We are living in an age of conspiracy theories, whether it's enduring, widely held beliefs
such as government involvement in the Kennedy assassination or alien activity at Roswell …

This article rejects the paradigm of “ancient sectarian hatreds” to explain the turmoil in the
Middle East. Instead, the political context that illuminates the question of sectarianism is the …

The best framework for understanding the regional politics of the Middle East is as a cold
war in which Iran and Saudi Arabia play the leading roles. These two main actors are not …

Barely a year after the self-immolation of a young fruit seller in Tunisia, a vast wave of
popular protest has convulsed the Middle East, overthrowing long-ruling dictators and …

The Persian Gulf state of Qatar has fewer than 2 million inhabitants, virtually no potable
water, and has been an independent nation only since 1971. Yet its enormous oil and gas …

The international politics of the Middle East fills a major gap in the field of middle eastern
political studies by combining international relations theory with concrete case studies. It will …

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In this 2010 edition of their book on the economic development of the Middle East and North
Africa, Clement Henry and Robert Springborg reflect on what has happened to the region's …

The Gulf monarchies (Saudi Arabia and its five smaller neighbours: the United Arab
Emirates, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman, and Bahrain) have long been governed by highly autocratic …

In the late 1970s, the United States often seemed to be a superpower in decline. Battered by
crises and setbacks around the globe, its post–World War II international leadership …