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On June 23-25, 2002, RAND's Center for Middle East Public Policy and the Geneva Center for Security Policy held a workshop on terrorism and asymmetric conflict in Southwest Asia. Discussions were organized around four themes: military lessons from the Afghan campaign, terrorism and asymmetric warfare, regional dimensions of the conflict, and Euro-Atlantic relations in Southwest Asia. Although the United States and Europe share similar interests in relation to Southwest Asia, they have adopted divergent tactics toward the region.

Middle East -- Politics and government -- 1979-. --- Terrorism -- Middle East. --- Terrorism. --- Social Welfare & Social Work --- Social Sciences --- Criminology, Penology & Juvenile Delinquency

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A History of the Modern Middle East offers a comprehensive assessment of the region, stretching from the fourteenth century and the founding of the Ottoman and Safavid empires through to the present-day protests and upheavals. The textbook focuses on Turkey, Iran, and the Arab countries of the Middle East, as well as areas often left out of Middle East history—such as the Balkans and the changing roles that Western forces have played in the region for centuries—to discuss the larger contexts and influences on the region's cultural and political development. Enriched by the perspectives of workers and professionals; urban merchants and provincial notables; slaves, students, women, and peasants, as well as political leaders, the book maps the complex social interrelationships and provides a pivotal understanding of the shifting shapes of governance and trajectories of social change in the Middle East. Extensively illustrated with drawings, photographs, and maps, this text skillfully integrates a diverse range of actors and influences to construct a narrative that is at once sophisticated and lucid. A History of the Modern Middle East highlights the region's complexity and variation, countering easy assumptions about the Middle East, those who governed, and those they governed—the rulers, rebels, and rogues who shaped a region.

Middle East --- History --- Politics and government --- History of Asia --- anno 1800-1999 --- Middle East - History - 1517- - Textbooks --- Middle East - Politics and government - Textbooks --- presidents. --- rebels. --- rogues. --- rulers. --- shahs. --- slaves. --- soldiers. --- students. --- sultans. --- workers. --- Medio Oriente --- Historia --- Política gubernamental

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This open access book focuses on the origins, consequences and aftermath of the 1995 and 1999 Western military interventions that led to the end of the most recent Balkan wars. Though challenging problems remain in Bosnia, Macedonia, Kosovo, and Serbia, the conflict prevention and state-building efforts thereafter were partly successful as countries of the region are on separate tracks towards European Union membership. This study highlights lessons that can be applied to the Middle East and Ukraine, where similar conflicts are likewise challenging sovereignty and territorial integrity. It is an accessible treatment of what makes war and how to make peace ideal for all readers interested in how violent international conflicts can be managed, informed by the experience of a practitioner. Daniel Serwer is Professor and Director of the Conflict Management program at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University, USA. .

Peace. --- Russia-Politics and government. --- Russia-History. --- Middle East-Politics and governm. --- Peace Studies. --- Russian and Post-Soviet Politics. --- Russian, Soviet, and East European History. --- Conflict Studies. --- Middle Eastern Politics. --- Coexistence, Peaceful --- Peaceful coexistence --- International relations --- Disarmament --- Peace-building --- Security, International --- War --- Russia --- Middle East --- Politics and government. --- History. --- Russia—Politics and government. --- Russia—History. --- Europe, Eastern—History. --- Middle East—Politics and government. --- Political science --- Peace --- Russia—Politics and government --- Russia—History --- Europe, Eastern—History --- Middle East—Politics and government

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This reference volume is the definitive guide to the economics and politics of the Middle East. It provides clear definitions detailing terms, concepts, names and organizations used in relation to current economic or political affairs in the Middle East. Entries define, explain and give further relevant information on countries, regions, ethnic groups, political parties, organizations, policies and disputes.

MIDDLE EAST--POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT--DICTIONARIES --- MIDDLE EAST--ECONOMIC CONDITIONS--DICTIONARIES --- Middle East - Economic conditions - Dictionaries. --- Middle East - Economic policy - Dictionaries. --- Middle East - Politics and government - Dictionaries. --- Middle East--Economic conditions--Dictionaries. --- Economic History --- Middle East --- Business & Economics --- Regions & Countries - Asia & the Middle East --- History & Archaeology --- Economic conditions --- Economic policy --- Politics and government --- Asia, South West --- Asia, Southwest --- Asia, Western --- East (Middle East) --- Eastern Mediterranean --- Fertile Crescent --- Levant --- Mediterranean Region, Eastern --- Mideast --- Near East --- Northern Tier (Middle East) --- South West Asia --- Southwest Asia --- Asia, West --- West Asia --- Western Asia --- Orient --- Dictionaries --- English

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La République de Turquie a tourné le dos au Moyen-Orient pendant la plus grande partie du xxe siècle. Ce repli stratégique et culturel, acté dans les années 1920 pour consolider l'État naissant après l'effondrement de l'Empire ottoman et refonder une nation turque débarrassée des influences orientales, a perduré jusqu'à la fin de la guerre froide. Le monde arabe et iranien était devenu l'Orient d'une Turquie qui se voulait fermement ancrée dans la modernité occidentale. Le contraste est aujourd'hui saisissant : la Turquie en plein renouveau, progressivement libérée des tabous du kémalisme, réinvestit rapidement le Moyen-Orient, devenu terrain d'expansion économique et d'expérimentation diplomatique. Elle se positionne comme une puissance régionale à part entière, sur le mode du soft power. Le Moyen-Orient est même parfois présenté comme l'alternative à une perspective européenne en berne. Mais les « printemps arabes » posent un sérieux défi au renouveau de l'influence turque dans la région. Modèle naturel pour les futures démocraties arabes, ou acteur impérial qui défend au plus près ses intérêts de puissance : quel sera le rôle de la Turquie dans un contexte de profonde instabilité régionale ? La diplomatie de l'AKP, le parti d'origine islamiste qui dirige le pays depuis 2002, subit ici un test majeur, entre recherche d'équilibre et exercice de responsabilité.

Turkey --- Middle East --- Turquie --- Moyen-Orient --- Foreign relations --- Relations extérieures --- Politics and government --- Relations exterieures --- Moyen-OrientForeign relations --- Relations extérieures --- Turkey - Foreign relations - Middle East --- Middle East - Foreign relations - Turkey --- Turkey - Politics and government - 21st century --- Middle East - Politics and government - 21st century --- Regions & Countries - Europe --- History & Archaeology --- Balkan Peninsula --- Turkey - Middle East - Geopolitics.