The Epicenter of Crisis - The New Middle East

Erscheinungsjahr 2008
ISBN: 978-0-262-62216-5
Verlag: MIT Press

Buch, Englisch, 375 Seiten, Trade Paperback, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 512 g

Reihe: Washington Quarterly Readers

Analysis of the security challenges presented by six states in the crucible of post-9/11 geopolitical change: Saudi Arabia, Syria, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, and Pakistan.The Epicenter of Crisis argues that six contiguous states epitomize the security challenges of a post-9/11, globalized, world: Saudi Arabia, Syria, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, and Pakistan. Characterized by a dramatically transforming Islam, ethnic conflict, civil war, failed states, and terrorism, this “new Middle East” is the epicenter of what some call an arc of crisis, stretching from the Balkans into Southeast Asia. The Epicenter of Crisis examines this geopolitically dynamic region, analyzing the changing role of Islam in these six critical countries, the dangers posed by potential failed states, and the evolving terrorist threat. The contributors, all specialists in Middle East or foreign policy, address such crucial issues as the relationship between the Saudi royal family and Al Quaeda, Syria's waning influence over Hizbollah, media coverage of the war in Iraq, a new U.S. strategy for dealing with Iran, Afghanistan's opium industry, and the effectiveness of U.S. multi-billion-dollar assistance to Pakistan. The Epicenter of Crisis challenges readers to reconceptualize the boundaries of the Middle East in a changed world. ContributorsJohn R. Bradley, Rachel Bronson, Daniel Byman, Derek Chollet, Craig Cohen, Larry Diamond, Emile El-Hokayem, Vanda Felbab-Brown, Brian Fishman, Graham E. Fuller, Husain Haqqani, Elliot Hen-Tov, Jorrit Kamminga, Nina Kamp, Alexander T. J. Lennon, Michael McFaul, Abbas Milani, C. Raja Mohan, Michael O'Hanlon, Gwenn Okruhlik, Carlos Pascual, Kenneth M. Pollack, Dennis Ross, Karim Sadjadpour, Ashley Tellis, Peter van Ham, Eyal Zisser

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lennon, Alexander T. J.

Lennon, Alexander T.J.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Bronson, Rachel

Bradley, John R.

Okruhlik, Gwenn

Zisser, Eyal

Ross, Dennis

Byman, Daniel

el-Hokayem, Emilie

Pascual, Carlos

Pollack, Kenneth M.

O'Hanlon, Michael

Kamp, Nina

Fishman, Brian

McFaul, Michael

Milani, Abbas

Diamond, Larry

Fuller, Graham E.

Hen-Tov, Elliot

Sadjadpour, Karim

Ham, Peter van

Kamminga, Jorritt

Felbab-Brown, Vanda

Cohen, Craig

Chollet, Derek

Tellis, Ashley

Mohan, Chilukuri

Haqqani, Husain

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen

Über Autor(innen)

Mohan, Chilukuri
Chilukuri Mohan is Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Syracuse University.

Lennon, Alexander T.J.
Alexander T. J. Lennon is the editor-in-chief of The Washington Quarterly, the flagship journal of the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). He is also a fellow in the international security program at CSIS, and an adjunct professor in Georgetown University's Security Studies program. He is the editor of The Epicenter of Crisis: The New Middle East; Reshaping Rogue States (MIT Press, 2008): Preemption, Regime Change, and U.S. Policy Toward Iran, Iraq, and North Korea (MIT Press, 2004); The Battle for Hearts and Minds: Using Soft Power to Undermine Terrorist Networks (MIT Press, 2003), What Does the World Want from America? and Contemporary Nuclear Debates (MIT Press, both 2002), and the coeditor (with Michael T. Mazarr) of Toward a Nuclear Peace (St. Martin's Press, 1994).