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IR in the Middle East: Foreign Policy Analysis in Theoretical Approaches

Darwich, May; Kaarbo, Juliet

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Authors

May Darwich

Juliet Kaarbo



Abstract

Research on international relations of the Middle East (IRME) has suffered from a schism between International Relations (IR) theory and regional particularities. To address this, scholars have offered corrective accounts by adding domestic factors to IR structural approaches. Studies on IRME thus reflect the turn to decision-making and domestic politics that has recently occurred. This article develops a critical analysis of the domestic politics orientation in IRME. We argue that this scholarship ignores work in foreign policy analysis (FPA) with its psychological-oriented and agent-based dimensions and that this constitutes a missed opportunity for the study of the region. The article offers suggestions for incorporating FPA research into IRME and argues that an FPA perspective offers an alternative and complementary approach to the eclectic frameworks predominant in the scholarship on IRME.

Citation

Darwich, M., & Kaarbo, J. (2020). IR in the Middle East: Foreign Policy Analysis in Theoretical Approaches. International Relations, 34(2), 225-245. https://doi.org/10.1177/0047117819870238

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Jul 4, 2019
Online Publication Date Aug 20, 2019
Publication Date Jun 30, 2020
Deposit Date Jul 12, 2019
Publicly Available Date Mar 28, 2024
Journal International Relations
Print ISSN 0047-1178
Electronic ISSN 1741-2862
Publisher SAGE Publications
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 34
Issue 2
Pages 225-245
DOI https://doi.org/10.1177/0047117819870238

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Darwich, May & Kaarbo, Juliet (2020). IR in the Middle East: Foreign Policy Analysis in Theoretical Approaches. International Relations 34(2): 225-245. Copyright © 2019 The Author(s). DOI : 10.1177/0047117819870238




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