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By highlighting the complex set of factors and their interactions that have shaped Arab-Iranian relations, the book hopes to be a corrective to the simplistic and reductionist interpretations of these relations.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Original Title Page -- Original Copyright Page -- Contents -- Dedication Page -- List of Tables -- List of Abbreviations -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1 Historial Framework -- I The Genesis of OPEC -- II OPEC and Intra-Arab Politics of Oil -- III Operational Framework of OPEC -- IV The Evolution of OPEC-Third World Relations -- V Recent developments in OPEC-Third World Relations -- VI Conclusions -- 2 The Politics of OPEC Aid -- I Conceptual Framework -- II Collective OPEC Aid -- III National OPEC Aid -- IV Conclusions -- 3 Case Studies: Iran and Saudi Arabia -- Part One: Iranian Aid Policies in Context -- I Determinants of Iranian Aid Policy -- II Foreign Policy Instruments -- III Aid -- Part Two: Saudi Arabian Aid Policies in Context -- I Determinants of Saudi Aid Policy: Security -- II Instruments of Policy: the Role of Aid -- III Saudi Aid: Principal Characteristics -- Part Three: Conclusions -- 4 The Nature of OPEC Aid -- Part One: Salient Aid Issues -- I Definition -- II Types of Aid -- III Commodity Aid and Technical Assistance -- IV Multilateral versus Bilateral Aid -- V Evolving Development Theories -- VI Conclusions and Assessment Criteria -- Part Two: OPEC Record -- I Volume -- II Concessionality -- III Share of Multilateral ODA -- IV Composition -- V Development Philosophy and Sectoral Distribution -- VI Other Characteristics: Qualitative Implications -- VII Impact on Third World Goals -- VIII Conclusions -- 5 Channels of OPEC Aid -- Part One: Multilateral Channels -- I International Emergency Organisations -- II The United Nations and Other International Organisations -- Part Two: Multilateral OPEC/Arab Organisations -- I The OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID) -- II The Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) -- III The Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (BADEA).

This collection examines the social, economic, and political evolution of the South Caucasian states of Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia since the collapse of the Soviet Union. The contributors analyze the creation of new national identities and value systems, institution-building, and the influence of regional and international actors.

Iran's social, economic, political, and cultural conditions at the dawn of the 19th century -- Encounter with the West, efforts at reform and modernization, and their consequences -- The left in Iran : origins and evolution -- Islamic opposition to the Shah : groups, individuals, and thinking -- The revolution triumphs, the coalition fractures, and power struggles begin -- Factions, discourses and politics in the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1980-1997 -- The left's revenge, the Khatami presidency, and the reformist discourse -- Khatami's second term, 2001-2005 : continued domestic bickering and new international challenges -- Ahmadinejad presidency's first term, 2005-2009 : restoring revolutionary values -- Presidential elections of 2009 and Ahmadinejad's second term -- June 2013 presidential elections : outcome, significance, and potential consequences

Iran's Foreign Policy in the Post-Soviet Era: Resisting the New International Order provides the first truly comprehensive, in-depth survey of Iranian foreign policy, issue by issue and country by country, since the Islamic Revolution. To help readers understand both the what and the why of Iran's role in the world and formulate useful responses to that role, the author provides a detailed analysis of Iranian foreign policy in all its dimensions.

Islamic radicalism has commanded attention in recent years, to the neglect of more moderate voices and trends. This volume introduces the current generation of reformist thinkers and activists and the intellectual traditions they carry on. Regionally focused chapters cover Iran, the Arab East, the Maghreb, South Asia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Turkey, Europe, and North America. The book traces the roots of reformist thinking both in the Islamic tradition and as a response to the challenges of modernity, and identifies commonalities, comparisons, vulnerabilities, and trends of the modernizing movements.

Shireen Hunter provides a pragmatic analysis of relations between Islam and the West, marked by specific cases from the contemporary Islamic/Western divide. Her book gives a realistic and accurate assessment of the relative role of civilizational factors in determining the nature of the state and the prospects for Muslim-Western relations (i.e., whether they will be conflictual or cooperative). Hunter answers the question: Can an accommodation between Islam and the West take place in a gradual and evolutionary manner or will it happen only after conflict and confrontation? And, contrary to Hun