Democratic peace across the Middle East: Islam and political modernization

Free to fight? Testing the democratic civil peace in the Middle East / Uriel Abulof -- 2. The end of military tutelage in Turkey and the re-making of Turkish foreign policy under the AKP / Oǧuzhan Göksel -- 3. Lebanon : the lack of a unified and independent foreign policy / Faten Ghosn-Halawi -- 4. The challenge of democratization in post-revolutionary Iran : beyond the democratic peace theory / Mojtaba Mahdavi -- 5. Building a federal state : defining democracy and the essence of the state in post-2003 Iraq / Gareth Stansfield -- 6. Democratization and Egyptian regional policy : Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose / Bassem Hassan -- 7. Democracy and democratic peace : the case of the Palestinian authority / Yakub Halabi -- 8. The consonance of the Islamist Shari'a-state with democratic peace in the context of the Arab Spring / Bassam Tibi -- Conclusion / Yakub Halabi

Front cover -- Author bio -- Endorsement -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- List of Contributors -- Introduction -- 1. Free to Fight? Testing the Democratic Civil Peace in the Middle East -- 2. The End of Military Tutelage in Turkey and the Re-Making of Turkish Foreign Policy under the AKP -- 3. Lebanon: The Lack of a Unified and Independent Foreign Policy -- 4. The Challenge of Democratization in Post-Revolutionary Iran: Beyond the Democratic Peace Theory -- 5. Building a Federal State: Defining Democracy and the Essence of the State in Post-2003 Iraq