Political Narratives in the Middle East and North Africa: Conceptions of Order and Perceptions of In

Introduction - The Power of Narratives in Political Contexts.- Part I - Non-State Actors and Regional Powers Narrating and Reshaping Order: Wartime Narratives of Hezbollah Militants in the Syrian Conflict.- Chasing the Wind: Clashes of Israeli and Palestinian Narratives,.- Turkey as the Order-producing Country: Narrating the 'New Turkey' in the Middle East.- Evolving Narratives of Political Contestation and Geopolitical Rivalry in the Persian Gulf.- Part II - Global Players' Narratives Towards MENA Instability: Russia in the Middle East: In Search of Its Place.- China and the Middle East: Narrating Multi-polarity.-American Narratives of Order-building in the Middle East: Dashed Visions on the Nile.- The European Union's Epic Conceptualisations of the Southern Neighbourhood: a Narratological Take on the Mediterranean Story.- Conclusion: Narrative (Dis)Order in Today's MENA.