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This book examines the perplexing twists and turns in Syria-Iraq relations which since the establishment of modern Syria and Iraq after the First World War have zigzagged between cooperation and hostility countless times.
This book explores this phenomenon drawing on examples from the Middle East and Africa. It considers the different sorts of actors - state and non-state, public and private, national and transnational - which possess power, examines the dynamics of the relationships between central authorities and other actors.
This book explores a range of key issues connected to China's relations with countries in the Middle East and South Asia. It discusses economic and political connections, and projects which have arisen as part of China's Belt and Road Initiative.
This book explores this phenomenon drawing on examples from the Middle East and Africa. It considers the different sorts of actors ¿ state and non-state, public and private, national and transnational ¿ which possess power, examines the dynamics of the relationships between central authorities and other actors.
The work is a fresh interpretation of Israel's foreign policy vis-a-vis the peace process, one that deems domestic political factors as the key to explain the shift within Israel from war to peace.
The Muslim Brotherhood has become the world's largest, most influential Islamist group. This book examines the Brotherhood's active role in Egypt and throughout the Middle East and Arab world, exploring its evolving position on key issues, including gender, religious minorities, and political plurality, and analyzes its attempts at reform.
"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"--
Presents an overview of Islamic extremism in Kuwait. This title traces the development of Islamist fundamentalist groups in Kuwait, both Shiite and Sunni, from the beginning of the twentieth century.
The Oslo secret negotiations from 1992 to 1993 were some of the most astonishing and successful negotiations in the Middle East, leading to the mutual recognition between the PLO and Israel. This book provides an account of the Oslo negotiations, focusing particularly on the issue of non-recognition.
Eight years after the second Palestinian uprising, the Oslo accords signed in 1993 seem to have failed. This book explores one of the major aspects of the bilateral peace process - the composition and behavior of the Palestinian negotiating team, which deeply impacted the outcome of the negotiations between 1991 and 1997.
Examines the history of international relations in the Gulf since the 1820s, focusing on the struggle for control over the islands of the Gulf.
Examines the currency union of the Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC) - Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates - which comes into effect in 2010.
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