Middle East Politics

Charts the evolution of the security environment in Afghanistan since the fall of the Taliban, assessing both the causes of insecurity and the responses to them. This paper offers suggestions on how to tackle Afghanistan's security crisis...

Palestinian civilians engaged in numerous acts of non-violent resistance during the second intifada, despite the prevalence of violent, armed resistance. This book provides an in-depth study of the often-overlooked aspects of popular resistance in Palestine, illustrating both the challenges and oppo..

This book, first published in 1969, brings out clearly and concisely the complex moulding of Arab identity. The present-day Arabic-speaking peoples may be traced back to the Arabian tribes that were later to be shaped into a people by Islam. With the Muslim conquests the language of the Arabian trib..

The Small Gulf States analyses the evolution of these states’ foreign and security policies since the Arab Spring. Focusing on Oman, Qatar and the UAE, it explores how these states have been successful in guaranteeing their survival and also in increasing their influence. It then discusses the secur..

China’s foreign policy in the Arab world is important because it reflects China’s general foreign policy. In this study, first published in 1981, the author draws upon a wealth of previously unpublished and inaccessible material to analyse Chinese attitudes in three cases: the two Arab liberation mo..

This Chatham House Paper examines the nature of Soviet relations with Syria, assessing the commitments made and the gains reaped by Moscow and Damascus in the economic, military and political spheres. After discussing Soviet interests in the region in general and with regard to Syria in particular, ..

This volume illustrates and explains why the Arab uprisings have had a limited impact on foreign aid in the MENA region, by analysing the politics and the political economy of foreign aid provision._x005F_x000D_ This book was published as a special issue of Mediterranean Politics...

This volume illustrates and explains why the Arab uprisings have had a limited impact on foreign aid in the MENA region, by analysing the politics and the political economy of foreign aid provision._x005F_x005F_x000D_ This book was published as a special issue of Mediterranean Politics...

The Struggle for Jerusalem’s Holy Places investigates the role of architecture and urban identity in relation to the political economy of the city and its wider state context seen through the lens of the holy places. _x000D_ Reflecting the broad disciplinary backgrounds of the authors, this book pro..

South Yemen was long a key spot in the strategic geography of the West. Before the Second World War, it was important for the British as an outpost on the way to India. From the mid-1940s it was a crucial gateway to the oil rich Arabian Peninsular and a vital area in the context of superpower rivalr..

This book, first published in 1969, surveys Soviet policies and Middle Eastern responses during the turbulent 1960s. It deals with changing moods of Turkey and Iran, the Arab-Israeli conflict in the context of big power rivalry in the Middle East, the Russian naval presence in the Mediterranean, and..

This book presents a snapshot of how the Syrian uprising developed in roughly the first two to three years (2011-2013) and addresses key questions regarding the domestic origins of the uprising and its early trajectory...