Overview

This textbook anthology of selected readings on pressing Middle East security concerns serves as an invaluable single-volume assessment of critical security issues in nations such as Afghanistan, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, Syria, and Yemen. The issues and current events of the Greater Middle East continue to hold deep implications for American geopolitical interests in the region—as they have for many decades. An ideal resource for students in undergraduate courses on the Middle East and related regions as well as students in graduate programs of international studies or security studies, this textbook anthologizes recent, insightful analyses by top scholars on trends and events in the Middle East that bear crucially on regional and global security considerations, covering topics like Iran's nuclear ambitions; the rise, ebb, and resurgence of Al Qaeda; and the war in Syria. The essays address concerns that include the re-imposition of military rule in Egypt; the current status of Palestinian-Israeli relations; the civil war and proposed chemical inspections in Syria; Sunni-Shiite conflict and the revitalized al Qaeda presence in Iraq and the Sunni resurgence in Iraq and Syria; and the on-again-off-again international monitoring of nuclear facilities in Iran, along with discussions of that country's connections to the Syrian regime and Hezbollah in Lebanon. The use of drone strikes as antiterrorist weapons and their use within U.S. and international law also receive specific attention. Each reading is summarized and contextualized by a concise introduction that serves to enhance the integration of the individual readings across the book. Original source notes are included with each chapter as guides to further reading, and numerous maps provide an essential sense of place. The book also includes a glossary of terms and a register of brief biographies of significant persons.

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Author:   Karl Yambert
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint:   Praeger Publishers Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.879kg
ISBN:  

9781440833984

ISBN 10:   1440833982
Pages:   400
Publication Date:   09 May 2016
Recommended Age:   From 7 to 17 years
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Preface Acknowledgments About This Book Part I. Geopolitical Context: Five Perspectives on the Greater Middle East Chapter One Freedom and Democracy in the Greater Middle East Dick Cheney Chapter Two America's Engagement with the Middle East Barack Obama Chapter Three Accepting the Inalienable Right of Iran Hassan Rouhani Chapter Four Address to the American Congress Benjamin Netanyahu Chapter Five Saudi Arabia: Regional Politics and the Rivalry with Iran Matthew Gray Part II. Nuclear Proliferation and Chemical Weapons: Israel, Iran, Pakistan, Syria Chapter Six Israel, Iran, and the Arms Control Paradox in the Middle East Brent J. Talbot Chapter Seven Domestic Motivations of the Iranian Nuclear Program Gaukhar Mukhatzhanova and Nicholas Bowen Chapter Eight The Triangle: Iran, Israel, and the United States Jalil Roshandel Chapter Nine Regional Nuclear States: Israel, Iran, and Pakistan Richard Dean Burns and Joseph M. Siracusa Chapter Ten Pakistan and India: The Enduring Conflict Amit Gupta Chapter Eleven Framework for Elimination of Syrian Chemical Weapons U.S. Department of State et al. Part III. Israel and Palestine, Hamas and Hezbollah, Iran and Syria Chapter Twelve No More Nakbas Mahmoud Abbas Chapter Thirteen Regional Politics and Proxy Groups: Iran, Hamas, and Hezbollah Jalil Roshandel Chapter Fourteen Hezbollah in Lebanon David S. Sorenson Chapter Fifteen Hezbollah, Syria, and ISIS James Worrall, Simon Mabon, and Gordon Clubb Part IV. Drones Chapter Sixteen Predator Strikes in the War on Terrorism William C. Banks Chapter Seventeen Framework for Lethal, Targeted Action against Al-Qaeda Barack Obama Chapter Eighteen Drones: Extrajudicial, Summary, or Arbitrary Executions Christof Heyns Chapter Nineteen The Civilian Impact of Drones: Sample Strike Analysis Ben Emmerson Part V. Islamic Insurgencies: Al-Qaeda, Taliban, Islamic State, Chechnya Chapter Twenty Islamic Insurgencies: Taliban, Al-Qaeda, Islamic State Karl Yambert Chapter Twenty-One Palestinian Precedents: The Origins of Al-Qaeda's Use of Suicide Terrorism Benjamin T. Acosta Chapter Twenty-Two Conventional and Unconventional War in Iraq John A. Gentry Chapter Twenty-Three The Taliban and Al-Qaeda in Afghanistan John A. Gentry Chapter Twenty-Four The Taliban, Affiliated Insurgent Groups, and Pakistan and Iran Mark Silinsky Chapter Twenty-Five Al-Qaeda and ISIS in Iraq and Syria Denise N. Baken and Ioannis Mantzikos Chapter Twenty-Six The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS): Building a Caliphate in the Levant Colin P. Clarke Chapter Twenty-Seven The Caucasus Emirate: Conditions in the North Caucasus Elena Pokalova Part VI. Libya and the Maghreb Chapter Twenty-Eight Libya and Security Challenges in the Maghreb Yahia H. Zoubir Chapter Twenty-Nine Post-Gaddafi Libya Richard A. Lobban Jr. and Christopher H. Dalton Chapter Thirty Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) Denise N. Baken and Ioannis Mantzikos Appendix: Persons Glossary About the Contributors Index

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Drones, the Benghazi attacks, and ISIS (the Islamic State of Iraq) are among the topics discussed. . . . VERDICT This title offers a sobering, authoritative briefing on a 'zone of turmoil.' - Library Journal

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Karl Yambert, PhD, is an independent scholar who holds a doctorate in anthropology from the University of California, Davis.

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