Fred Halliday is Professor of International Relations at the London School of Economics. His publications include Two Hours that Shook the World (2001) and Nation and Religion in the Middle East (2000).

• Introduction; Part I. Concepts, States and Regions: 1. International relations of the Middle East: five approaches; 2. The making of foreign policy: states and societies; Part II. History: 3. The formation of the modern Middle East: global economy, state formation, world war; 4. The Cold War: global conflict, regional upheavals; 5. After the Cold War: the maturing of the 'Greater West Asian Crisis'; Part III. Analytic Issues: 6. Military conflict: war, revolt, strategic rivalry; 7. Modern ideologies: political and religious; 8. Challenges to the state: transnational movements; 9. International political economy: regional and global; Part IV. Conclusion: 10. The Middle East in international perspective.

'A masterly survey by a scholar with a long and unusually rich personal experience of the region.' E. Roger Owen, Harvard University

Fred Halliday is Professor of International Relations at the London School of Economics. His publications include Two Hours that Shook the World (2001) and Nation and Religion in the Middle East (2000).

• Introduction; Part I. Concepts, States and Regions: 1. International relations of the Middle East: five approaches; 2. The making of foreign policy: states and societies; Part II. History: 3. The formation of the modern Middle East: global economy, state formation, world war; 4. The Cold War: global conflict, regional upheavals; 5. After the Cold War: the maturing of the 'Greater West Asian Crisis'; Part III. Analytic Issues: 6. Military conflict: war, revolt, strategic rivalry; 7. Modern ideologies: political and religious; 8. Challenges to the state: transnational movements; 9. International political economy: regional and global; Part IV. Conclusion: 10. The Middle East in international perspective.

'A masterly survey by a scholar with a long and unusually rich personal experience of the region.' E. Roger Owen, Harvard University

Fred Halliday is Professor of International Relations at the London School of Economics. His publications include Two Hours that Shook the World (2001) and Nation and Religion in the Middle East (2000).

• Introduction; Part I. Concepts, States and Regions: 1. International relations of the Middle East: five approaches; 2. The making of foreign policy: states and societies; Part II. History: 3. The formation of the modern Middle East: global economy, state formation, world war; 4. The Cold War: global conflict, regional upheavals; 5. After the Cold War: the maturing of the 'Greater West Asian Crisis'; Part III. Analytic Issues: 6. Military conflict: war, revolt, strategic rivalry; 7. Modern ideologies: political and religious; 8. Challenges to the state: transnational movements; 9. International political economy: regional and global; Part IV. Conclusion: 10. The Middle East in international perspective.

'A masterly survey by a scholar with a long and unusually rich personal experience of the region.' E. Roger Owen, Harvard University