Abstract
The Middle East, since the end of World War II, has been a hotbed of
conflicts and wars as well as one of the most unstable regional security orders
in the world. The United States has traditionally sought to maintain regional
security and stability through the so-called policy of “three pillars” and a
corresponding balance of power system between regional rival states. In 2003
the George Bush administration attempted to directly control the region
through military invasion of Iraq but has ended up with counterproductive
consequences. This paper argues that the post-war security structure in the
Middle East developed under U.S. supervision and maintained until 2003 is
breaking down giving rise to a new security order with two important but rival
power centers – Iran-centered Shiite Crescent stretching from Tehran to
Beirut, and Saudi Arabia-led Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states
backed by Egypt and Jordan. The benefits from cooperation for development,
nitially underwritten by
European colonial powers after the disintegration of the Ottoman Empire at
peace and security and the historic lessons of destructive conflicts and wars
provide compelling incentives for leaders of the two rival power centers to resolve
intraregional conflicts and lay the foundation for a stable regional security
order in the Middle East.
Dr Mohammed Nuruzzaman. (2009) The Emerging New Security Order In The Middle East, IPRI Journal, Volume-09, Issue-1.
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