The Middle East in International Relations: Power, Politics and Ideology: 04 (The Contemporary Middle East)
Cambridge University Press, 10/26/2011
EAN 9780521597418, ISBN10: 0521597412
Paperback, 386 pages, 22.8 x 15.2 x 2.2 cm
Language: English
The international relations of the Middle East have long been dominated by uncertainty and conflict. External intervention, interstate war, political upheaval and interethnic violence are compounded by the vagaries of oil prices and the claims of military, nationalist and religious movements. The purpose of this book is to set this region and its conflicts in context, providing on the one hand a historical introduction to its character and problems, and on the other a reasoned analysis of its politics. In an engagement with both the study of the Middle East and the theoretical analysis of international relations, the author, who is one of the best known and most authoritative scholars writing on the region today, offers a compelling and original interpretation. Written in a clear, accessible and interactive style, the book is designed for students, policymakers, and the general reader.
Introduction
Part I. Concepts, States and Regions
1. International relations of the Middle East
five approaches
2. The making of foreign policy
states and societies
Part II. History
3. The formation of the modern Middle East
global economy, state formation, world war
4. The Cold War
global conflict, regional upheavals
5. After the Cold War
the maturing of the 'Greater West Asian Crisis'
Part III. Analytic Issues
6. Military conflict
war, revolt, strategic rivalry
7. Modern ideologies
political and religious
8. Challenges to the state
transnational movements
9. International political economy
regional and global
Part IV. Conclusion
10. The Middle East in international perspective.
'A masterly survey by a scholar with a long and unusually rich personal experience of the region.' E. Roger Owen, Harvard University