Now in its seventieth edition, this title continues to provide the most up-to-date geopolitical and economic information for this important world area.
Key Features:
- covers the Middle East and North Africa from Algeria to Yemen
- includes topical contributions from acknowledged experts on regional affairs
- accurately and impartially records the latest political and economic developments
- provides comprehensive data on all major organizations active in the countries of the region.
General Survey
- introductory essays cover a wide range of topics relating to the region as a whole.
Country Surveys
Individual chapters on each country incorporating:
- essays on the physical and social geography, recent history and economy
- an extensive statistical survey of economic and social indicators, which include area and population, health and welfare, agriculture, forestry, fishing, mining, industry, finance, trade, transport, tourism, communications media and education
- a full directory with names, addresses and contact details covering the constitution, government, legislature, political organizations, election commissions, diplomatic representation, judiciary, religious groups, the media, finance, trade and industry (including petroleum and natural gas), tourism, defence and education
- a country-specific bibliography, providing suggestions for further research.
Regional Information
- includes all major international organizations active in the Middle East and North Africa; research institutes specializing in the region; and select bibliographies of books and periodicals.
PART ONE
General Survey
Saudi Arabia and Iran: Islam, Security and Foreign Policy in the Middle East
SIMON MABON
China’s Growing Presence in the Middle East: From Economic Partnerships to Diplomatic Engagement?
JULIA GUROL
US Middle East Policy
ROBERT E. LOONEY
Political Islam
BARBARA ZOLLNER
The Kurdish Question in the Middle East
CENGIZ GUNES (revised for this edition by Liam Anderson)
The Religions of the Middle East and North Africa
R. B. SERJEANT
Instituting a Sustainable Energy Transition in the Gulf: A Review of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar
JUSTIN DARGIN
PART TWO Country Surveys
Sections on geography, history and economy, as well as statistical surveys, directories and bibliographies for each country
ALGERIA
History GIANNI DEL PANTA
Economy ROBERT E. LOONEY
BAHRAIN
History MARC JONES (revised by KRISTIAN COATES ULRICHSEN)
Economy MARTIN HVIDT
CYPRUS
History ANDREAS STERGIOU
Economy Revised by ANDREAS STERGIOU
‘Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus’
History
Economy
EGYPT
History VAUGHN SHANNON
Economy CHAHIR ZAKI
IRAN
History EDWARD WASTNIDGE
Economy ROBERT E. LOONEY
IRAQ
History LIAM ANDERSON
Economy ROBERT E. LOONEY
ISRAEL
History VAUGHN SHANNON
Economy ROBERT E. LOONEY
Occupied Territories
East Jerusalem
The Golan Heights
JORDAN
History COURTNEY FREER
Economy ROBERT E. LOONEY (Based on an original essay by ONN WINCKLER)
KUWAIT
History Revised by CLAIRE BEAUGRAND
Economy MÁTÉ SZALAI
LEBANON
History NATÁLIA CALFAT (revised by editorial staff)
Economy ALI NOUREDDEEN
LIBYA
History RONALD BRUCE ST JOHN (Based on an original essay by RICHARD I. LAWLESS)
Economy AMIR MAGDY KAMEL
MOROCCO
History NEIL PARTRICK (Based on an original essay by RICHARD I. LAWLESS)
Economy NEIL PARTRICK (Based on an original essay by ALAN J. DAY)
OMAN
History Revised by MARC VALERI
Economy FRANCIS OWTRAM
PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES
Recent History Updated by NIGEL PARSONS (Revised for this edition by VAUGHN SHANNON)
Economy HABIB HINN, RAJA KHALIDI and ISLAM RABEE
QATAR
History DAVID ROBERTS
Economy FRANCIS OWTRAM
SAUDI ARABIA
History BRANDON FRIEDMAN
Economy NEIL PARTRICK (Based on an original essay by MOIN SIDDIQI)
SPANISH NORTH AFRICA
Ceuta
Melilla
SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC
History EYAL ZISSER
Economy OMAR S. DAHI and MOHAMMAD AL-ASADI
TUNISIA
History NEIL PARTRICK (Based on an original essay by RICHARD I. LAWLESS)
Economy NEIL PARTRICK (Based on an original essay by the editorial staff)
TÜRKIYE
History GARETH JENKINS
Economy GARETH JENKINS
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
History KRISTIAN COATES ULRICHSEN
Economy ROBERT E. LOONEY
YEMEN
History VINCENT DURAC
Economy CHARLES SCHMITZ
PART THREE Regional Information
REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
MAJOR COMMODITIES OF THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA
DOCUMENTS ON PALESTINE
CALENDARS
RESEARCH INSTITUTES
SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY (BOOKS)
SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY(PERIODICALS)
Biography
Europa Publications’ regional publications are compiled by a team of editors and researchers, with introductory and country-specific material provided by specialists in their field:
Mohammad Al-Asadi. Research Economist, Syrian Center for Policy Research, Vienna, Austria.
