Critical Turning Points in the Middle East [electronic resource] : 1915 - 2015 /
Al-Rodhan, N.author.
Herd, G.author.
Watanabe, L.author.
This book takes a novel look at the modern Middle East through the prisms of six cascading negative critical turning points. It identifies the seeds of a potential seventh in the collective dignity deficits generated by poor governance paradigms and exacerbated by geopolitical competition for the region's natural resources.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Machine generated contents note: -- Introduction -- The Historical Legacy -- The Rise and Fall of the Golden Era -- The First Critical Turning Point -- 1915-22 -- The Second Critical Turning Point -- 1948 -- The Third Critical Turning Point -- 1967 -- The Fourth Critical Turning Point -- 1979 -- The Fifth Critical Turning Point -- 1987-91 -- The Sixth Critical Turning Point -- 2001 -- Implications for a Potential Critical Seventh Turning Point -- 2011-15.
This book takes a novel look at the modern Middle East through the prisms of six cascading negative critical turning points. It identifies the seeds of a potential seventh in the collective dignity deficits generated by poor governance paradigms and exacerbated by geopolitical competition for the region's natural resources.
Middle East—History.
Asia—Politics and government.
International relations.
Middle East—Politics and government.
Political science.
Peace.
History of the Middle East.
Asian Politics.
International Relations.
Middle Eastern Politics.
Political Science.
Conflict Studies.