The way of peace in unstable Middle-east in the light of neo-realism

  • Iqbal Hossain
  • 24 Jun 2026, 07:00 AM
The way of peace in unstable Middle-east in the light of neo-realism Photo: Iqbal Hossain
ad

We are to be face to face of a cruel true if we see the politics that is covered with smell in Middle-east’s endless loss of blood and gun-powder in the mirror of neo-realism or in frame-work of realism. Knenth Waltage used to think that there is no place of emotion in international politics rather it is a game of solid frame-work or system.

In what reason Middle-east is not being peaceful of which answer is hidden in anarchy or disorder character. The meaning of this anarchy is not indiscipline, rather such situation where the countries have no guardian. As a result, every country is to enforce the entire strength to ensure its own security.

Kneth Waltage is called the father of neo-realism shows in his “Theory of international politics” that the States are really the hand’s doll of this frame-work. In fact they are not guilty or innocent lonely while Israel attacks Gaza or Lebanon and while Iran supplies fuel and weapon to the Proxy Groups to increase the sphere of influence. They are only involved in ancient fighting for living.

The context of Palestine is not only human upset rather it is the fighting for saving existence of a Stateless human society. They are always being crashed in this fighting. The self-controlling-right’s demand of the Palestine has made an immense unstable in equalizing of balance of power.

The neighboring countries see it as the threat while a country increases strength for self-protection. As a result, they also buy weapon or unite together racing. It is happening in today’s Middle-east. Israel’s military superiority is compelling Iran to walk in the way of earning the atom-ability or to use the power like Hizbullah as the shield.

There is no easy way of breaking of this suspicion wall, because it is not true, the balance of power is the last step. This balance of power was in position a little in the past days, but at present it has introduced the unequal polarization region into volcano. Particularly, the directly one side staying of the Donald Trump administration has pushed the balance of power intensity. The suspicion or war increases much more while on side becomes very much powerful, because the weak side then becomes death-defying and the powerful side becomes desperate.

In the meantime the countries like Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates have taken new skill of serving balance of power giving up usual conflict’s way to ensure their security. Saudi Arabia wants solution of Palestine-crisis considering their people’s opinion. On the hand they are going forward toward military-compromising Pakistan and Turkey in light of realism. The saving of existence is now the big to them than water-oil’s politics. For that reason Saudi Arabia, being powerful gradually in military force is trying to establish itself as the regional force.

The issue of Turkey is very important in his equalizing. Turkey is a rising power who is saving the balance of power between western and eastern to keep in force their security and influence in this regional disorder.

The staying of Turkey in Palestine-question is not only patience rather is a skillful effort of giving leading of Arab-world and of establishing as their moral power. Turkey would like to display itself as the chief guardian of the Muslim-world standing that zero-point while Saudi Arabia and Arab Emirates have run a little to Israel.

The relation of Turkey with Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia was intense inimical in the past. But it is calm in many respects in changed global frame. Turkey has understood that it is an act of intelligent to come down enmity with regional competitors for enduring in front of unstable rule of USA and the influence of Iran and Saudi Arabia. As a result, they are now walking in the way of commercial and military assistance with Emirates and Saudi. Turkey is not only mediator in crisis of Palestine and Syria rather they would like to be appeared as the independent powerful.

In the vast chess-plan of Middle-east Turkey is now making such move where they are ensuring their security keeping relation with Russia, USA and regional Arab countries. The staying of Turkey in Palestine-crisis and their military conquest in taming of the Kurdi-rebel-all are actually the part of that structural compulsion.

In doctrine of Waltage the way of peace is very strange and many one can think it as immoral. He gave a controversial reason in his famous article “Why Iran should get the Bombai”. In his view they will come in Middle-east while the final balance of power will be made. If the atomic power remains also in the Iran’s hand side by side Israel then two sides will know that war means sure destruction of both. Just this fear will restrain them. In fact it is a result of structural inconsistent that blood-shed we are now looking in Lebanon or Gaza.

So, the way of finishing the Middle-east- crisis is not a miraculous solution rather it is a strict and long-lasting destruction of power. This unstableness will be being moved till a stable equalizing is not being made of power among the regional forces as Iran, Israel, Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates. Only the way out from this ill atmosphere is to establish a perfect balance of power where no side will show daring to harm to another.

The writer is a columnist and retired deputy director of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy.


Comment