Globalization and Geopolitics in the Middle East

Anoushiravan Ehteshami is Professor of International Relations and Head of the School of Government and International Affairs at Durham University, UK. He is also a Fellow of the World Economic Forum. He was Vice-President of the British Society for Middle Eastern Studies (BRISMES) from 2000-2003.He is the author of numerous books and articles on politics, international relations, strategic studies and political economy of the Middle East.

'Anoushiravan Ehteshami combines the rich contextual knowledge of an area specialist with a masterful grasp of the rapidly changing dynamics of international politics. The result is an indispensable study of the impact of globalization on the geopolitics of the Middle East. This book will be welcomed as a major addition by specialists on the region, but Ehteshami's lucid style also makes it an accessible--indeed, inviting--introduction for non-specialists. Hopefully, it will garner the attention of policy-makers as well.' - Ian Shapiro, Sterling Professor of Political Science at Yale University and author of Containment: Rebuilding a Strategy against Global Terror'This useful survey of the dilemmas that confront the vast and complex region between Morocco and Central Asia in this era of rapid and world-wide change--and of the corresponding opportunities and challenges that the region itself represents for the world as a whole-should be useful for both beginning students and long-time observers of the Middle East.' - Lisa Anderson, Dean of the School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University'Anoushiravan Ehteshami brings together the disciplinary focus of the social scientist and the expertise of the Middle Eastern specialist to provide a uniquely area-specific study of globalization. Thoroughly informed and always lucid, this book examines globalization’s impact on perhaps the most critical region of the world, and convincingly argues that geopolitics can explain both the uncertain unfolding of and resistance to wider changes in the local context. It powerfully demonstrates that the interdependence and transnationalism of the Middle East are dependent on strategic events such as the war on terror and the invasion of Iraq—a perspective of immense analytical and policy significance.' - James Piscatori, Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies, University of Oxford, UK

• Introduction: Globalization and Geopolitics in the Middle East 1. Globalization: System or Process? 2. Globalization and Strategic Interdependence 3. The MENA Regional System in Crisis 4. Geopolitical Tectonics: GME on the Margins of Eurasia 5. Government and Governance in the Era of Globalization 6. Economic Internationalization and the Changing Balance of Economic Power in the Middle East 7. Culture Clash: Globalization and the Geopolitics of Identity in the Middle East 8. Globalization and International Politics of the GME 9. Globalization and the Middle East in Perspective