The International Relations of the Middle East in the 21st Century: Patterns of Continuity and Change

by Ismael,Tareq Y.

• ISBN13: 9780754615064
• ISBN10: 0754615065
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-09-28
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

A comprehensive and timely survey of Middle Eastern international relations, Tareq Ismael provides in-depth analysis of the interrelated dimensions of confrontation that have entangled almost every aspect of life in the region, transforming it into a 'penetrated political system'. Essential for readers interested in the Middle East, international relations, politics, history and public policy.

Table of Contents

List of Contributors	vii
Foreword	x
PART ONE: THE REGIONAL SYSTEM
Regional Dynamics in Historical Perspective	3	(20)
Jacqueline S. Ismael
Tareq Y. Ismael
The State: Globalization and the Middle East	23	(22)
Richard Falk
PART TWO: THE REGIONAL SYSTEM AFTER THE GULF WAR
Hydropolitics in the Middle East	45	(27)
Hilal Elver
The Gulf War, Economic and Financial Linkages, and Arab Economic Development: Iraq - The Pivot?	72	(71)
Paul Sullivan
Balance of Power and Nuclear Deterrence: The Middle East after the Gulf War	143	(32)
Adel Safty
Some International Law Implications of the Oslo/Cairo Framework for the PLO/Israeli Peace Process	175	(28)
Richard Falk
PART THREE: THE GLOBAL CONTEXT
Britain's Shadows: Post-Colonialism and Palestine	203	(23)
John Strawson
Post-Communist Eastern Europe and the Middle East: The Burden of History and New Political Realities	226	(34)
Andrej Kreutz
A New Orientalism: Europe Confronts the Middle East	260	(33)
Philip Marfleet
The American Shadow: U.S. Foreign Policy and the Middle East	293	(67)
Jeffrey W. Helsing
The United Nations and the Muslim World: Allies or Adversaries?	360	(20)
Ali A. Mazrui
The Global Ummah and the British Commonwealth: Four Ethical Revolutions	380
Ali A. Mazrui