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Expert contributors provide comprehensive, country-by-country analysis of contemporary issues and political structure and dynamics in the Middle East and North Africa
List of contents
1. Introduction: Middle Eastern and North African State in Comparative Perspective, Mark Gasiorowski 2. Republic of Turkey, Henri J. Barkey and Omer Taspinar 3. Islamic Republic of Iran, Mark Gasiorowski 4. Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Sebastian Maisel 5. Republic of Iraq, Judith S. Yaphe 6. Eastern Arabian States: Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, and Oman, Jill Crystal 7. Republic of Yemen, Robert D. Burrowes 8. Republic of Lebanon, William Harris 9. Syrian Arab Republic, Raymond Hinnebusch and David W. Lesch 10. Hashimite Kingdom of Jordan, Curtis R. Ryan 11. State of Israel, David H. Goldberg 12. The Palestinians, Glenn E. Robinson 13. Arab Republic of Egypt, Joshua Stracher 14. Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Mary-Jane Deeb 15. Kingdom of Morocco, Gregory W. White 16. People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, Azzedine Layachi 17. Tunisia, Christopher Alexander
About the author
Mark Gasiorowski is professor of political science at Tulane University. He specializes in the politics of Iran and the Middle East region. His notable publications include "US Foreign Policy and the Shah: Building a Client State in Iran," (with Nikki Keddie) "Neither East Nor West: Iran, The Soviet Union, and the United States, "and (with Malcolm Byrne) "Mohammad Mosaddeq and the 1953 Coup in Iran."
Former editor David E. Long is a consultant on the Middle East and counterterrorism and has taught and lectured extensively on the Middle East.
Former editor Bernard Reich is professor of political science and international affairs at George Washington University.
