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  • Reform in the Middle East Oil Monarchies

    by Anoushiravan Ehteshami ...
    The oil rich monarchies of the Arabian Peninsula are frequently dismissed as having no democratic systems compared to most other regions of the world. Indeed, the United States justified its action in Iraq by proclaiming that democracy and freedom must be adopted both in Iraq and throughout the wider Middle East, in order to counter the conditions which breed international terrorism. It has been ... Read more

    $10.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Iran's Foreign Policy

    From Khatami to Admadinejad

    by Anoushiravan Ehteshami ...
    This timely collection of papers by leading academics and prominent government officials sheds new light on the foreign policy of Iran under President Khatami and into the period of President Ahmadinejad. The topics covered include the influence of the Iranian constitution on its foreign policy, Iran's relations with the United States, the United Kingdom, the European Union and the Arab world, and ... Read more

    $10.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Defending Iran

    From Revolutionary Guards to Ballistic Missiles

    by Gawdat Bahgat, Anoushiravan Ehteshami ...
    Since the 1979 revolution, the ruling establishment of Iran has developed and articulated a defense strategy reflective of the country's Iran-Iraq war experience and its international isolation. Its asymmetrical warfare doctrine, use of irregular forces in military campaigns, deployment of ballistic missiles, use of fast naval vessels to harass and confuse adversaries, and finally development of a ... Read more

    $38.59 USD

  • Islam, IS and the Fragmented State

    The Challenges of Political Islam in the MENA Region

    by Amjed Rasheed, Juline Beaujouan, Anoushiravan Ehteshami ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Religion
    This book provides a pioneering and original study of the regional effects of political Islam. It sets out the multifaceted interactions between Islam and politics in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, focussing in particular on the so-called Islamic State (IS) organization in its broad discussion of political Islam. Utilizing a trans-disciplinary perspective, the book interacts with ... Read more

    $61.99 USD

  • How China's Rise is Changing the Middle East

    by Anoushiravan Ehteshami, Niv Horesh ...
    Series series Durham Modern Middle East and Islamic World Series
    This book explores the extent to which China’s rise is changing the economic, security, political, and social-cultural aspects of the Middle East – a region of significant strategic importance to the West and of increasing importance to the East. With its growing dependence on Middle East oil and gas, China has more at stake in this region than any other Asian power and, not surprisingly, has ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

  • Iran

    Stuck in Transition

    by Anoushiravan Ehteshami ...
    Series series The Contemporary Middle East
    Having been ruled, more or less continuously, by a range of monarchical dynasties for three millennia, the end of the monarchy in Iran was relatively sudden, taking place in two short years. Since then, Iran has gone through tumultuous change, yet is still apparently caught in a cycle of transition. Iran has now created a complex but unique and non-transferrable system of government, but the ... Read more

    $79.99 USD

  • The Emerging Middle East-East Asia Nexus

    Edited by Anoushiravan Ehteshami, Yukiko Miyagi ...
    Series series Durham Modern Middle East and Islamic World Series
    As the economies of East Asia grow ever stronger, their need for energy resources increases, which in turn compels closer relations with the countries of the Middle East. This book examines the developing relations between the countries of East Asia, especially China and Japan, with the countries of the Middle East. It looks at various key bilateral relationships, including with Iran and Syria, ... Read more

    $67.99 USD

  • Islamic Fundamentalism

    by Abdel Salam Sidahmed, Anoushiravan Ehteshami ...
    The phenomenon of political Islam continues to dominate the political and social map of the Arab world, with the increasingly open struggle between ruling elites and Islamists becoming the main source of political instability in many states. This volume offers an in-depth analysis of the rise of Islamic and fundamentalist movements in the Middle East and North Africa. Through detailed case studies ... Read more

    $72.99 USD

  • Dynamics of Change in the Persian Gulf

    Political Economy, War and Revolution

    by Anoushiravan Ehteshami ...
    The Persian Gulf has come to represent one of the most strategically significant waterways of the world. In terms of geography, geopolitics, resources, global political economy, and regional influence, the Gulf is perhaps home to the world’s most significant group of countries. Focusing on the complexities of the interplay between domestic-level changes and region-wide interactions, this ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

  • China's Presence in the Middle East

    The Implications of the One Belt, One Road Initiative

    Edited by Anoushiravan Ehteshami, Niv Horesh ...
    Series series Durham Modern Middle East and Islamic World Series
    Chinese President Xi Jinping’s “One Belt, One Road” (OBOR) vision, heralded as an attempt to revive the pre-modern Silk Route, is intended to strengthen West Asia’s economic links with China through ambitious infrastructural projects. Central to this are fast-track rail links, funded by the newly-established Asia Infrastructure and Investment Bank (AIIB), which has its headquarters in Beijing. ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

  • Security and Bilateral Issues between Iran and its Arab Neighbours

    Edited by Gawdat Bahgat, Anoushiravan Ehteshami, Neil Quilliam ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This book provides a detailed analysis of the complicated relations between Iran and its Arab neighbours. Arab perceptions of Iran, its regional policies and role in the Arab region, have never been more complicated than today. How is one to make sense of the increasingly complex and at times tense relationship between Iran and its Arab neighbours? Given the strategic significance of this sub ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Syria and Iran

    Middle Powers in a Penetrated Regional System

    by Anoushiravan Ehteshami, Raymond A. Hinnebusch ...
    It has been the dominant view that both Syria in the 1980s and Iran today have acted as rogue states in the Middle East threatening to upset the stability of the region. In this innovative new study, Anoushiravan Ehteshami and Raymond Hinnebusch show that these two countries have in fact acted in a rational fashion pursuing the aim of containing Western influence.This book demonstrates how Syrian ... Read more

    $70.99 USD