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Offers a novel cross-disciplinary theoretical perspective on conflict and conflict transformation in world society, and integrates the study of conflicts in the Middle East region into a modern systems theoretical framework. Stephan Stetter is International Politics and Conflict Studies chair at Universität der Bundeswehr München.

Historical Context -- The formation of the state of Israel -- The Arab-Israeli wars -- Palestinian politics : The failure of the 'peace-process' -- Pan-Arabism and Islamism -- The Iranian Revolution and pan-Shi'ism -- Playground of the Superpower -- The US-led War on Terror -- The Arab Uprisings -- The Syrian War -- The Islamic State -- Iran-US Relations and the Nuclear Deal -- Shifting geopolitics in the Middle East.

The 2011 Arab uprisings represented the collapse of old ruling bargains across the Arab world and the manifestation of demands for new premises of rule. The book is divided into two parts. The first part is designed to contextualize the Arab Spring, while the second focuses on individual case studies

Continuing civil wars and humanitarian crises, coupled with a changing geopolitical dynamic, highlighted by increased Russian and Chinese presence in the Middle East, call for new thinking. What happens in the Middle East hasmajor global repercussions. This second edition of the ground-breaking textbook Middle East Politics and International Relations: Crisis Zone provides a comprehensive overview of contemporary Middle East politics. The book traces the roots of recent events across the region's modern history, enabling readers to appreciate both the significance of such events and the importance of history in influencing their outcomes. Structured chronologically, with updated stand-alone chapters containing history, context and contemporary analyses, this edition examines a series of interconnected themes and issues, including external intervention, political manifestations of Islam, the role of political authority, nationalism, self-determination and human rights. The book provides a valuable teaching tool, both in its content and structure. Students will gain a deeper understanding of a changed Middle East and the evolving role of states and non-state actors in the region.

Part One. - Physical and Cultural Geography . - 1. Tricontinental Junction: An Introduction. - 2. The Face of the Earth. - 3. Patterns of Time: Historical-Geographical Foundations. - 4. Patterns of Peoples, Cultures, and Settlements. - 5. The Desert and the Sown: Land Use. - 6. Riches Beneath the Earth. - 7. Manufacturing and Transportation. - 8. The Earth and the State: Geopolitics

Address before the Am. academy of political and social science, Philadelphia, Apr. 8-9, 1949.

Social media determined dramatic changes in the balance of political power in the Arab world and in Israel. In the new politics of the Middle East the political environment and the communications between people are different then what used to be before 2011. Two major civil demonstrations – the Arab Spring and the Israeli Social Justice movement - were motivated by the masses through social media and received tremendous media coverage. The revolutions proved that the internet is truly a powerful tool that changed the world in ways that no government can stop social movements. The research finds similarities between the uprisings in the Arab world and in Israel, which created a new environment of "new politics." The uprisings that began on Facebook, and Twitter changed the way societies function and caused governments to change old policies. Despite the long-lasting conflict in the Middle East, involving the Palestinian issue, which traditionally occupied governments and public agenda, the uprisings raised social and economic issues. The events started with isolated acts of young people through social media and brought together people from all walks of life and across all political spectrums. The legitimacy of the protest to be considered as social revolution came only after the media started live transmissions – global media of the Arab Spring and Israel's national media services of the Social Justice movement. This proves the crucial role of traditional media, since only after the social media revolution was accepted by the media, a new reality could be created, in which the public rather than governments and social media and not the traditional media are dictating public agenda and enforcing political changes.