The International Relations of the Middle East in the 21st Century - Patterns of Continuity and Change (Hardcover, New Ed)

Historically embedded in the context of confrontation, political dynamics in the Middle East today threaten to spin out of control at the international level. This work is an analysis by scholars of the inter-related dimensions of confrontation that have entangled almost every aspect of contemporary politics in the region. The sustained confrontation between dominant external interests and regional politics is the common theme across the 12 chapters that comprise the book. These chapters are organized into three sections based on subdivisions of this common theme.