The oil rich monarchies of the Arabian Peninsula are frequently dismissed as having no democratic systems compared to most other regions of the world. Indeed, the United States justified its action in Iraq by proclaiming ...

One of the implications of Orientalism is that the Arab world, as a homogeneous entity, is often analysed as an anomaly within the international system. This book argues that, despite their differences, societies across ...

This book brings together fifty of today's finest thinkers. They were asked to let their imaginations run free to advance new ideas on a wide range of social and political issues. They did so as friends, on the occasion ...

This edited volume brings together both western and non-western approaches to counter-terrorism in the post-9/11 era. This multi-cultural study of counter-terrorism strategies identifies common lessons from failed and ...

The 1990-91 Gulf War, the Israeli-PLO agreement, instances of political and economic reform, and the radical political reassertion of Islam, all indicate that the post-Cold War Middle East is in the grip of dramatic changes. ...

This survey of the state of democracy in "Third World" countries explores both the domestic and international factors influencing democratization through the use of theoretical and empirical approaches. Contributors examine ...