Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.

2nd ed.

xvi, 386 p. : ill., chart maps ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [349]-363) and index.

Originally published: 2005.

Contents : Introduction : the Middle East and international relations / Louise Fawcett -- Part I. Historical overview. The emergence of the modern Middle East into the modern state system / Eugene L. Rogan -- The Cold War in the Middle East / Peter Sluglett -- The Middle East since the Cold War : still insecure / Bahgat Korany -- Part II. Themes in international relations and international political economy. Oil and political economy in the international relations of the Middle East / Giacomo Luciani -- The clash of globalizations in the Middle East / Clement M. Henry -- The puzzle of political reform in the Middle East / Augustus Richard Norton -- The politics of identity in Middle East international relations / Raymond Hinnebusch -- Islam and the international relations in the Middle East : from umma to nation state / Peter Mandaville -- Alliances, cooperation, and regionalism in the Middle East / Louise Fawcett -- War and security in the Middle East / Janice Gross Stein -- Part III. Key issues and actors. The Arab-Israeli conflict / Charles Smith -- The rise and fall of the Oslo peace process / Avi Shlaim -- The international politics of the Gulf / F. Gregory Gause, III -- The war for regime change in Iraq / Philip Robins -- The United States in the Middle East / Michael C. Hudson -- Europe in the Middle East / Rosemary Hollis.

Middle East -- Foreign relations.

Middle East -- Politics and government.

Fawcett, Louise L'Estrange.

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