International Institutions Of The Middle East: The Gcc, Arab League, And Arab Maghreb Union (Global Institutions)

This volume is a key text for understanding the major regional International Organizations of the Middle East. Analysing the Arab League, the Gulf Cooperation Council, and the Arab-Maghreb Union, in a concise and accessible format it explores their successes and failures across the full range of their activities (economic, social, and political), while contextualising the reasons why many consider that these organizations have stalled. The book: assesses the reasons why IOs in the Middle East are so under-developed relative to neighbouring regional organizations explores their history, evolution and structure, while considering the successes and failures of each IO analyses the reasons for the specific difficulties faced by each organization through the context of intra-regional relations develops a new framework for analysing the forces which have shaped these bodies and challenges the existing narrative which largely ignores the achievements and prospects of the organizations considers the likely impact of the Arab Spring upon the future development of these frequently overlooked regional International Organizations. Fully examining the structure, history, and challenges facing all three organizations; and engaging with the questions of why the region has been such a hostile place for IOs, this book will be of great interest to students and scholars of Middle East studies, international organizations and global governance, as well as diplomats and policymakers.

• | Author: James Worrall
• | Publisher: Routledge
• | Publication Date: Apr 03, 2017
• | Number of Pages: 192 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback/Political Science
• | ISBN-10: 0415814278
• | ISBN-13: 9780415814270