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  • Sudanese Intellectuals in the Global Milieu

    Capturing Cultural Capital

    by Mohamed Abusabib, Mai Azzam, Balghis Badri, Francis Mading Deng, Daniel Jok Deng, Abdullahi Ali Ibrahim, Enrico Ille, Amani El Jack, Luka Biong D. Kuol, Rabah Al Sadig, Fatima Babiker Mahmoud, Sana Makawi, Wini Omer, Mai Izzeldeen, Mariam Sharif, Atta El-Battahani ...
    Sudanese Intellectuals in the Global Milieu: Capturing Cultural Capital propels Sudanese intellectuals into the global intellectual milieu and argues for their place in world intellectual history. The contributors posit that Sudan is currently in its most uncertain and perhaps most generative period, as the unrest, conflicts, and upheavals of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries threw Sudanese ... Read more

    $102.99 USD

  • Iraq

    The Contemporary State

    Edited by Tim Niblock ...
    Series series Routledge Revivals
    First Published in 1982, Iraq: The Contemporary State presents insights into the political, social, and economic developments in Iraq. The author argues that Iraq, is a country which the outside world will need increasingly to understand for the stability of the wider Gulf region. Unlike most Arab oil-producing states, moreover, Iraq has substantial agricultural and hydrocarbon resources. This ... Read more

    $45.99 USD

  • Security Challenges in the Mediterranean Region

    Edited by Roberto Aliboni, George Joffe, Tim Niblock ...
    Contributions to this book question the concept of the clash of cultures. The challenge to the West does not lie in the monolith of Islam turning aggressively outward to Europe and the US, but in the rivalries between regimes ruling over societies divided by an imbalance in wealth and power. ... Read more

    $81.99 USD

  • Prospects for the World Oil Industry

    Edited by Tim Niblock, Richard Lawless ...
    Series series Routledge Library Editions: The Economics and Politics of Oil and Gas
    Written in 1985, at a time when the world oil industry was facing a difficult period of over-supply and falling prices, this book examines some of the most important strategic issues facing both the producers and consumers of oil and gas. A theme underlying al the papers is the need for strengthening the co-operation between producing and consuming nations, especially between the Arab Gulf States ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

  • Social and Economic Development in the Arab Gulf (RLE Economy of Middle East)

    Edited by Tim Niblock ...
    Series series Routledge Library Editions: The Economy of the Middle East
    The crucial importance of the Gulf region today – which may be defined as comprising the states of Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Bahrain, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates, with Iran as a non-Arab onlooker – has stimulated surprisingly little interest in academic circles. Much of what has been written, moreover, focuses exclusively on those aspects of direct concern to external interests. The ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

  • State, Society and Economy in Saudi Arabia Pbdirect

    Edited by Tim Niblock ...
    Series series Routledge Library Editions: Saudi Arabia
    Saudi Arabia is one of the most important countries in the modern world. Not only does it possess some 25 per cent of the world’s proven oil reserves, it also plays a crucial role in the wider Gulf region where over 50 per cent of proven reserves are located. Developments in Saudi Arabia will inevitably affect the economic well-being of the Western industrialised world, Japan and much of the Third ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

  • Saudi Arabia

    Power, Legitimacy and Survival

    by Tim Niblock ...
    Series series The Contemporary Middle East
    Saudi Arabia provides a clear, concise yet analytical account of the development of the Saudi state. It details the country’s historical and religious background, its oil rentier economy and its international role, showing how they interact to create the dynamics of the contemporary Saudi state.The development of the state is traced through three stages: the formative period prior to 1962; the ... Read more

    $67.99 USD

  • Multidimensional Diplomacy of Contemporary China

    by Jean-Marc F. Blanchard, Ghulam Ali, Yu Bin, Wang Chengzhi, Chien-peng Chung, Norafidah Ismail, Han Lheem, James Manicom, Tim Niblock0, Li Hak Yin1, Gregory J. Moore2, Ramon Pacheco Pardo3 ...
    Series series Challenges Facing Chinese Political Development
    Since the end of the Cold War, the new Chinese leadership generation has had to promulgate new guiding principles for handling global diplomacy which acknowledges China's new position. Given the dramatic changes in the international system and its domestic economic success for the growing "China's rise" idea on the global stage, China in the 21st century faces a mixture of old and new challenges, ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • The Political Economy of Saudi Arabia

    by Tim Niblock, Monica Malik ...
    With Saudi Arabia being of immense importance both politically and economically in the Middle East, this book provides a much needed, broad ranging survey of the development of the Saudi economy from the 1960s to the present day.Written by a highly reputable author, the book includes an analysis of how political and social factors have shaped policy, and how the Saudi state is coping with the ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

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    Autocracy, Neo-Liberalism and the Disintegration of a State

    by Helen Lackner ...
    Yemen is in the grip of its most severe crisis in years. The civil war between the Huthi rebels and the Western and Arab supporters of the regime has resulted in thousands killed and three million displaced. Those who remain suffer severe food shortages and a collapsed economy. The struggle for power in the Arab world's poorest but strategically vital nation has serious implications for the region ... Read more

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  • Iraqi Kurdistan

    Political Development and Emergent Democracy

    by Gareth R. V. Stansfield ...
    Series series Routledge Advances in Middle East and Islamic Studies
    The Iraqi Kurds have enjoyed de facto statehood in the north of Iraq for over a decade but Intra-Kurdish fighting, military incursions by Turkey and Iran and the constant threat posed by Saddam Hussein have plagued this 'democratic experiment'. In this book, Stansfield explores the development of the Kurdish political system since 1991. He examines the difficult and often violent relations between ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

  • The Battle for the Arab Spring

    Revolution, Counter-Revolution and the Making of a New Era

    by Lin Noueihed, Alex Warren ...
    This "lucidly written" account of the 2011 wave of revolutions "includes a wealth of astute analysis on the politics of the region, from Morocco to Oman" (Paul Hockenos, The National).Sparked by the protest of a single vegetable seller in Tunisia, the flame of revolutionary passion swept across the Arab world in what has come to be called the Arab Spring of 2011. Millions took to the streets in ... Read more

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