Riding The Tiger
The Middle East Challenge After The Cold War
Westview Press Inc
1st Edition
Published on 15. September 1993
Book
Hardback
253 pages
978-0-8133-8479-5 (ISBN)
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Description
The contributors to this book focus on the underlying forces at work in the Middle East, going beyond traditional perspectives in their analysis of such key issues as: state-to-state conflict the Arab-Israeli and Persian Gulf arenas; growing Western dependence on Middle East oil increasingly lethal arms race that may upset the regional balance; competition for scarce resources, such as water, in non-oil states; and ethnic, sectarian, and ideological forces as the Islamic revival and pressures for democracy - that will affect regional stability.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Inc
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-8133-8479-5 (9780813384795)
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09/1993
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Content
Introduction - William Lewis and Phebe Marr; Moscow and the Middle East in the 1990s - William Goodman; Oil in the 1990s: The Gulf Dominant - William C. Ramsey; The Military Balance: change or Stasis - W. Lewis; The Arab-Israeli Conflict in the 1990s: Prospects of Settlement - William Quandt; Prospects for Armed Conflict in the Gulf in the 1990s: The Impact of the Gulf War - David Long; Hazards to Stability in the Middle East in the 1990s: Economics, Population, and Water - Thomas Naff; Beyond Geopolitics: Ethnic and Sectarian Conflict Elimination in the Middle East and North Africa - Abdul Aziz Said; The Ideological Challenge of Islamic Movements - John Esposito; Strategies for an Era of Uncertainty: The U.S. Policy Agenda - P. Marr.