Includes bibliographical references and index.

Global contemporary security trends and the Middle East -- Perspectives on Middle East security : an introduction / Anders Jägerskog, Michael Schulz, and Ashok Swain -- Shifts in the global political and economic landscape and consequences for the Middle East and North Africa / Alexander Atarodi -- Conflicts in the Middle East and North Africa : an attempt at reframing / Joost R. Hiltermann -- U.S. Middle East policy / Stephen Zunes -- External intervention in the Gulf / Matteo Legrenzi and Fred H. Lawson -- The security implications of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict / Michael Schulz -- The future of Iraq's security / Ibrahim al-Marashi -- Security and Syria : from "the security state" to the source of multiple insecurities / Philippe Droz-Vincent -- Humanitarian aid to a Middle East in crisis / Roger Hearn -- Peacebuilding in the Middle East / Karin Aggestam and Lisa Strömbom -- Energy, resource issues, and climate change as security issues in the Middle East -- The water-energy-food nexus in the MENA region : securities of the future / Allan Keulertz -- The multidimensional aspect of water security in the Middle East and North Africa / Neda A. Zawahri -- Food security in the Middle East / Hussein Amery -- Climate-related security risks in the Middle East / Dan Smith and Florian Krampe -- The Nile and the Middle East : interlinkages between two regional security complexes and its hydropolitical dynamics / Ana Elisa Cascão, Rawia Tawfik and Mark Zeitoun -- Water and security in the Middle East : opportunities and challenges for water diplomacy / Martina Klimes and Elizabeth Yaari -- Migration, political economy, democratization, identity and gender issues and security in the Middle East -- Large-scale population migration and insecurity in the Middle East / Ashok Swain & Jonathan Hall -- Security and political economy in the Middle East / Raymond Hinnebusch -- The governance deficit in the Middle East region / Michelle Pace -- The halting process of democratization in the Arab world : current challenges and future prospects / Hamdy A. Hassan and Hassanein T. Ali -- Democracy and security in the post-Arab Spring Middle East / Rex Brynen -- Sunni-shiʹi relations and the Iran-Saudi security dynamic / Simon Mabon and Nic Coombs -- Muslim women and (in)security : a Palestinian paradox / Maria Holt.

Routledge Handbook on Middle East Security provides the first comprehensive look at Middle East security issues that includes both traditional and emerging security threats. Taking a broad perspective on security, the volume offers both analysis grounded in the 'hard' military and state security discourse but also delve into the 'soft' aspects of security employing a human security perspective. As such the volume addresses imminent challenges to security, such as the ones relating directly to the war in Syria, but also the long-term challenges. The traditional security problems, which are deep-seated, are at the risk of being exacerbated also by a lack of focus on emerging vulnerabilities in the region. While taking as a point of departure the prevalent security discourse the volume also goes beyond the traditional focus on military or state security and consider non-traditional security challenges. This book provides a state-of-the-art review of research on the key challenges for security in the Middle East, it will be a key resource for students and scholars interested in Security Studies, International Relations, Political Science and Middle Eastern studies.