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Author : Intissar Fakir
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 58 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (13 download)
Download or read book The Middle East Unbalanced written by Intissar Fakir and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : M. Riad El-Ghonemy
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134856288
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (348 download)
Download or read book Affluence and Poverty in the Middle East written by M. Riad El-Ghonemy and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2002-09-11 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Affluence and Poverty in the Middle East is an introduction to the political economy of the Middle East, focusing on its most salient features - persistent poverty and extreme inequality. El-Ghonemy analyses the factors influencing the region, including its unique historical, religious and cultural mix, as well as its economic foundations and forms of corruption. For each factor he employs case-studies drawn from throughout the region, from Turkey to Sudan and Morocco to Iran. In the final section El-Ghomeny discusses possible solutions to the challenges facing the region, including possible uses of a peace dividend, and the role of democracy.
Author : Robert Mason
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 144226490X
Total Pages : 237 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (422 download)
Download or read book Reassessing Order and Disorder in the Middle East written by Robert Mason and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2017-02-09 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Middle East is undergoing a period of profound change, partly brought about by the United States’ interventions in Afghanistan and Iraq, but also by the Arab Spring. This is affecting regional relations between states and between the region and the US. For example, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE have supported rebel groups in Syria against the government, which was supported by Iran. Political Islam is a threat to both monarchies in the Gulf and secular states. Non-state actors, such as Islamic State (IS) and the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) are assuming an increasingly important role in shaping the region. Further, states such as Qatar and Turkey have undertaken their own quests to shift the existing regional balance of power in their favor through soft power deployment or new or broader international alliances. Lastly, the close strategic US-Saudi relationship, primarily based on oil and arms, is being eroded by a new economic reality and divergent foreign policy interests. This shifting alliances and new regional order is the focus of the book, which examines the factors that significantly impact the foreign relations between the countries of the Middle East. Through multiple case studies, the essays identify the emerging trends and influences that are now dominating the political decision making and policy behavior of many key states. The contributors, both scholars and practitioners, investigate the main foreign policy challenges and debates in the various states, the changing relations and balance of power between them, and the continuing role of the United States in the Middle East. Each chapter provides an overview of the last decade or so, before delving into the current challenges and opportunities (often in light of the US as a power with the ability to significantly impinge on state policies, and what these issues mean for the regional order. This primer on state politics and the transformative capacity of the Middle East will appeal to anyone studying the region. Contributions by: Gawdat Bahgat, Martin Beck, Kamran Bokhari, Morgane Colleau, Bryan Gibson, Christian Henderson, René Rieger, Farid Senzai, and Sebastian Sons
Author : Karel Černý
Publisher : Charles University in Prague, Karolinum Press
ISBN 13 : 8024634279
Total Pages : 476 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (246 download)
Download or read book Instability in the Middle East written by Karel Černý and published by Charles University in Prague, Karolinum Press. This book was released on 2017-07-01 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Middle Eastern instability is manifest externally in many ways: by crises afflicting governing regimes, the rise of political Islam, terrorism, revolution, civil war, increased migration, and the collapse of many states. This book examines the roots of this instability using a theoretically original and empirically supported historical sociological comparative analysis. Up till now interpretations of the development of the post-colonial Middle East have been dominated by two opposing theses. The first views the region as backward, unchanging and rigid, the second as undergoing excessively rapid transformation. This book offers an alternative perspective focusing on the highly uneven and unsynchronised pace of change in individual dimensions of Middle Eastern modernisation. What we are seeing is (1) rapid socio-demographic change (a sharp increase in the population and the proportion of young people, rapid urbanisation, and the expansion of the media and education), (2) slower and unstable economic change (dependency on oil exports, high unemployment), and (3) slow or regressive political change (erosion of the capacity to govern, the absence of democratisation and liberalisation). The theoretical model employed emerged from a critical reading of theories of modernisation and a concept of multiple modernities that also allows for an interrogation of the broader cultural, religious and international political context of uneven modernisation in the Middle East. This model is then tested empirically using the time series (1960–2010) of dozens of indicators covering the demographic, social, economic and political dimensions of the modernisation process. In general the book does not concentrate on externally monitorable political actors and their rivalries, as so often is the case. Instead, it focuses on the political rivalries of deep, long-term cumulative demographic, social and economic change taking place beneath the surface. It looks at changes that are not simply taking place in individual countries of the Middle East, but since the end of the Second World War have affected the entire region and are responsible for the emergence of a Middle East completely different to that to which we were accustomed for many decades.
