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Durham Modern Middle East and Islamic World Series

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The Muslim Brotherhood and Islamist Politics in the Middle East

By Mariz Tadros, Akram Habib

The Muslim Brotherhood, founded in Egypt in 1928, has become the world’s largest, most influential Islamist group. After eight decades surviving as a populist religious...

ISBN: 978-0-415-46596-0 | Published September 30th 2008 by Routledge.

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Oman - The Islamic Democratic Tradition

By Hussein Ghubash

Oman is the inheritor of a unique political tradition, the imama (imamate), and has a special place in the Arab Islamic world. From the eighth...

ISBN: 978-0-415-48132-8 | Published August 31st 2008 by Routledge.

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Monetary Union in the Gulf

Prospects for a Single Currency in the Arabian Peninsula

By Emilie Rutledge

At a time of momentous shifts in the balance of world economic forces epitomized by the current oil price boom, the weakening US dollar and...

ISBN: 978-0-415-45942-6 | Published July 30th 2008 by Routledge.

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Iran-Europe Relations

Challenges and Opportunities

By Seyyed Hossein Mousavian

This book provides an assessment of relations between Iran and Europe, identifying the areas of common interest as well as the issues of conflict, whilst...

ISBN: 978-0-415-44756-0 | Published May 22nd 2008 by Routledge.

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Islands and International Politics in the Persian Gulf

The Abu Musa and Tunbs in Strategic Context

By Kourosh Ahmadi

The position of the Persian Gulf as the main highway between East and West has long given this region special significance both within the Middle...

ISBN: 978-0-415-45933-4 | Published May 2nd 2008 by Routledge.

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The Secret Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations in Oslo

Their Success and Why the Process Ultimately Failed

By Sven Behrendt

The Oslo secret negotiations from 1992 to 1993 were some of the most astonishing and also successful negotiations in the Middle East, leading to the...

ISBN: 978-0-415-41592-7 | Published February 22nd 2007 by Routledge.

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Oman - The Islamic Democratic Tradition

By Hussein Ghubash

Oman is the inheritor of a unique political tradition, the imama (imamate), and has a special place in the Arab Islamic world. From the eighth...

ISBN: 978-0-415-37568-9 | Published March 30th 2006 by Routledge.

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The Communist Movement in the Arab World

By Tareq Y. Ismael

This book examines the communist movement in the Arab world from the time of the Russian revolution until after the collapse of the Soviet Union....

ISBN: 978-0-415-34851-5 | Published December 22nd 2004 by Routledge.

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Israeli Politics and the Middle East Peace Process, 1988-2002

By Hassan A. Barari

The book is a fresh interpretation of Israeli foreign policy vis-à-vis the peace process, one that deems domestic political factors as the key to explain...

ISBN: 978-0-415-32226-3 | Published February 26th 2004 by Routledge.

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The Middle East's Relations with Asia and Russia

Edited by Hannah Carter, Anoushiravan Ehteshami

Carter and Ehteshami consider the significant geopolitical, economic and security links between the Middle East and the wider Asian world - links which are often...

ISBN: 978-0-415-33322-1 | Published January 22nd 2004 by Routledge.

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Economic Development in Saudi Arabia

By Ahmed Al Rajhi, Abdullah Al Salamah, Monica Malik, Rodney Wilson

The changing political situation in the Middle East poses challenges for the economies of the region, and some see none more vulnerable to collapse than...

ISBN: 978-0-7007-1729-3 | Published November 20th 2003 by Routledge.

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Good Governance in the Middle East Oil Monarchies

Edited by Martin Hetherington, Tom Pierre Najem

The concept of 'good governance' is of increasing importance, and is used by international organizations to ensure reasonable conformity to high standards in states which...

ISBN: 978-0-415-29740-0 | Published January 23rd 2003 by Routledge.

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China's Relations with Arabia and the Gulf 1949-1999

By Mohamed Mousa Mohamed Ali Bin Huwaidin

This book provides a detailed analysis of China's foreign policy towards the Gulf and Arabian peninsula region from the establishment of the People's Republic of...

ISBN: 978-0-7007-1730-9 | Published August 22nd 2002 by Routledge.

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Forthcoming Titles:

Contested Sudan: The Political Economy of War and Reconstruction
By Ibrahim Elnur
November 13th 2008

Economics and Politics in Turkey
By Mehmet Asutay
July 20th 2009