The Middle East in Global Change: The Politics and Economics of Interdependence versus Fragmentation [Hardcover]

What are the prospects of the Middle East region moving 'from a warfare to a welfare'? A group of leading scholars of the MIddle East and North Africa (political scientists, economists, sociologists, strategic analysts, and historians) adopt a common political economy approach to answer this much debated question.List of Tables - List of Maps and Figures - Contributors - Acknowledgements - Introduction - PART 1: KEY ISSUES OF MIDDLE EAST INTERDEPENDENCE - Political Reform in the Middle East; A.R.Norton - Arab Political Currents and Mediterraneanism; P.E.Salem - Turkey and the Middle East Northern Tier; G.E.Fuller - Disputes over State Boundaries in the Middle East and North Africa; G.H.Joffe - Demography, Migration and Security in the Middle East; N.Choucri - Macroeconomic Tendencies and Policy Options in the Arab Region; M.Abdel-Fadil - The Old/New Middle East; B.Korany - PART 2: THE MIDDLE EAST BETWEEN GLOBALISM AND REGIONALISM - Globalism and Regionalism in the World Economy and the Middle East; P.Guerrieri - The Political Economy of Regional Integration in the Middle East; P.Padoan - The Middle East and the End of the Cold War; S.D.Krasner - Change and Continuity in Western Policies towards the Middle East; R.Aliboni - A Map and Some Hypotheses for the Future of the Middle East; L.Guazzone - Bibliography - Index