The Middle East in International Relations: Power, Politics and Ideology

by Fred Halliday

• ISBN13: 9780521597418
• ISBN10: 0521597412
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-01-24
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

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. Fred Halliday sets 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, Halliday, one of the best known and most respected 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. Fred Halliday is Professor of International Relations at the London School of Economics. He is the author and editor of several publications including Two Hours that Shook the World: September 11, 2001: Causes and Consequences (Tauris, 2002), Islam & the Myth of Confrontation (Tauris, 2002), The World at 2000: Perils and Promises (Macmillan, 2001), and Nation and Religion in the Middle East (Lynne Rienner, 2000).

Table of Contents

List of maps	vii
List of tables	viii
Acknowledgements	ix
Introduction: world politics, the Middle East and the complexities of area studies	1	(20)
Part I Concepts, regions and states
International Relations theory and the Middle East	21	(20)
The making of foreign policy: states and societies	41	(34)
Part II History
The modern Middle East: state formation and world war	75	(22)
The Cold War: global conflict, regional upheavals	97	(33)
After the Cold War: the maturing of the Greater West Asian Crisis	130	(37)
Part III Analytic issues
Military conflict: war, revolt, strategic rivalry	167	(26)
Modern ideologies: political and religious	193	(36)
Challenges to the state: transnational movements	229	(32)
International political economy: regional and global	261	(42)
Part IV Conclusion
The Middle East in international perspective	303	(22)
Appendices	325	(31)
1 Maps and tables	326	(12)
2 Chronologies	338	(18)
Select bibliography	356	(11)
Index	367