Now in its sixty-ninth edition, this title continues to provide the most up-to-date geopolitical and economic information for this important world area.
Key Features:
- covers the Middle East and North Africa from Algeria to Yemen
- includes topical contributions from acknowledged experts on regional affairs
- accurately and impartially records the latest political and economic developments
- provides comprehensive data on all major organizations active in the countries of the region.
General Survey
- introductory essays cover a wide range of topics relating to the region as a whole.
Country Surveys
Individual chapters on each country incorporating:
- essays on the physical and social geography, recent history and economy
- an extensive statistical survey of economic and social indicators, which include area and population, health and welfare, agriculture, forestry, fishing, mining, industry, finance, trade, transport, tourism, communications media and education
- a full directory with names, addresses and contact details covering the constitution, government, legislature, political organizations, election commissions, diplomatic representation, judiciary, religious groups, the media, finance, trade and industry (including petroleum and natural gas), tourism, defence and education
- a country-specific bibliography, providing suggestions for further research.
Regional Information
- includes all major international organizations active in the Middle East and North Africa; research institutes specializing in the region; and select bibliographies of books and periodicals.
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
PART ONE
General Survey
Saudi Arabia and Iran: Islam, Security and Foreign Policy in the Middle East
SIMON MABON
US Middle East Policy
ROBERT E. LOONEY
The Kurdish Question in the Middle East
CENGIZ GUNES
The Religions of the Middle East and North Africa
R. B. SERJEANT
Instituting a Sustainable Energy Transition in the Gulf: A Review of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar
JUSTIN DARGIN
PART TWO Country Surveys
Sections on geography, history and economy, as well as statistical surveys, directories and bibliographies for each country
ALGERIA
History GIANNI DEL PANTA
Economy ROBERT E. LOONEY
BAHRAIN
History MARC JONES (Revised by KRISTIAN COATES ULRICHSEN)
Economy MARTIN HVIDT
CYPRUS
History ANDREAS STERGIOU
Economy Revised by ANDREAS STERGIOU
'Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus'
History
Economy
EGYPT
History Updated by ALICE VERTICELLI and DENIS J. SULLIVAN (Revised by editorial staff)
Economy SHIREEN ALAZZAWI
IRAN
History EDWARD WASTNIDGE
Economy ROBERT E. LOONEY
IRAQ
History LIAM ANDERSON
Economy ROBERT E. LOONEY
ISRAEL
History SHMUEL SANDLER
Economy ROBERT E. LOONEY
Occupied Territories
East Jerusalem
The Golan Heights
JORDAN
History COURTNEY FREER
Economy ONN WINCKLER
KUWAIT
History Revised by CLAIRE BEAUGRAND
Economy MATE SZALAI
LEBANON
History NATALIA CALFAT
Economy VIVIANE Y. NAIMY and RIAD OBEGI
LIBYA
History RONALD BRUCE ST JOHN
Economy AMIR MAGDY KAMEL
MOROCCO
History NEIL PARTRICK (Based on an original essay by RICHARD LAWLESS)
Economy Revised by NEIL PARTRICK (Based on an original essay by ALAN J. DAY)
OMAN
History Revised by MARC VALERI
Economy FRANCIS OWTRAM
PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES
Recent History Updated by NIGEL PARSONS (Revised by the editorial staff)
Economy LUIS ABUGATTAS, HABIB HINN and RAJA KHALIDI
QATAR
History DAVID ROBERTS
Economy FRANCIS OWTRAM
SAUDI ARABIA
History BRANDON FRIEDMAN
Economy NEIL PARTRICK (Based on an original essay by MOIN SIDDIQI)
SPANISH NORTH AFRICA
Ceuta
Melilla
SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC
History EYAL ZISSER
Economy OMAR S. DAHI and MOHAMMAD AL-ASADI
TUNISIA
History NEIL PARTRICK (Based on an original essay by RICHARD LAWLESS)
Economy NEIL PARTRICK (Based on an essay by the editorial staff)
TUERKIYE
History GARETH JENKINS
Economy GARETH JENKINS
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
History KRISTIAN COATES ULRICHSEN
Economy Revised by ROBERT MOGIELNICKI
YEMEN
History VINCENT DURAC
Economy CHARLES SCHMITZ
PART THREE Regional Information
REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
MAJOR COMMODITIES OF THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA
DOCUMENTS ON PALESTINE
CALENDARS
RESEARCH INSTITUTES
SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY (BOOKS)
SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY(PERIODICALS)
