The International Relations of the Contemporary Middle East : Subordination and Beyond (Hardcover)

Part I Broad Patterns 1 Toward a framework for analysis 2 Imperialism and its manifestations in the Middle East ? William W. Haddad and Jasamin Rostam-Kolayi Part II The Center in an Age of Inequality 3 The United States: a hegemon challenged ? Stephen Zunes 4 Israel: the limits of conventional and nuclear deterrence ? Ghada Talhami  Part III Potential Counterbalancing Forces 5 Post-revolutionary Iran: resisting global and regional hegemony- Mojtaba Mahdavi 6 Egypt: the continuing storm?- Karen Abul 7 Turkey under the AKP: axis change or pragmatic activism- Tozun Bahcheli 8 "Identity politics": Europe, the EU and the Arab Spring- Philip Marfleet and Fran Cetti 9 The United Nations and the Middle East: a guide for the perplexed ? Richard Falk