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.
China-Saudi Arabia Relations, 1990-2012: Marriage of Convenience or Strategic Alliance?
1st Edition
By Naser M. Al-Tamimi
January 20, 2016
This book focuses on the relationship established between China, the world’s second largest economy, and Saudi Arabia, the world’s top oil exporter. Due to Saudi Arabia’s dominance of the world oil market, China is increasingly focusing its attention on the Saudi Arabia as a reliable oil supplier ...
Islamic Extremism in Kuwait: From the Muslim Brotherhood to Al-Qaeda and other Islamic Political Groups
1st Edition
By Falah Abdullah al-Mdaires
February 27, 2015
This book is the first to provide a complete overview of Islamic extremism in Kuwait. It traces the development of Islamist fundamentalist groups in Kuwait, both Shiite and Sunni, from the beginning of the twentieth century. It outlines the nature and origins of the many different groups, considers...
Israeli Politics and the Middle East Peace Process, 1988-2002
1st Edition
By Hassan A. Barari
September 11, 2014
The book is a fresh interpretation of Israeli foreign policy vis-à-vis the peace process, one that deems domestic political factors as the key to explain the shift within Israel from war to peace. The main assumption is that peacemaking that entails territorial compromise is an issue that can only ...
Social and Gender Inequality in Oman: The Power of Religious and Political Tradition
1st Edition
By Khalid M. Al-Azri
August 12, 2014
Looking at the social, political and legal changes in Oman since 1970, this book challenges the Islamic and tribal traditional cultural norms relating to marriage, divorce and women’s rights which guide social and legal practice in the modern Omani state. The book argues that despite the ...
The Middle East's Relations with Asia and Russia
1st Edition
Edited
By Hannah Carter, Anoushiravan Ehteshami
August 12, 2014
Carter and Ehteshami consider the significant geopolitical, economic and security links between the Middle East and the wider Asian world - links which are often overlooked when the Middle East is considered in isolation or in terms of its relations with the West, but which are of growing ...
American Democracy Promotion in the Changing Middle East: From Bush to Obama
1st Edition
Edited
By Shahram Akbarzadeh, James Piscatori, Benjamin MacQueen, Amin Saikal
June 19, 2014
The recent "Arab spring", with its popular uprisings in many Arab countries, has exposed the ambiguity at the heart of American promotion of democracy in the Middle East. The US invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq were packaged as democracy promotion, as heralding the beginning of a new phase in the ...
The Muslim Brotherhood in Contemporary Egypt: Democracy Redefined or Confined?
1st Edition
By Mariz Tadros
June 19, 2014
The Muslim Brotherhood is one of the oldest and most influential Islamist movements. As the party ascends to power in Egypt, it is poised to adopt a new system of governance and state–society relations, the effects of which are likely to extend well beyond Egypt’s national borders. This book ...
The Secret Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations in Oslo: Their Success and Why the Process Ultimately Failed
1st Edition
By Sven Behrendt
October 23, 2013
The Oslo secret negotiations from 1992 to 1993 were some of the most astonishing and also successful negotiations in the Middle East, leading to the mutual recognition between the PLO and Israel. Through an in-depth examination of the Oslo negotiations, this book argues that at the core of the ...
Iran-Turkey Relations, 1979-2011: Conceptualising the Dynamics of Politics, Religion and Security in Middle-Power States
1st Edition
By Suleyman Elik
October 03, 2013
Both Turkey and Iran are large and important countries in the Middle East; how these two countries relate to each other is of crucial importance both for the region and for the wider world. This book explores the diplomatic, security and energy relations of these two middle power states since 1979,...
The International Politics of the Red Sea
1st Edition
By Anoushiravan Ehteshami, Emma C. Murphy
October 03, 2013
This pioneering book is the first comprehensive study of the Red Sea as a sub-region of the international system in its own right. Examining the international politics of the Red Sea region from the Cold War to the present day, it argues that the Red Sea area demonstrates the characteristics of a ...
Iran and the International System
1st Edition
Edited
By Anoushiravan Ehteshami, Reza Molavi
September 20, 2013
Much attention in the West has focused on Iran as a problem country. This book challenges the representations of Iran as a hostile regional power led by ideologues, and goes further by discussing how international relations are viewed from inside Iran itself, outlining the factors which underpin ...
Palestinian Christians in Israel: State Attitudes towards Non-Muslims in a Jewish State
1st Edition
By Una McGahern
September 20, 2013
Although Christians form a significant proportion of the Palestinian Arab minority in Israel, very little research has, until now, been undertaken to examine their complicated position within Israel. This book demonstrates the limits of analyses which characterise state-minority relations in Israel...