Critical Issues Facing the Middle East [[electronic resource] ] : Security, Politics and Economics / / edited by J. Russell

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910784157903321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2006
• ISBN: 1-281-36982-9; 9786611369828; 1-4039-8320-8
• Edizione: [1st ed. 2006.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (233 p.)
• Collana: Initiatives in Strategic Studies: Issues and Policies, , 2945-7149
• Altri autori (Persone): RussellJames A <1958-> (James Avery)
• Disciplina: 355/.033056
• Soggetti: Middle East - Politics and government; Political science; International relations; Middle Eastern Politics; Political Science; International Relations
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""List of Tables and Figures""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""1 Introduction""; ""POLITICAL ECONOMY""; ""2 Long-Term Sources of Instability in the Middle East""; ""3 Reforming the Rentier State: The Imperatives for Change in the Gulf""; ""EMERGING POLITICAL DYNAMICS""; ""4 Osloâ€?s Success, a Militarized Resistance: Changing Opposition Tactics in the Palestinian Territories""; ""5 Islamization and American Policy""; ""6 Democratic Nation Building in the Arc of Crisis: The Case of the Presidential Election in Afghanistan""; ""REGIONAL SECURITY AND STABILITY""; ""7 The Arabâ€?Israeli Conflict and Regional Stability""""8 Iraq and the New Regional Security Dynamic""; ""STRATEGY AND POLICY""; ""9 Strategy, Policy, and War in Iraq: The United States and the Gulf in the Twenty-First Century""; ""INDEX""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""W""; ""Y""; ""Z""
• Sommario/riassunto: Addressing systemic changes in the Middle East's security environment since the Iraq War, prominent experts analyze the challenges these changes pose to US strategy and policy. They examine the causes of profound economic, political and religious transitions and their implications for hopes of reform.