Author : Shlomo Slonim
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 7 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (61 download)
Download or read book Balance and Imbalance in America's Middle East Policy written by Shlomo Slonim and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 7 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Ellen Lust
Publisher : CQ Press
ISBN 13 : 1071844490
Total Pages : 1087 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (718 download)
Download or read book The Middle East written by Ellen Lust and published by CQ Press. This book was released on 2023-02-07 with total page 1087 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the newly updated Sixteenth Edition of The Middle East, Ellen Lust and contributors comprehensively examine regional trends and offer in-depth country profiles to illuminate this vital region.
Author : Rodney Wilson
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136215743
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (362 download)
Download or read book Economic Development in the Middle East, 2nd edition written by Rodney Wilson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-11-27 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By examining economic development in the Middle East in the aftermath of the Arab Spring, this textbook introduces undergraduate and postgraduate students to the most pressing and topical economic issues in the contemporary Middle East. With comprehensive coverage of the entire region, the author examines the economic prospects for the Gulf and charts the growth of economic power in the region. Organised thematically, a full range of topics are discussed, including: the role of banks and capital markets in the region’s development the impact of demographic changes, such as the dramatic decline in birth rates and the implications for future employment the development of economic advances in oil and gas production the effects of the region’s economic development on international and inter-regional trade. Through discussing the region’s problems of the past as well as the present and future challenges, this book provides students with a compact and manageable review of the state of economic development in the Middle East.
Author : Mohammad Eslami
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3031324323
Total Pages : 383 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (313 download)
Download or read book The Arms Race in the Middle East written by Mohammad Eslami and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-07-28 with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edited volume discusses security policy and strategic policymaking in the Middle East region. Due to its unique geopolitical, geoeconomic and geostrategic features, the Middle East region has been confronted with challenging security issues. Combined with a lack of an efficient regional security regime this has led to the formation of a full-fledged arms race. This book draws together contributions from international experts to address the factors that have been contributing to the ongoing formation of an arms race in the Middle East as well as the impact of this phenomenon on the regional and global security environment. The book is organized in three sections. The first section outlines the contemporary dynamics of the arms race in the Middle East by focusing on its most recent dynamics and their implications for regional and international security. The second section conducts systematic analysis of case studies of country-specific drivers of the arms race. The third and final section examines the role of external actors in the arms race, evaluating both the responses of regional actors to external interventions as well as the implications of the arms race for extra-regional countries.
Author : Elias Tuma
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317594665
Total Pages : 239 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (175 download)
Download or read book Economic and Political Change in the Middle East (RLE Economy of Middle East) written by Elias Tuma and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-10-30 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the early 1960s the Middle East suffered from political instability, inefficiency of government, widespread poverty and inequality, low productivity, and a mounting population pressure on the region’s resources. With the exception of some of the oil-exporting countries, the entire region still suffers from these same burdens. There have been many studies in the economic development and industrialization of the region in recent years. This study is different, motivated by scepticism and a sense of intellectual frustration and apprehension because of the apparent inadequacy of socioeconomic and political development in the Middle East. First published in 1987.
Author : Rodney Wilson
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 113480119X
Total Pages : 229 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (348 download)
Download or read book Economic Development in the Middle East written by Rodney Wilson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2002-03-11 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite its oil resources,the Middle East is falling behind other regions of the developing world, notably the countries of East and South East Asia. Rodney Wilson examines the economic prospects for the region considering: *the consequences of rapid population growth, including the implications for education and employment; *low savings levels; *the absence of significant inflows of private capital and foreign investment; *fragmentation of the banking system; *the basic ecomomic infrastructure and the problems caused by excessive military expenditure; *falling oil prices; *budget deficits; The author examines alternative economic directions for the region arguing that both the methods and goals of development have to be reassessed in a region where Islam prevails.
Author : Marc S. Micozzi
Publisher : Singing Dragon
ISBN 13 : 1848191561
Total Pages : 243 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (481 download)
Download or read book Vital Healing written by Marc S. Micozzi and published by Singing Dragon. This book was released on 2013-02-15 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dr. Marc S. Micozzi unfolds the compelling idea that vital energy, "prana" in the Indian practice of Ayurveda, is the unifying concept that underpins all of the traditional medicines of Middle Asia. He also draws parallels to mainstream Western medicine, and demonstrates how these therapies fit within the context of their own cultures and ours.
