Middle East Politics

This reissue (1993) analyses the various aspects of the 1990 Gulf crisis, especially in regard to the interactions between internal and international prospects for a new order in the Middle East. Its military, economic and political effects were felt throughout the international political system...

This reissue (1986) traces the growth of the Souq Al-Manakh stock market in Kuwait and analyses its collapse. It also discusses in detail the wider impact of this debacle on the economic life of the Gulf...

This reissue (1986) traces the growth of the Souq Al-Manakh stock market in Kuwait and analyses its collapse. It also discusses in detail the wider impact of this debacle on the economic life of the Gulf...

After a million deaths and twice that number injured, after the destruction of much of the infrastructure of Iran and Iraq, disruption of trade throughout the Gulf and the involvement of the USA and USSR, was the Gulf War a pointless exercise, a futile conflict which achieved nothing and left the co..

As the price of oil fell in the eighties the pressures on the Arab Gulf States to speed up the diversification of their economies into non-oil sectors increased. This book, first published in 1984, examines this problem and many other issues connected with the impact of oil revenues on development i..

As the price of oil fell in the eighties the pressures on the Arab Gulf States to speed up the diversification of their economies into non-oil sectors increased. This book, first published in 1984, examines this problem and many other issues connected with the impact of oil revenues on development i..

This book examines the international politics of the Red Sea region from the Cold War to the present. It argues that the Red Sea region demonstrates well the characteristics of a sub-regional system, with increasing economic and social interdependence, greater regional integration, with the stronger..

This book examines the international politics of the Red Sea region from the Cold War to the present. It argues that the Red Sea region demonstrates well the characteristics of a sub-regional system, with increasing economic and social interdependence, greater regional integration, with the stronger..

The Middle East, a few decades ago, was seen to be an autonomous subsystem of the global international political system. More recently, the region has been subordinated to the hegemony of a singular superpower, the US, bolstered by an alliance with Israel and a network of Arab client states._x000D_ ..

The Middle East, a few decades ago, was seen to be an autonomous subsystem of the global international political system. More recently, the region has been subordinated to the hegemony of a singular superpower, the US, bolstered by an alliance with Israel and a network of Arab client states._x005F_x..

This book employs international relations theory to help explain one of the Middle East’s bloodiest conflicts. Using power transition and foreign policy reciprocity theory, the author develops new insights into the Iran-Iraq war...

This book examines the meaning of the 2003 Iraq war for democratic politics. It shuns simplistic analysis and provides a nuanced and critical overview of this key moment in global politics...