Riding the tiger : the Middle East challenge after the Cold War

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Riding the tiger : the Middle East challenge after the Cold War

edited by Phebe Marr and William Lewis

Westview Press, c1993

  • : hbk
  • : pbk

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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Volume

: hbk ISBN 9780813384795

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.

Table of Contents

  • 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.
Volume

: pbk ISBN 9780813386638

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.

Table of Contents

  • 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.

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