Businessmen in Arms
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Businessmen in Arms

How the Military and Other Armed Groups Profit in the MENA Region

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eBook - ePub

Businessmen in Arms

How the Military and Other Armed Groups Profit in the MENA Region

About this book

The Arab Uprisings have brought renewed attention to the role of the military in the MENA region, where they are either the backbone of regime power or a crucial part of patronage networks in political systems. This collection of essays from international experts examines the economic interests of armed actors ranging from military businesses in Egypt, Turkey, Iran, Pakistan, Jordan, Sudan, and Yemen to retired military officers' economic endeavors and the web of funding of non-state armed groups in Syria and Libya. Due to the combined power of business and arms, the military often manages to incorporate or quell competing groups and thus, to revert achievements of revolutionary movements.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover-Page
  2. Halftitle
  3. Introduction: Political Economy of the Military and Nonstate Armed Groups in the Middle East and North Africa
  4. 1 Egypt’s Adaptable Officers: Business, Nationalism, and Discontent
  5. 2 Businessmen in Boots: Pakistan’s Entrepreneurial Military
  6. 3 The Conglomerate of the Turkish Military (OYAK) and the Dynamics of Turkish Capitalism
  7. 4 All the Sepah’s Men: Iran’s Revolutionary Guards in Theory and Practice
  8. 5 Jordan’s Military-Industrial Sector: Maintaining Institutional Prestige in the Era of Neoliberalism
  9. 6 Civil-Military Relations in Sudan: Negotiating Political Transition in a Turbulent Economy
  10. 7 Patronage Politics in Transition: Political and Economic Interests of the Yemeni Armed Forces
  11. 8 Libya’s Tentative State Rebuilding: Militias’ “Moral Economy,” Violence, and Financing (In)Security
  12. 9 Syria’s Army, Militias, and Nonstate Armed Groups: Ideology, Funding, and Shifting Landscape
  13. Conclusion and Outlook
  14. Appendix A: Glossary of Arabic Words
  15. Appendix B: Maps
  16. Appendix C: Tables
  17. References
  18. Index
  19. List of Contributors

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