By Amin Saikal

ISBN-10: 1137561246

ISBN-13: 9781137561244

This quantity specializes in studying the altering family and nearby dynamics within the Arab international and Iran. Its chapters speak about an array of nations, occasions, actors, and matters - from an exam of the Arab Spring and the Tunisian democratic transition, to an exploration of the position of Saudi-Iranian geostrategic contention, to the effect of ethnic and sectarian politics in Syria, Iraq, and around the sector. Chapters from professional members are equipped into 3 components. the 1st part of the amount covers the features and dynamics of switch within the Arab international. the second one examines the position of Islam, Islamism, Islamic governance, and sectarian and ethnic politics within the zone. The 3rd part makes a speciality of Iranian family and local politics. but the subject of transition is continuing all through as this multidisciplinary e-book attracts connections throughout nations and occasions not to merely tell in regards to the triumphing nearby state of affairs, but additionally to ask readers to attract their very own conclusions as to the way forward for the center East. jointly the quantity offers a clean interpretation of the altering dynamics of the Arab global and Iran, unpacking the complexities of the disputes, conflicts, rivalries, failed ambitions, and approaches of switch and improvement that experience made the Muslim heart East so turbulent, directionless, and eternally contested by means of either neighborhood and foreign actors.

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