Hi, need to submit a 1250 words paper on the topic The Sources of Conflict in the Middle East.

Hi, need to submit a 1250 words paper on the topic The Sources of Conflict in the Middle East. 142). Other theories such as international relations, religious conflict and civil war theories have been used to explain the sources of conflict in the Middle East. Theories of international relations conceptualize what drives state-to-state relations and state behaviour. There are essentially two main theories of international relations: liberalists and neo-realists theories. Liberalists theorize that the spread of liberal politics will eventually lead to world peace while neo-realists theorize that the forces driving the international system encourages all states to “look to their own self-interests and to prepare for war” (Linklater 2000, p. 833). Looked at from the liberalist theory of international relations the sources of conflict in the Middle East derive from the fact that the region is comprised of non-liberal or non-democratic regimes. Liberalists argue that “political systems externalize norms of behviour that characterize their domestic process and institutions” (Attar 2009, p. 97). Therefore, democratic political systems focus on “peace” and “compromise” (Attar 2009, p. 97). Non-democratic political systems on the other hand, focus on “the elimination or subjugation of political opponents and the forceful resolution of political conflict” (Attar 2009, p. 97).