Author : Richard Youngs
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1786723204
Total Pages : 339 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (867 download)
Download or read book Europe Reset written by Richard Youngs and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2017-10-24 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the last decade, the EU has been hit by a series of crises, most recently the UK's decision to leave the union following the Brexit referendum. In light of this, questions have been raised about the need to reform the whole model of European integration, with the aim of making the union more flexible and more accountable. In this book, Richard Youngs proposes an alternative vision of European co-operation and shows how the EU must re-invent itself if it is to survive. He argues that citizens should play a greater role in European decision-making, that there should be radically more flexibility in the process of integration and that Europe needs to take a new, more coherent, approach to questions of defence and security. In proposing this model for a `reset' version of Europe, Youngs reinvigorates the debate around the future of Europe and puts forward a new agenda for the future of the EU.
Author : United States. Congress
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1348 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)
Download or read book Congressional Record written by United States. Congress and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 1348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Katlyn Quenzer
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1498558437
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (985 download)
Download or read book Emerging Scholarship on the Middle East and Central Asia written by Katlyn Quenzer and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2018-09-15 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Emerging Scholarship on the Middle East and Central Asia: Moving from the Periphery provides fresh analysis and cutting-edge critique of phenomena and events across the region. Working out of diverse disciplinary traditions, the authors call on varied theoretical frameworks in order to challenge entrenched stereotypes and long-standing perspectives. This volume explores emerging directions in scholarship across a range of issues, including: the Gulf; Saudi strategizing; Afghan refugees in the Islamic Republic of Iran; contemporary Turkish politics; the current Syrian conflict; Middle Eastern and Central Asian art; perceptions of security threats from Afghanistan; and the potential future role of China in the region. The authors in this volume have given wide-berth to dominant approaches to scholarship on the region, while grappling with overlooked issues and marginal populations in order to advance new frameworks. On the Periphery deserves a central place in future scholarly engagement with the Middle East and Central Asia.
Author : Christopher Phillips
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300263422
Total Pages : 319 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (2 download)
Download or read book Battleground written by Christopher Phillips and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2024-01-01 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The essential guide to geopolitics in the modern Middle East The Middle East is in crisis. The shocking events of the war in Gaza have rocked the entire region. More than a decade ago, the Arab Spring had raised hopes of a new beginning but instead ushered in a series of civil wars, coups, and even harsher autocracies. Tensions were exacerbated by the meddling of outsiders, as regional and global powers sought to further their interests. The United States, for so long the dominant actor, had stepped back, leaving a vacuum behind it to be fought over. Christopher Phillips explores geopolitical rivalries in the region, and the major external powers vying for influence: Russia, China, the EU, and the US. Moving through ten key flashpoints, from Syria to Palestine, Phillips argues that the United States' overextension after the Cold War, and retreat in the 2010s, has imbalanced the region. Today, the Middle East remains blighted by conflicts of unprecedented violence and a post-American scramble for power - leaving its fate in the balance.
Author : Inmaculada Szmolka
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
ISBN 13 : 1474415296
Total Pages : 456 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (744 download)
Download or read book Political Change in the Middle East and North Africa written by Inmaculada Szmolka and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2017-06-29 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Taking a comparative approach, this book considers the ways in which political regimes have changed since the Arab Spring. It addresses a series of questions about political change in the context of the revolutions, upheavals and protests that have taken place in North Africa and the Arab Middle East since December 2010, and looks at the various processes have been underway in the region: democratisation (Tunisia), failed democratic transitions (Egypt, Libya and Yemen), political liberalisation (Morocco) and increased authoritarianism (Bahrain, Kuwait, Syria). In other countries, in contrast to these changes, the authoritarian regimes remain intact (Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Arab United Emirates.
Author : Norman John Greville Pounds
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317893573
Total Pages : 553 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (178 download)
Download or read book An Economic History of Medieval Europe written by Norman John Greville Pounds and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-06-06 with total page 553 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A clear and readable account of the development of the European economy and its infrastructure from the second century to 1500. Professor Pounds provides a balanced view of the many controversies within the subject, and he has a particular gift for bringing a human dimension to its technicalities. He deals with continental Europe as a whole, including an unusually rich treatment of Eastern Europe. For this welcome new edition -- the first in twenty years -- text and bibliography have been reworked and updated throughout, and the book redesigned and reset.
