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Middle Easts, old and new1
In: Contemporary Arab affairs, Band 3, Heft 1, S. 1-6
ISSN: 1755-0920
This article is the text of an address given by Ghassan Salamé at the 'Oil and Money' Conference convened in London, UK, on 21 October 2009. In it, the author deals with what the ambiguous, amorphous, elastic and politically expedient term 'Middle East' has connoted historically and what it may or may not denote in political formulations of a given moment. In particular, American, European, Turkish, Iranian, Israeli and Arab views – and the serious implications of these – are examined with superb economy of style. Whether as part of the US-delimited region of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) or whether as affiliated to the European Union via a Mediterranean Union based on trade relations, the exclusion or inclusion in the Middle East is not a simple matter where regional players such as Iran and Turkey have historical extraterritorial ambitions which would, yet again, appear to be coming to the fore – even when such may threaten internal balances. The author argues that Israel's position is increasingly problematic due not only to Palestinian demographics, but also to its recent experience against Hezbollah which has mastered asymmetrical warfare at a time when the ability of the United States to defend its primary ally in the region has been cast into doubt. The states of the Arab World have proved ineffectual and certain of them are looking to 'escape' from the Middle East into Africa (Libya) or looking to formulate a new regional constellation in which Turkey and Iran will play leading roles (Syria).
Culture, culture …
In: Kulturen und Konflikte im Vergleich. Comparing Cultures and Conflicts, S. 81-109
Les deux faces du monde globalisé : une exploration. Revue critique de L'ère de l'information de Manuel Castells
In: Critique internationale, Band 7, Heft 2, S. 58-68
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LEBANON - Without glory
In: The world today, Band 56, Heft 6, S. 23-25
ISSN: 0043-9134
Irak : une déraison politiquement correcte
In: Critique internationale, Band 2, Heft 1, S. 6-14
Irak : une déraison politiquement correcte
In: Critique internationale, Band 2, Heft 1, S. 6-14
ISSN: 1777-554X
Zwischen Hoffnung und Tragik
In: Internationale Politik: das Magazin für globales Denken, Band 52, Heft 8, S. 33-40
ISSN: 1430-175X
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BADIE (Bertrand), SMOUTS (Mane-Claude) - Le retournement du monde. Sociologie de la scène internationale
In: Revue française de science politique, Band 44, Heft 5, S. 942-943
ISSN: 1950-6686
The Middle East: Elusive Security, Indefinable Region
In: Security dialogue, Band 25, Heft 1, S. 17-35
ISSN: 1460-3640
Torn between the Atlantic and the Mediterranean: Europe and the Middle East in the post-Cold War era
In: The Middle East journal, Band 48, Heft 2, S. 226-249
ISSN: 0026-3141
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The Middle East: elusive security, indefinable region
In: Security dialogue, Band 25, Heft 1, S. 17-35
ISSN: 0967-0106
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