{"product_id":"will-the-middle-east-implode-hardback-9780745679242","title":"Will the Middle East Implode? (Hardback) 9780745679242","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eWill the Middle East Implode?\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMohammed Ayoob (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780745679242, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 7 March 2014\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e120 pages\u003cbr\u003e19.8 x 13 x 2 cm, 0.304 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"Mohammed Ayoob's new volume is nothing less than momentous. Intellectually gripping and insightful, \u003ci\u003eWill the Middle East Implode?\u003c\/i\u003e is the book on the current conflagration convulsing this critical region\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDanny Postel, Center for Middle East Studies, University of Denver\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Mohammed Ayoob is our most informed, judicious, perceptive, and insightful commentator on recent developments in the Middle East. He has now written an indispensable book that surveys the region as a whole while providing penetrating accounts of what is unfolding in each country, and how the play of forces from within and without is generating a crisis of potentially global proportions.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRichard Falk, Princeton University, and UN Special Rapporteur on Occupied Palestine\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Mohammed Ayoob's short book is a brilliant analysis of Middle East politics. It makes for sobering, yet essential, reading.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePatrick Seale, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Struggle for Arab Independence: Riad el-Solh\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Makers of the Modern Middle East\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A trenchant and clear-eyed analysis of the turbulent forces now buffeting the Middle East. No one knows exactly where these societies are headed, but this book is a sure guide to the rival forces that are now contending in the region and a timely warning of the dangers ahead. It is more than a tour d'horizon; it is a tour de force.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eStephen Walt, Harvard Kennedy School\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This incisive book gets to heart of the issues threatening the stability of the Middle East today. Erudite and timely, it will be essential reading for anyone concerned about the future of contentious politics in the region and its global repercussions.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFawaz Gerges, London School of Economics, and author of the \u003ci\u003eThe New Middle East: Protest and Revolution in the Arab World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe Middle East has long been fraught with tension and volatility. However, the recent Arab uprisings have intensified instability, turning this 'hot-spot' into a veritable tinderbox whose potential for implosion has far-reaching regional and global consequences. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In this short book, leading Middle East scholar Mohammed Ayoob argues that the Arab Spring has both changed and charged some of the region’s thorniest problems - from the rise of political Islam to Iran’s nuclear ambitions, the Israel-Palestine conflict to rivalries between key regional powers. Exploring the sources of conflict in the Middle East and their various linkages, Ayoob offers a thoughtful and balanced assessment of whether the region is indeed destined for implosion or whether political sagacity and diplomatic creativity can bring it back from the brink.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements x\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 After the Arab Spring 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 The Islamist Challenge 12\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Deadlock over Palestine 46\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Regional and Global Rivalries 73\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Iran and “the Bomb” 113\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Will the Middle East Implode? 144\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAfterword 164\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther Reading 177\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 182\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Politics \u0026amp; government [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Politics \u0026amp; government\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Politics%20\u0026amp;%20government%20%5BJP%5D%22\"\u003eJP\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Polity","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52407335289112,"sku":"9780745679242","price":31.27,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9780745679242.jpg?v=1784163213","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/will-the-middle-east-implode-hardback-9780745679242","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}