LEADER 03361nam 2200661Ia 450 001 9910825606703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-281-36982-9 010 $a9786611369828 010 $a1-4039-8320-8 024 7 $a10.1057/9781403983206 035 $a(CKB)1000000000342582 035 $a(EBL)307716 035 $a(OCoLC)314889499 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000132652 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11135636 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000132652 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10039630 035 $a(PQKB)11315947 035 $a(DE-He213)978-1-4039-8320-6 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC307716 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL307716 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10150384 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL136982 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000342582 100 $a20051206d2006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aCritical issues facing the Middle East $esecurity, politics, and economics /$fedited by James A. Russell 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aNew York $cPalgrave Macmillan$d2006 215 $a1 online resource (233 p.) 225 1 $aInitiatives in strategic studies--issues and policies 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-349-53377-7 311 $a1-4039-7246-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a""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 Osloa???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"" 327 $a""7 The Araba???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"" 330 $aAddressing systemic changes in the Middle East's security environment since the Iraq War, prominent experts analyze the challenges these changes pose to US strategy and policy. They examine the causes of profound economic, political and religious transitions and their implications for hopes of reform. 410 0$aInitiatives in strategic studies--issues and policies. 606 $aNational security$zMiddle East 607 $aMiddle East$xDefenses 607 $aMiddle East$xPolitics and government$y21st century 607 $aMiddle East$xEconomic conditions$y21st century 615 0$aNational security 676 $a355/.033056 701 $aRussell$b James A$g(James Avery),$f1958-$01598751 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910825606703321 996 $aCritical Issues Facing the Middle East$94007927 997 $aUNINA