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Durham Modern Middle East and Islamic World Series

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Globalization and Geopolitics in the Middle East

Old games, new rules

By Anoushiravan Ehteshami

Examining globalization in the Middle East, this book provides a much needed assessment of the impact of globalization in the ‘greater’ Middle East, including North…

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October 2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-47712-3 (Routledge)

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The Muslim Brotherhood and Islamist Politics in the Middle East

By Mariz Tadros, Akram Habib

The Muslim Brotherhood, founded in Egypt in 1928, has become the world’s largest, most influential Islamist group. After eight decades surviving as a populist religious…

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September 2008 | Hardback: 978-0-415-46596-0 (Routledge)

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Oman - The Islamic Democratic Tradition

By Hussein Ghubash

Oman is the inheritor of a unique political tradition, the imama (imamate), and has a special place in the Arab Islamic world. From the eighth…

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August 2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-48132-8 (Routledge)

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Monetary Union in the Gulf

Prospects for a Single Currency in the Arabian Peninsula

By Emilie Rutledge

At a time of momentous shifts in the balance of world economic forces epitomized by the current oil price boom, the weakening US dollar and…

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July 2008 | Hardback: 978-0-415-45942-6 (Routledge)

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Iran-Europe Relations

Challenges and Opportunities

By Seyyed Hossein Mousavian

This book provides an assessment of relations between Iran and Europe, identifying the areas of common interest as well as the issues of conflict, whilst…

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May 2008 | Hardback: 978-0-415-44756-0 (Routledge)

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Islands and International Politics in the Persian Gulf

The Abu Musa and Tunbs in Strategic Context

By Kourosh Ahmadi

The position of the Persian Gulf as the main highway between East and West has long given this region special significance both within the Middle…

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May 2008 | Hardback: 978-0-415-45933-4 (Routledge)

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The Secret Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations in Oslo

Their Success and Why the Process Ultimately Failed

By Sven Behrendt

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…

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2007 | Hardback: 978-0-415-41592-7 (Routledge)

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Oman - The Islamic Democratic Tradition

By Hussein Ghubash

Oman is the inheritor of a unique political tradition, the imama (imamate), and has a special place in the Arab Islamic world. From the eighth…

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2006 | Hardback: 978-0-415-37568-9 (Routledge)

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The Communist Movement in the Arab World

By Tareq Y. Ismael

This book examines the communist movement in the Arab world from the time of the Russian revolution until after the collapse of the Soviet Union.…

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2004 | Hardback: 978-0-415-34851-5 (Routledge)

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Israeli Politics and the Middle East Peace Process, 1988-2002

By Hassan A. Barari

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…

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2004 | Hardback: 978-0-415-32226-3 (Routledge)

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Forthcoming Titles:

Orthodox Christians in Syria
By Noriko Sato
To be published April 1st 2010

Economics and Politics in Turkey
By Mehmet Asutay
To be published July 20th 2009

Palestinian Politics and the Middle East Peace Process: Consensus and Competition in the Palestinian Negotiating Team
By Khatib Ghassan
To be published June 30th 2009

Contested Sudan: The Political Economy of War and Reconstruction
By Ibrahim Elnur
To be published December 18th 2008