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Cover -- Table of Contents -- List of Tables -- List of Charts -- Introduction: Expat-ing or Exporting Democracy -- Chapter 1: Media & Technology's Function in the Quest for Democracy -- 1.1 Communicating Democracy in the Middle East -- The Arrival of Technology to the Middle East -- Technology and Political Camps in the Middle East -- 1.2 Media, New Media and Democracy -- Media and Open Society -- 1.3 Technology and Democratization-A Driving Force or Virtual Illusion? -- Internet's Growth and Impact on ICT -- ICT and Civil Empowerment -- ICT in a Non-Democratic Environment -- 1.4 Syria and Iran: Case Studies -- Internet in Iran -- Internet Censorship in Iran -- Chapter 2: The Challenge of Democratization and the Middle East -- 2.1 Universal Rights and Democracy Promotion: Is Democracy a Philosophy for All? -- 2.2 The "Democracy Wave" -- 2.3 Democracy, Elections and Liberalism -- 2.4 Promoting Democracy in the Middle East during the 20th Century -- 2.5 Promoting Democracy Before and After September 11th -- 2.6 Democracy, Islam and Civil Society in the Middle East - Reconciling a Paradox -- 2.7 New Threats to the Democratic Revolution -- Chapter 3: Diasporas, Political Diasporas and Expatriate Groups -- 3.1 The Growing Political Role of Diaspora and Expatriate Opposition Groups -- 3.2 Growing Diasporas and the Phenomenon of Globalization -- 3.3 Political and Economic Roles of Transnational Diasporas -- 3.4 Conflict Generated Diasporas -- 3.5 Diasporas of Middle Eastern Descent -- 3.6 The Syrian Diaspora -- 3.7 Syrian Opposition Groups -- The Islamist Opposition -- The Radical Islamist Opposition -- The Kurdish Opposition -- Kurdish Opposition Groups -- "Old Guard" Opposition -- Abdul Halim Khaddam and the National Salvation Front -- Rifaat al-Assad -- Mustafa Tlas -- "Newcomers" -- New Structures of the Syrian Opposition

The contemporary dynamics between Israel and Turkey have been confrontational at recent times though this doesn't seem to affect the relations in other areas as the trade balance advancing towards the $8 million shows. This article focuses on the relations between Israel and Turkey within the context of the East Mediterranean geopolitics. Reviewing its shift from a quasi-alliance to a stiff geopolitical rivalry in the region, the article explores scenarios for near future.