Durham Modern Middle East and Islamic World Series
About the Book Series
The primary aim of this series is to publish original, high quality, research-level work, by both new and established scholars, on all aspects of the modern Middle East and Islamic world. Works of synthesis, reference books and edited collections will also be considered. Submissions from prospective authors are welcomed, and should be sent in the first instance to the series editor.
Limited Statehood and Informal Governance in the Middle East and Africa
1st Edition
Edited
By Ruth Hanau Santini, Abel Polese, Rob Kevlihan
April 29, 2022
Hybrid forms of governance – where the central state authority does not possess a monopoly of violence and fails to exercise control – are not only an epiphenomena, but a reality likely to persist. This book explores this phenomenon drawing on examples from the Middle East and Africa. It considers ...
Transition in Afghanistan: Hope, Despair and the Limits of Statebuilding
1st Edition
By William Maley
September 30, 2021
This book, by one of the most experienced authorities on the subject, presents a deep analysis of the very difficult current situation in Afghanistan. Covering a wide range of important subjects including state-building, democracy, war, the rule of law, and international relations, the book draws ...
How China's Rise is Changing the Middle East
1st Edition
By Anoushiravan Ehteshami, Niv Horesh
March 31, 2021
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 ...
Iran's Foreign Policy in the South Caucasus: Relations with Azerbaijan and Armenia
1st Edition
By Marzieh Kouhi-Esfahani
September 30, 2020
Iran’s role as a regional power is more significant than many in the West may realise. The country lies between Central Asia/the Caucasus and the Gulf region on the one hand, and, on the other, between the Mediterranean/Levant region and South Asia. Many of these areas are of increasing strategic ...
Russia's Middle East Policy: From Lenin to Putin
1st Edition
By Alexey Vasiliev
August 14, 2020
This extraordinary book charts the development of Russia’s relations with the Middle East from the Russian Revolution of 1917 to the present. It covers both high and low points – the closeness to Nasser’s Egypt, followed by reversal; the successful invasion of Afghanistan which later turned into a ...
Afghanistan � Challenges and Prospects
1st Edition
Edited
By Srinjoy Bose, Nishank Motwani, William Maley
December 12, 2019
After decades of turmoil a new phase is opening up for Afghanistan, in which a new generation comes to the fore as many of the key players from earlier phases, including foreign interventionist powers, leave the scene. Although this new phase offers new possibilities and increased hope for ...
China's Presence in the Middle East: The Implications of the One Belt, One Road Initiative
1st Edition
Edited
By Anoushiravan Ehteshami, Niv Horesh
December 12, 2019
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 ...
The Erasure of Arab Political Identity: Colonialism and Violence
1st Edition
By Salam Hawa
January 03, 2019
This book explores the long history of the evolution of Arab political identity, which predates the time of the Prophet Muhammad and is characterized by tolerance, compassion, generosity, hospitality, self-control, correct behaviour, equality and consensus. The author argues that present-day ...
Economic Development in Saudi Arabia
1st Edition
By Ahmed Al Rajhi, Abdullah Al Salamah, Monica Malik, Rodney Wilson
August 14, 2018
The changing political situation in the Middle East poses challenges for the economies of the region, and some see none more vulnerable to collapse than Saudi Arabia's. Yet as this study demonstrates, the fundamentals of the Kingdom's economy are relatively robust, as over three quarters of GDP is ...
Good Governance in the Middle East Oil Monarchies
1st Edition
Edited
By Martin Hetherington, Tom Pierre Najem
August 14, 2018
The concept of 'good governance' is of increasing importance, and is used by international organizations to ensure reasonable conformity to high standards in states which participate in the global trading regime and other international activities. This book examines the concept of good governance ...
Islamism and Globalisation in Jordan: The Muslim Brotherhood's Quest for Hegemony
1st Edition
By Daniel Atzori
January 12, 2018
This book explores the activities of the local Muslim Brotherhood in Jordan. It examines how the Brotherhood, working to establish an alternative social, political and moral order through a network of Islamic institutions, made a huge contribution to the transformation of Jordanian society. It ...
Lebanon and the Arab Uprisings: In the Eye of the Hurricane
1st Edition
Edited
By Maximilian Felsch, Martin Wählisch
January 12, 2018
The Arab uprisings have put Lebanon under increased strain. While the revolutions in Tunisia and Egypt caused limited reverberations, the war in Syria echoed in the fine-tuned political and confessional balance of Lebanon. Over one million refugees, equal to one-quarter of Lebanon’s population, ...