Middle Eastern Monarchies: Ingroup Identity and Foreign Policy Making by Anna Sunik

Author:Anna Sunik [Sunik, Anna]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Tags: International Relations, Middle Eastern, Political Science, World, General
ISBN: 9781000164541
Google: PSfxDwAAQBAJ
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2020-08-03T11:12:40+00:00

State consolidation and state competition in Arabia and the Levant (1926–1953): the limits of ingroup identification

The first period of interstate relations began in earnest after the final expulsion of the Hashemite from Arabia, followed by the formation and entrenchment of two Hashemite dynasties in (Trans)Jordan and Iraq and the consolidation of the Saudi Kingdom. As long as rivaling claims to the same land and title (king of Hijaz) formed the center of a vaguely defined territory – much more a realm than a demarcated state – no ingroup identification could arise. Since both could not take the title at the same time, the dynasties were incompatible and an existential threat to each other, precluding any recognition of equal status, which would mark a first step toward ingroup identification. Once state borders and institutions hardened and the states recognized each other, the preconditions for ingroup identification were met and developed slowly. State building and the solidification of borders also dampened the effect of divisive ideology driven by irredentism.

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