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

   By Hassan A. Barari

   Series: Durham Modern Middle East and Islamic World Series

   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 the shift within Israel from war to peace. The main assumption is that peacemaking that entails territorial compromise is an issue that can only...

   Published December 14th 2012 by Routledge
2. The Middle East's Relations with Asia and Russia

   Edited by Hannah Carter, Anoushiravan Ehteshami

   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 December 14th 2012 by Routledge
3. American Democracy Promotion in the Changing Middle East

   From Bush to Obama

   Edited by Shahram Akbarzadeh, James Piscatori, Benjamin MacQueen, Amin Saikal

   Series: Durham Modern Middle East and Islamic World Series

   The recent "Arab spring", with its popular uprisings in many Arab countries, has exposed the ambiguity at the heart of American promotion of democracy in the Middle East. The US invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq were packaged as democracy promotion, as heralding the beginning of a new phase in the...

   Published October 31st 2012 by Routledge
4. Social and Gender Inequality in Oman

   The Power of Religious and Political Tradition

   By Khalid M. Al-Azri

   Series: Durham Modern Middle East and Islamic World Series

   Looking at the social, political and legal changes in Oman since 1970, this book challenges the Islamic and tribal traditional cultural norms relating to marriage, divorce and women’s rights which guide social and legal practice in the modern Omani state. The book argues that despite the...

   Published October 18th 2012 by Routledge
5. The Sudanese Communist Party

   Ideology and Party Politics

   By Tareq Ismael

   Series: Durham Modern Middle East and Islamic World Series

   This book serves as a case study of the Sudanese Communist Party and its impact as a grassroots movement that championed the Sudanese people. It accomplishes this by providing a rich narrative that details the SCP's inception, main players, important milestones and values of the Party. In this...

   Published July 22nd 2012 by Routledge
6. Contested Sudan

   The Political Economy of War and Reconstruction

   By Ibrahim Elnur

   Series: Durham Modern Middle East and Islamic World Series

   Since gaining independence in 1956, Sudan has endured a troubled history, including the longest civil war in African history in Southern Sudan and more recent conflicts such as the humanitarian crisis in Darfur. This book explores this history of ensuing conflict, examining why Sudan failed to...

   Published May 14th 2012 by Routledge
7. Monetary Union in the Gulf

   Prospects for a Single Currency in the Arabian Peninsula

   By Emilie Rutledge

   Series: Durham Modern Middle East and Islamic World Series

   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 the global credit crunch; the meteoric rise of the Arabian peninsula cannot be understated. Neither, therefore, can their planned monetary union. As key...

   Published May 14th 2012 by Routledge
8. Islands and International Politics in the Persian Gulf

   The Abu Musa and Tunbs in Strategic Context

   By Kourosh Ahmadi

   Series: Durham Modern Middle East and Islamic World Series

   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 East and in global affairs more generally. This book examines the history of international relations in the Gulf since the 1820s as great powers such as...

   Published May 14th 2012 by Routledge
9. The Secret Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations in Oslo

   Their Success and Why the Process Ultimately Failed

   By Sven Behrendt

   Series: Durham Modern Middle East and Islamic World Series

   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 mutual recognition between the PLO and Israel. Through an in-depth examination of the Oslo negotiations, this book argues that at the core of the...

   Published May 14th 2012 by Routledge
10. The Muslim Brotherhood in Contemporary Egypt

    Democracy Redefined or Confined?

    By Mariz Tadros

    Series: Durham Modern Middle East and Islamic World Series

    The Muslim Brotherhood is one of the oldest and most influential Islamist movements. As the party ascends to power in Egypt, it is poised to adopt a new system of governance and state–society relations, the effects of which are likely to extend well beyond Egypt’s national borders. This book...

    Published April 30th 2012 by Routledge