Liam Anderson. Professor of Political Science, School of Social Sciences and International Studies, Wright State University, Dayton, OH, USA.
Claire Beaugrand. Lecturer in Sociology of the Gulf and the Arabian Peninsula, Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies, University of Exeter, UK; CNRS Researcher at the Institut de Recherche Interdisciplinaire en Sciences Sociales (IRISSO), Université Paris Dauphine-PSL, France.
Natália Calfat. PhD Candidate, Department of Political Science, University of São Paulo, Brazil.
Kristian Coates Ulrichsen. Fellow for the Middle East, Baker Institute for Public Policy, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA.
Omar S. Dahi. Professor of Economics, Hampshire College, Amherst, Massachusetts, USA; and Founding Director of `Security in Context’ research network.
Justin Dargin. Middle East Energy and Climate Scholar, Carnegie Endowment for International
Peace, Washington, DC, USA; and former legal advisor to OPEC.
Alan J. Day. Former Editor of The Annual Register, London, UK; former Joint Editor of the Political Handbook of the World, Binghamton University, New York, USA.
Gianni Del Panta. Junior Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Pavia, Italy.
Vincent Durac. Associate Professor, School of Politics and International Relations, University College Dublin, Ireland.
Courtney Freer. Visiting Assistant Professor of Middle Eastern Studies, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Brandon Friedman. Director of Research, Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies, Tel Aviv University, Israel.
Cengiz Gunes. Associate Lecturer in Politics and International Relations, Faculty of Social Sciences, Open University, Milton Keynes, UK.
Julia Gurol. Postdoctoral Researcher, Chair for International Relations, University of Freiburg & Arnold-Bergstraesser-Institute Freiburg, Germany.
Habib Hinn. Lecturer in Finance and Economics, Birzeit University, Ramallah, Palestinian Territories.
Martin Hvidt. Associate Professor and Head of Studies, Center for Modern Middle East and Muslim Studies, Department of Culture and Language, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark.
Gareth Jenkins. Non-resident Senior Fellow with the Silk Road Studies Program, based in İstanbul, Türkiye.
Marc Jones. Associate Professor in Middle East Studies, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Doha, Qatar.
Amir Magdy Kamel. Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor), School of Security Studies; Fellow, Institute of Middle Eastern Studies, King’s College London, UK; and Visiting Faculty, Abbasi Program, Stanford University, USA, and Politics and International Studies, University of San Francisco, USA.
Raja Khalidi. Director-General, Palestine Economic Policy Research Institute (MAS), Ramallah, Palestinian Territories.
Richard I. Lawless. Late Emeritus Reader in Middle Eastern Studies, Durham University, UK.
Robert E. Looney. Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Department of National Security Affairs, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA, USA.
Simon Mabon. Professor of International Politics, and Director of SEPAD, Lancaster University, UK.
Ali Noureddeen. Independent economic researcher and writer, specializing in the Middle East and North Africa region.
Francis Owtram. Honorary Research Fellow, Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies, University of Exeter, UK.
Nigel Parsons. Senior Lecturer, Politics Programme, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand.
Neil Partrick. Writer and analyst on the Arabian Peninsula and wider Middle East.
Islam Rabee. Assistant Researcher at the Palestine Economic Policy Research Institute (MAS), Ramallah, Palestinian Territories.
David Roberts. Senior Lecturer, School of Security Studies, King’s College London, UK; Adjunct Faculty, Paris School of International Affairs, Sciences Po, Paris, France; Non-resident Fellow at the Arab Gulf States Institute, Washington, DC, USA; and former Director of the Qatar office of the Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies
Charles Schmitz. Professor and Chair, Department of Geography & Environmental Planning, Towson University, USA.
R. B. Serjeant. Late Professor of Arabic and Director of the Middle East Centre, University of Cambridge, UK.
Vaughn Shannon. Professor of Political Science, School of Social Sciences and International Studies, Wright State University, Dayton, OH, USA.
Moin Siddiqi. Independent economist specializing in macroeconomic developments and the banking sector in the Middle East and Africa; also advises on trends in petroleum markets.
Andreas Stergiou. Professor, Department of Economics, University of Thessaly, Volos, Greece.
Ronald Bruce St John. Independent scholar specializing in the political economy of developing states.
Máté Szalai. Marie Sklodowska-Curie COFUND Fellow, Ca’ Foscari University, Venice, Italy.
Marc Valeri. Associate Professor in Political Economy of the Middle East and Director of the Centre for Gulf Studies, University of Exeter, UK.
Edward Wastnidge. Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Studies, Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, Open University, Milton Keynes, UK.
Onn Winckler. Professor, Department of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies, University of Haifa, Israel.
Chahir Zaki. Professor of Economics and World Trade Organization Chair Holder, Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Cairo University, Egypt.
Eyal Zisser. Vice Rector, and Yona and Dina Ettinger Chair in Contemporary History of the Middle East, Tel Aviv University, Israel.
Barbara Zollner. Independent scholar, specializing in the Middle East.
