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The changing Israeli strategic equation: Toward a security regime

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 October 2009

Efraim Inbar  and
Shmuel Sandler
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Israel is situated in the Middle East, which is not a zone of peace but rather of turmoil. In contrast to the West where peace has become the norm, the Middle East exists in a different socio-political time zone. It is war-prone and the use of force still evokes remarkable popular support. The Middle East, similar to other Third World regions, displays a greater propensity for intra- and inter-state conflict as compared to the environments of the developed states. Therefore, the Middle East is not about to be transformed into what Karl Deutsch called a ‘security community’, where recourse to arms is not acceptable for the resolution of inter-state conflict.

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Review of International Studies , Volume 21 , Issue 1 , January 1995 , pp. 41 - 59
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Copyright © British International Studies Association 1995

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