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Middle East Studies at the Marine Corps University: MES Insights, Volume 13 Issue 2, April 2022
This edition of the MES Insights published by the Middle East Studies (MES) program of the Marine Corps University contains the following article: "Society-Centric Warfare: Lessons from Afghanistan and Ukraine" by Amin Tarzin. From the document: "This article briefly compares the unexpected resilience of the Ukrainian people and government facing a much larger force committing a vicious military campaign with the failure of the much larger and better-equipped Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) to stop the Taliban from taking over the Afghan capital of Kabul in a few days. What is missing from the dialogue is the often-forgotten dimension of strategic calculations--namely the societal dimension. In this article, the author argues that this is one of the primary reasons that Ukraine stands tall in its resistance and Afghanistan collapsed."
Marine Corps University (U.S.). Middle East Studies
2022-04
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Democracy, Autocracy, and US Policy in the Arab World: The Return of Realism?
"Whether measured in terms of high diplomacy or official funding levels, it is clear
that US support for promoting democratic change in the Arab world has fallen on hard
times. Indeed, the struggle against 'violent extremism' and the enduring threat posed
by 'Daesh' (ISIL) and its regional affiliates is now the central concern of US highest
foreign policy makers from the president on down. I doubt that this focus on security
will change regardless of who occupies the Oval Office starting in late January 2017.
In reaching this judgment, I do not subscribe to the thesis that the current and recent
US Middle East policies can be traced to Barack Obama's supposed ideological
proclivities, world-view or family history. The thesis is surely seductive, particularly
given Obama's clear resolve to tightly control that policy. [...] This paper summarizes three related versions of these constraints, highlights their impact on the Obama's approach to political change in the Arab world, and concludes with some thoughts as to how the next president and their administration will contend with the enduring challenges of political change."
Marine Corps University (U.S.). Middle East Studies; Marine Corps University (U.S.)
Brumberg, Daniel
2016-06
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Strategic Culture of the Islamic Republic of Iran: Religion, Expediency, and Soft Power in an Era of Disruptive Change
"This expanded and revised edition of 'The Strategic Culture of the Islamic Republic of Iran,' first published
by Marine Corps University in 2011, sharpens, fleshes out, and updates analyses and arguments presented
in the original edition.
In the wake of the nuclear deal between the P5[plus]1/EU and Iran (known formally as the Joint Comprehensive
Plan of Action), and in light of the Islamic Republic's growing role in the Middle East, the need for such a
publication is greater than ever before. It is my hope that this monograph will fill the need for a primer on
the strategic culture of the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) that will provide insights into the factors shaping
its regional conduct."
Marine Corps University (U.S.). Middle East Studies; Marine Corps University (U.S.)
Eisenstadt, Michael
2015-11
