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The Middle East's Relations with Asia and Russia
Series: Durham Modern Middle East and Islamic World Series
Carter and Ehteshami consider the significant geopolitical, economic and security links between the Middle East and the wider Asian world - links which are often overlooked when the Middle East is considered in isolation or in terms of its relations with the West, but which are of growing...
Published March 21st 2013 by Routledge
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Dynamics of Change in the Persian Gulf
Political Economy, War and Revolution
The Persian Gulf has come to represent one of the most strategically significant waterways of the world. In terms of geography, geopolitics, resources, global political economy, and regional influence, the Gulf is perhaps home to the world’s most significant group of countries. Focusing on the...
Published February 27th 2013 by Routledge
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Iran and the International System
Series: Durham Modern Middle East and Islamic World Series
Much attention in the West has focused on Iran as a problem country. This book challenges the representations of Iran as a hostile regional power led by ideologues, and goes further by discussing how international relations are viewed from inside Iran itself, outlining the factors which underpin...
Published July 27th 2011 by Routledge
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The International Politics of the Red Sea
Series: Durham Modern Middle East and Islamic World Series
This pioneering book is the first comprehensive study of the Red Sea as a sub-region of the international system in its own right. Examining the international politics of the Red Sea region from the Cold War to the present day, it argues that the Red Sea area demonstrates the characteristics of a...
Published July 7th 2011 by Routledge
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Globalization and Geopolitics in the Middle East
Old games, new rules
Series: Durham Modern Middle East and Islamic World Series
Examining globalization in the Middle East, this book provides a much needed assessment of the impact of globalization in the ‘greater’ Middle East, including North Africa, in the context of the powerful geopolitical forces at work in shaping the region today. Written by a well-known authority in...
Published October 2nd 2008 by Routledge
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Syria and Iran
Middle Powers in a Penetrated Regional System
It has been the dominant view that both Syria in the 1980s and Iran today have acted as rogue states in the Middle East threatening to upset the stability of the region. In this innovative new study, Anoushiravan Ehteshami and Raymond Hinnebusch show that these two countries have in fact acted in a...
Published January 29th 1997 by Routledge
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After Khomeini
The Iranian Second Republic
For Iran the years since Ayatollah Khomeini's death have been dominated by the need for political consolidation and economic reconstruction.The book assesses the critical dilemmas of the regime both previous to and since the demise of its first spiritual leader. The vital issues of political...
Published February 22nd 1995 by Routledge