Sources of Conflict in the Middle East: Borders or Stratified Identities?

Kürşad TURAN

doi:https://doi.org/10.17134/khosbd.405246

Makale detayları

Sources of Conflict in the Middle East: Borders or Stratified Identities?

Yazarlar:

Kürşad TURAN

Yayıncı:

Millî Savunma Üniversitesi

Ana Başlıklar:

Sosyoloji & antropoloji

Dergi:

The Journal of Defense Sciences 2017 Vol.16 Issue 1, pp.85-113

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

3/2018

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2000569323

Sıklık:

İki Yıllık

eISSN:

2148-1776

pISSN:

1303-6831

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17134/khosbd.405246

Özet:

 


Abstract

 

Since the end of Ottoman control, Middle
East has experienced a large number of conflicts. The arrangements made at the
end of World War I are often blamed for these conflicts. Arbitrarily drawn
borders and the creation of influence zones between Great Britain and France
without paying attention to religious and ethnic divisions present in the
region are seen at the source of today’s conflicts. Arangements such as the
Bunsen Committee report, Sykes-Picot agreement, and Hussein-McMahon
correspondence shaped the region after the war, but none of these were
successfully implemented due to changing circumstances, and their contradicting
nature. This study argues that even though these constituted the first step in
the creation of the modern Middle East, the real cause of today’s conflicts lie
in the creation of a stratified politicized identity system that emerged
through stages over the past century. These stages were marked by the conflicts
between Arab nationalism and nation state identities; the politicization of
sectarianism; and finally the emergence of ethnicity in politics.

 Keywords: Middle East, conflict, Sykes-Picot agreement, Arab nationalism,
sectarianism, ethnicity.

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Abstract

 






Since the end of Ottoman control, Middle
East has experienced a large number of conflicts. The arrangements made at the
end of World War I are often blamed for these conflicts. Arbitrarily drawn
borders and the creation of influence zones between Great Britain and France
without paying attention to religious and ethnic divisions present in the
region are seen at the source of today’s conflicts. Arangements such as the
Bunsen Committee report, Sykes-Picot agreement, and Hussein-McMahon
correspondence shaped the region after the war, but none of these were
successfully implemented due to changing circumstances, and their contradicting
nature. This study argues that even though these constituted the first step in
the creation of the modern Middle East, the real cause of today’s conflicts lie
in the creation of a stratified politicized identity system that emerged
through stages over the past century. These stages were marked by the conflicts
between Arab nationalism and nation state identities; the politicization of
sectarianism; and finally the emergence of ethnicity in politics.

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Makale detayları

Sources of Conflict in the Middle East: Borders or Stratified Identities?

Yazarlar: Kürşad TURAN

Yayıncı: Millî Savunma Üniversitesi

Ana Başlıklar: Sosyoloji & antropoloji

Dergi: The Journal of Defense Sciences 2017 Vol.16 Issue 1, pp.85-113

Belge Tipi: Makale

Yayın Tarihi: 3/2018

Belge Dili: İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.): 2000569323

Sıklık: İki Yıllık

eISSN: 2148-1776

pISSN: 1303-6831

DOI: https://doi.org/10.17134/khosbd.405246

Sayı

Yazarlar:

Kürşad TURAN

Yayıncı:

Millî Savunma Üniversitesi

Ana Başlıklar:

Sosyoloji & antropoloji

Dergi:

The Journal of Defense Sciences 2017 Vol.16 Issue 1, pp.85-113

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

3/2018

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2000569323

Sıklık:

İki Yıllık

eISSN:

2148-1776

pISSN:

1303-6831

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17134/khosbd.405246