Riding The Tiger
The Middle East Challenge After The Cold War
1st Edition
Published on 12. September 1993
Book
Paperback/Softback
253 pages
978-0-8133-8663-8 (ISBN)
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 conflicts in the Arab-Israeli and Persian Gulf arenas; growing Western dependence on Middle East oil; an 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 - such 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
978-0-8133-8663-8 (9780813386638)
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09/1993
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Westview Press Inc
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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 of stasis, W. Lewis; the Arab-Israeli conflict in the 1990s - prospects for a 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.