Greater Middle East in Global Politics

Mehdi Parvizi Amineh, Ph.D. (1998) in Political Sciences, University of Amsterdam, is Senior Research Fellow at the International Institute for Asian Studies. He is also Adjunct Professor of International Relations at Webster University, Leiden. He has published extensively on International Relations themes including Central Eurasia in Global Politics: Conflict, Security and Development (Brill, 2004/2005)

• List of Tables and FiguresAcknowledgmentsList of ContributorsList of Abbreviations1. Introduction: Theoretical and Methodological Approaches to the Study of the Greater Middle EastMehdi Parvizi AminehPART ONE: FOREIGN INTERVENTION AND SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION IN THE GREATER MIDDLE EAST2. IR-Theory and Transformations in the Greater Middle East: The Role of the United StatesMehdi Parvizi Amineh and Henk Houweling3. Connecting Central Eurasia to the Middle East in American Foreign Policy Towards Afghanistan and Pakistan: 1979-PresentSimon Bromley4. US-Russian Strategic Relations and the Structuration of Central AsiaRobert M. CutlerPART TWO: STATE, SOCIETY, AND ECONOMY IN THE GREATER MIDDLE EAST5. The Iranian Revolution: The Multiple Contexts of the Iranian RevolutionMehdi Parvizi Amineh and S. N. Eisenstadt6. The Iranian Foreign Policy since the Iranian Islamic Revolution: 1979-2006 Eva Patricia Rakel7. The Middle East’s Democracy Deficit in Comparative PerspectiveMehran Kamrava8. The Challenges of Modernity: The Case of Political Islam Mehdi Parvizi Amineh9. The Turkish Political Economy: Globalization and Regionalism Nilgun Onder10. The Maghreb: Social, Political, and Economic DevelopmentsLouisa Dris-Aït-Hamadouche and Yahia Zoubir11. From Soviet Republics to Independent Countries: Challenges of Transition in Central Asia Mirzohid Rahimov12. Central Asia since the Dissolution of the Soviet Union:Economic Reforms and Their Impact on State-Society RelationsRichard Pomfret13. New Twists, More Intricate Configurations: The Changing Israel-Palestinian Regional Security Complex Fred LawsonPART THREE: THE POLITICS OF OIL AND MAJOR POWER RIVALRY IN THE POST-COLD WAR GREATER MIDDLE EAST14. Global Energy Security and Its Geopolitical Impediments: The Case of the Caspian RegionMehdi Parvizi Amineh and Henk Houweling 15. China and the Greater Middle East: Globalization No Longer Equals WesternizationKurt W. Radtke16. Indian Power Projection in the Greater Middle East: Tools and ObjectivesPrithvi Ram Mudiam17. The Changing Face of the Russian Far East: Cooperation and Resource Competition Between Japan, Korea, and China in Northeast AsiaRoger Kangas18. India-Pakistan Engagement with the Greater Middle East: Implications and Options B.M. Jain19. The EU’s Policies of Security of Energy Supply Towards the Middle East and Caspian Region: Major Power Politics?Femke Hogeveen and Wilbur PerlotBibliographyIndex