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Ausführliche, wissenschaftlich fundierte und gut lesbare Darstellung der politischen, wirtschaftlichen und sozialen Entwicklung Iraks von 1921 bis zur Gegenwart des Jahres 2015. Rezension: Aktualisierte und um ein Kapitel erweiterte Neuauflage des zuerst 2003 erschienenen und als grundlegend eingestuften Titels "Kleine Geschichte des Irak" (hier zuletzt 2003). Was seit 2003 mit Beginn des 3. Golfkrieges und Saddam Husseins Sturz im Irak geschah stellt Henner Fürtig, international anerkannter Irak-Experte (Historiker Universität Hamburg; Direktor des GIGA Instituts für Nahost-Studien) ebenso wissenschaftlich fundiert, ausführlich und gut lesbar dar, wie die Gesamtgeschichte des Landes seit seiner Gründung 1921. Das Buch wendet sich an alle, die über die Tagesaktualität hinaus informiert werden möchten. Zeittafel, Literaturhinweise, Register. Grundbestand. Ersatz älterer Ausgaben empfohlen. (1)

With theoretically-rich contributions from an international group of political scientists, historians, and economists, this volume addresses the puzzle of why the Middle East has produced no single dominant and acknowledged regional power, despite contenders such as Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Israel, and Turkey. Rich, theoretically-engaged case study chapters address a gap in the vibrant international academic discussion on the role of (new) regional powers in global politics. Fürtig offers powerful insights into both the unique nature of the Middle East region, with its dispersed power struct

The 1979 Iranian Revolution undoubtedly belongs to the "great" revolutions of modern times - all of which were characterized by universalistic efforts and the claim to have set new social, political and cultural norms with global validity. In this sense, the Iranian revolutionaries felt the obligation to actively reintroduce Islam as a revelation for the whole world, not only for Muslims. Yet, they soon became aware that most Muslims viewed their export strategy as either an attempt to enforce Shiism, or - even worse - to conceal mere national megalomania. Therefore, the current leadership argues that the revolution should no longer be exported actively, but that Iran should serve as an example. Consequently, Supreme Leader Khamenei called the events of the Arab Spring a "natural enlargement of Iran's Islamic revolution of 1979" and credited his country for being the catalyst of this "Islamic awakening". The present article will analyze selected regional reactions to the Islamic awakening concept, which did not altogether meet Iranian expectations.

Economic and/or political liberalisation became a symbol of Arab authoritarian regimes since the initial phase of the ""third wave of democratisation"" in the early 1990s. Arab rulers found out that liberalisation could help strengthening their authoritaria

Ausführliche, fundierte und allgemein verständliche Darstellung der politischen, wirtschaftlichen und sozialen Entwicklung des nach Ende des 1. Weltkrieges von den Briten ohne Rücksicht auf ethnische und religiöse Gegebenheiten gegründeten Staates