1st Edition

The International Politics of the Red Sea

256 Pages
by Routledge

256 Pages
by Routledge

256 Pages
by Routledge

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 sub-regional system, given its increasing economic and social interdependence, greater regional... Read more
1. Weakness and Instability: National Politics and their Sub-regional Implications  2. International Politics of the Red Sea in the Cold War Era  3. Red Sea Sub-regional Developments in the Post-Cold War Era  4. Security, Militarisation and Arms Flows  5. Land Boundaries, Maritime Borders and Territorial Issues  6. The Economics of the Red Sea: Trade, Migration and Capital Flows  7. Red Sea Networks: Regional and International Transport

Biography

Anoushiravan Ehteshami is Dean of Internationalisation and Professor of International Relations at Durham University, UK. He was the founding Head of the School of Government and International Affairs at Durham, and also the Vice-President of the British Society for Middle Eastern Studies.

Emma C. Murphy is Professor of Political Economy in the School of Government and International Affairs at Durham University, UK. She is co-editor of Mediterranean Politics journal.