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Born in 1945, the United Nations came to life in the Arab world. It was there that the UN dealt with early diplomatic challenges that helped shape its institutions such as peacekeeping and political mediation. It was also there that the UN found itself trapped in, and sometimes part of, confounding geopolitical tensions in key international conflicts in the Cold War and post-Cold War periods, such as hostilities between Palestine and Iraq and between Libya and Syria. Much has changed over the past seven decades, but what has not changed is the central role played by the UN. This book's claim is that the UN is a constant site of struggle in the Arab world and equally that the Arab world serves as a location for the UN to define itself against the shifting politics of its age. Looking at the UN from the standpoint of the Arab world, this volume collects some of the finest scholars and practitioners writing about the potential and the problems of a UN that is framed by both the promises of its Charter and the contradictions of its member states. This is a landmark book - a close and informed study of the UN in the region that taught the organization how to do its many jobs.

UNITED NATIONS--MIDDLE EAST--HISTORY

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Forgée au début du XXe siècle et initialement liée aux intérêts britanniques dans le golfe Persique et au voisinage de l'Inde, l'expression "Moyen-Orient" a des définitions fluctuantes. Ce livre traite d'un espace allant de l'Egypte à l'Iran et de la mer Noire à l'océan Indien, et inclut occasionnellement le Maghreb. Il souligne l'unité de la région, qui tient à l'héritage des Empires ottoman et qâjâr et à l'ancienneté de la présence de l'islam. Son ambition est double : sortir des études sectorielles par aire linguistique ou Etat pour étudier le Moyen-Orient comme un ensemble ; dans un cadre chronologique dicté par la politique et les relations internationales, faire vivre les populations sur les plans culturel, religieux, social et économique.

Moyen-Orient --- Middle East --- History --- MIDDLE EAST--HISTORY --- Histoire --- Middle East - History

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AFRICA, NORTH--HISTORY --- MIDDLE EAST--FOREIGN RELATIONS --- AFRICA, NORTH--FOREIGN RELATIONS --- MIDDLE EAST--HISTORY

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From its birth in the late 1990s as the jihadist dream of terrorist leader Abu Musab al Zarqawi, the Islamic State (known by a variety of names, including ISIS, ISIL, and al Qaeda in Iraq) has grown into a massive enterprise, redrawing national borders across the Middle East and subjecting an area larger than the United Kingdom to its own vicious brand of Sharia law. The author takes us beyond the headlines, demonstrating that while Western media portrays the Islamic State as little more than a gang of thugs on a winning streak, the organization is proposing a new model of nation building. Waging a traditional war of conquest to carve out the 21st-century version of the original Caliphate, IS uses modern technology to recruit and fundraise while engaging the local population in the day-to-day running of the new state. Rising from the ashes of failed jihadist enterprises, the Islamic State has shown a deep understanding of Middle Eastern politics, fully exploiting proxy war and shell-state tactics. This is not another terror network but a formidable enemy in tune with the new modernity of the current world disorder.

Islamic fundamentalism --- Terrorism --- IS (Organization) --- Middle East --- History --- TerrorismIS (Organization)Middle EastHistory --- Islamic fundamentalism - 21st century --- Terrorism - Middle East --- Middle East - History - 21st century

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Terrorism --- Islamic fundamentalism --- Religious aspects --- Islam --- IS (Organization) --- Middle East --- History --- TerrorismReligious aspects --- IslamIS (Organization)Middle EastHistory --- Terrorism - Irak --- Islamic fundamentalism - Middle East --- Terrorism - Syria --- Terrorism - Religious aspects - Islam --- Middle East - History - 21st century