Table of Contents

PART I: HISTPRICAL OVERVIEW; I.1. The Emergence of the Middle East into the Modern State System by Professor Eugene Rogan; I.2. The Cold War in the Middle East by Professor Peter Sluglett; I.3. The Middle East Since the Cold War by Professor Bahgat Korany; PART II: THEMES IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND POLITICAL ECONOMY; II.1. Oil and the Political Economy; GiaClement M Henrycomo Luciani; II.2. Globalizations by Professor Clement M. Henry; II.3. The Puzzle of Political Reform by Profssor Augustus Richard Norton; II.4. The Politics of Identity by Professor Ray Hinnebusch; II.5. Alliances, Cooperations and Regionalism by Doctor Louise Fawcett; II.6. War and Security by Janice Stein; PART III: KEY ISSUES AND ACTORS; III.1. The Arab-Israel Conflict by Professor Charles Smith; III.2. The Rise and Fall of the Oslo Peace Process by Professor Avi Shlaim; III.3. The International Politics of the Gulf by Professor F. Gregory Gause, III; III.4. The United States in the Middle East by Professor Michael Hudson; III.5. Europe in the Middle East by Dr Rosemary Hollis

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About the Author

Dr Louise Fawcett is a Fellow and Lecturer in Politics at St Catherine's College, Oxford. She was the McArthur Scholar in International Relations from 1990-1995.
Her previous publications are Regionalism in World Politics (Oxford University Press, 1996), The Third World Beyond the Cold War (Oxford University Press, 2000) and Iran and the Cold War (Cambridge University Press, 1992).
Her forthcoming publications include Regional Governance in the Americas (Routledge) and The International Relations of Developing Countries (Polity).