Muzaffar Khan Zafar

HIERARCHY WITHOUT HEGEMONY: RETHINKING REGIONAL ORDER FORMATION IN THE POST-2011 MIDDLE EAST

Theories of regional order presume either a settled hegemon or a working balance of power. The post-2011 Middle East displays neither, and is usually characterized by what it lacks. This article proposes contested hierarchy: a configuration in which several actors claim the right...

HIERARCHY WITHOUT HEGEMONY: RETHINKING REGIONAL ORDER FORMATION IN THE POST-2011 MIDDLE EAST

Theories of regional order presume either a settled hegemon or a working balance of power. The post-2011 Middle East displays neither, and is usually characterized by what it lacks. This article proposes contested hierarchy: a configuration in which several actors claim the right...