite continuing efforts to resolve the pattern of violence and conflict in the Middle East, the long-standing hostility between Arab and Jew in the region is unlikely to disappear in the near future. And as long as such animosity lingers, Israel's military will remain a strong force in Israeli politics.

Author : Roman Kolkowicz
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000263681
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Soldiers, Peasants, and Bureaucrats written by Roman Kolkowicz and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-01-27 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, first published in 1981, is a comprehensive examination of the main theoretical, methodological and empirical approaches to the study of the military in modernising political systems, in socialist and non-socialist countries. It analyses civil-military relations in the Middle East, Eastern Europe and China, and in doing so sheds new light on the comparative politics and strategic affairs of the Cold War period.

Author : Ranjit Kaur
Publisher : Deep and Deep Publications
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Islamic Co-operation and Unity written by Ranjit Kaur and published by Deep and Deep Publications. This book was released on 1993 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Book Is A Penetrating Analysis Of Unity Among Muslim Countries In General And Pakistan, Libya And The Sudan (Three Muslim Countries) In Particular. It Covers The Role Of Islam And Organisation Of Islamic Conference (Oic) In Their Bi-Lateral Relations. The Present Study Includes How The Ties Of These Countries With The U.S.A. And The U.S.S.R. Effected Their Bi-Lateral Relations.

Author : Mackubin Thomas Owens
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 144118306X
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book US Civil-Military Relations After 9/11 written by Mackubin Thomas Owens and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2011-01-27 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A thorough survey of the key issues that surround the relations between the military and its civilian control in the US today.