Anderson Lisa. Demystifying the Arab Spring

Since the formation of the contemporary Middle East in the wake of World War I, its political life has been bedevilled by the doctrine of Arab Nationalism, which postulates the existence of a single [Arab] nation bound by the common ties of language, religion and history… behind the facade of a multiplicity of sovereign states. The territorial expanse of this supposed nation varies according to different exponents of the ideology, ranging f...

Изд. Routledge, 1996. 276 p. This exciting new text adopts a challenging question-led approach to the major issues facing global society today, in order to investigate the nature and complexity of global change. Among other things it looks at the future of the state, the environment, the international political economy, war and global rivalries, and the role of international law and the UN in the post-Cold War world. The book devises a readily c...

Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 2006028576. Isbn: 0–275–99328–0. First published in 2007. Praeger Security International, 88 Post Road West, Westport, Ct 06881. An imprint of Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc. Contents. Preface vii. Introduction. Chapter 1 Russia and the Mediterranean Countries of the Arab East. (Syria-Lebanon-Jordan). Chapter 2 Russian-Palestinian Relations: A historical. and Political Analysis. Chapter 3 Russia and Iraq...

Mediterranean Quarterly, Volume 12, Number 2, Spring 2001, pp. 101-118 (Article) Published by Duke University Press The disintegration of Yugoslavia and the subsequent carnage in Bosnia and Kosovo—along with a plethora of social, economic, and other difficulties— have left the distinct impression that southeastern Europe, more commonly known as the Balkan Peninsula, has lost none of its penchant for turbulence. Scholars, journalists, and practi...

Routledge, 2008. 407 p. A guide for anyone interested in international affairs. It introduces the important themes in international relations in the post 9/11 era. The key areas cover international criminal law, human rights, the developing world (the Arab League, African Union), globalization and strategic studies.

The Israeli-Palestinian conflict, or Arab-Israeli conflict, is perhaps one of the more sensitive issues that is discussed. From the historic British dominance in the Middle East, and the more recent US influence and control over the region, the Anglo-American goal is simply to be able to dominate the Middle East due to the vast oil reserves and the West's economic dependence upon it. Prior to the discovery of oil, one of the main reasons for invo...

Palgrave Macmillan, 2003. 286 p. Are the secular foundations of international relations sustainable at present? This comprehensive study shows how the global resurgence of religion confronts international relations theory with a theoretical challenge comparable to that raised by the end of the Cold War or the emergence of globalization. The volume tries to shake the secular foundational myths of the discipline and outline the need for an expansi...

The Foreign Policies of Middle East States by Raymond Hinnebusch & Anoushiravan Ehtesham This book takes a modified form of realist theory as a working hypothesis.* It assumes that in the Middle East the state is the main actor in foreign policy and that state elites have an interest in maximizing the autonomy and security of the state. It accepts the realist claim that a built-in feature of a state system, anarchy, has generated profound in...

Berg, 2002. 217 p. Culture and Politics in the Aboriginal Landscape: Reflections on the Identification of Culturally Significant Places in Western North America. Dorothy Kennedy The Time When the Majority in the Israeli ‘Cabinet’ Decided ‘Not to Block the Possibility of the Return of the Arab Refugees’, and How and Why this Policy was Defeate. Shulamit Carmi and Henry Rosenfeld All That Fuss Over 100 Houses: Identities and Moralities of Buildin...

Progressive Press 2004. 405 pages. The myth of the twenty-First century. The theory and practice of synthetic terrorism. The roots of 9/11: The globalized crisis of the 1990s. Al qaeda: The cia’S arab legion. COULD THE ALLEGED HIJACKERS FLY THE PLANES? THE COLLAPSE OF WORLD TRADE CENTER 1, 2, AND 7. WHAT HIT THE PENTAGON? SHANKSVILL. ANGEL IS NEXT – THE INVISIBLE GOVERNMENT SPEAKS. ANTHRAX. INSIDER TRADING; CELL PHONES; MI-6 AND MOSSAD. CONSPIRAC...