International Relations of the Middle East

This new edition provides a comprehensive overview of its subject area, bringing together leading experts to provide students with authoritative and up-to-date content. It combines a history of the region with analysis of key themes, actors, and conflicts, and uses a range of learning features and online resources to support student learning. New chapters cover International Relations and the Middle East, and foreign policy making in the Middle East, while a rewritten chapter on War and Security focuses on a broader range of conflicts than before, and includes significant coverage of terrorism. The text is supported by a range of learning features and an Online Resource Centre which includes: Chapter exercises Timeline Web links PowerPoint slides News feeds - links to real life articles from different news sites via RSSIntroduction ; PART I ; Theoretical and Historical Overview ; 1. International Relations Theory and the Middle East ; 2. The Emergence of the Middle East into the Modern State System ; 3. The Cold War in the Middle East ; 4. The Middle East Since the Cold War ; PART II ; Themes in International Relations and International Political Economy ; 5. Oil and Political Economy in the International Relations of the Middle East ; 6. The Puzzle of Political Reform in the Middle East ; 7. The Politics of Identity in Middle East International Relations ; 8. Islam and International Relations in the Middle East ; 9. Alliances, Cooperation and Regionalism in the Middle East ; 10. War and Security in the Middle East ; PART III ; Key Issues and Actors ; 11. Policy-Making in the Middle East: Egypt, Saudi Arabia,Iran and Turkey ; 12. The Arab-Israeli Conflict ; 13. The Rise and Fall of the Oslo Peace Process ; 14. The International Politics of the Gulf ; 15. The War for Regime Change in Iraq ; 16. The United States in the Middle East ; 17. Europe in the Middle East