02434cam a22003978i 4500 23110457 20251124105712.0 230502s2023 nyu b 001 0 eng 2023019724 9781009077064 (paperback) 23110457 DLC eng DLC rda DLC AU pcc f------ aw----- ff----- Alfaisal Main Library JC330.3 .O96 2023 Özdamar, Özgür, author. Leaders in the Middle East and North Africa : how ideology shapes foreign policy / Özgür Özdamar, Bilkent University, Ankara, Sercan Canbolat, University of Connecticut. 2311 New York : Cambridge University Press, ©2023 196 pages text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. Political ideology and foreign policy decision-making in the Middle East and North Africa: An operational code approach -- Political Islam and Sunni ideology: Muslim brotherhood leadership -- Political Islam and Shia ideology: Iranian and Iraqi leadership -- Secularist leaders in the Levant: Syrian, Israeli and Lebanese leadership -- Armed non-state actors' foreign policy: PKK, PYD, Hezbollah, and ISIS leaders in the Middle East and North Africa -- Leaders, foreign policy decision-making, and international relations -- Policy implications and future research. "Analysing the psychology of fourteen modern leaders from eight countries and three non-state organisations, Özgür Özdamar and Sercan Canbolat reconsider politics and power in the MENA region. Observing commonalities and differences between these leaders, the authors offer novel insights into their foreign policy and how best to negotiate with them"-- Political leadership Philosophy Middle East. Political leadership Philosophy Africa, North. Middle East Foreign relations 1979- Africa, North Foreign relations. Print books. local 4 Canbolat, Sercan, author. Online version: Özdamar, Özgür. Leaders in the Middle East and North Africa New York : Cambridge University Press, 2023 9781009076500 (DLC) 2023019725 lcc BOOKS 608022 608022 0 0 lcc 0 0 AU AU GEN 2025-11-24 0 JC330.3 .O96 2023 AU00000000021032 2025-11-24 10:58:07 412.00 2025-11-24 BOOKS