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Book SynopsisAs the most authoritative and comprehensive overview of international relations in the Middle East, this highly respected textbook is designed to help students get to grips with this important and challenging subject area. A team of expert scholars combines a history of the region with analysis of key themes, actors, developments, and conflicts, to expose students to a wide range of perspectives and approaches and encourage them to think critically in order to draw their own conclusions.Throughout the text, a range of features support students'' learning, including discussion questions and case studies, which demonstrate the relevance of international relations theory to the contemporary Middle East and help students to apply their learning to real-world situations and developments.This text is supported by online resources to help students take their learning further. For students: - Expand your knowledge with an interactive map of the Middle East which provides key information about
Table of ContentsLouise Fawcett: Introduction: The Middle East and International Relations Part One: Theoretical and Historical Overview 1: Fred H. Lawson: International Relations Theory and the Middle East 2: Eugene L. Rogan: The Emergence of the Middle East into the Modern State System 3: Louise Fawcett : The Cold War in the Middle East 4: Bahgat Korany: The Middle East since the Cold War Part Two: Themes in International Relations and International Political Economy 5: Giacomo Luciani: Oil and Political Economy in the International Relations of the Middle East 6: Raymond Hinnebusch: The Politics of Identity in Middle East International Relations 7: Peter Mandaville: Islam and International Relations in the Middle East 8: Louise Fawcett: Alliances and Regionalism in the Middle East 9: P)inar Bilgin: Security in the Middle East: Whose security? Part Three: Key Issues and Actors 10: Raymond Hinnebusch and Anoushiravan Ehteshami: Foreign Policymaking in the Middle East: Complex Realism 11: Charles Smith: The Arab-Israeli Conflict 12: Matteo Legrenzi: The International Politics of the Gulf 13: Larbi Sadiki: The Arab Spring: The 'People' in International Relations 14: Michael C. Hudson and Andrew Payne: The United States in the Middle East 15: Roland Dannreuther: Russia, China, and the Middle East 16: Raffaella A. Del Sarto: Europe and the Mediterranean Middle East
