{"product_id":"2940154598771","title":"The Future of the Middle East","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Middle East is in chaos and the old order is breaking down. In many countries across the region the Sunni Arabs are revolting, no longer accepting their miserable status in the world today, their lack of freedoms, rights and prosperity. All they see is a relatively if not absolutely weaker West propping up their enemies, Israel, dictators, the Kurds, even now Iran. Desperate for change, growing numbers of people have turned to Islamist movements; but their victories have been consistently subverted and denied. Predictably the result has been a slide into extremism and the rise of radical groups across the region.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat can be done? The West is faced with a choice. One option is to continue on the current path, trying to deal with the extremist phenomenon using the security defence surveillance model. This model has already demonstrably failed, with radical Islam expanding on every metric since the “War on Terror” began in 2003. Maybe it would suit tackling a guerrilla organisation in Latin America but it has done nothing to address the grievances and aspirations of millions of Arabs spanning the Middle East and North Africa, plus many more living in the West and in Asia. Continuing on this path leads to polarisation and ultimately segregation, ghettos, and unending war between Europe and the Sunni Arabs, just as bin Laden predicted.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this e-book we ask whether to try and curb this descent into chaos the time has come for policy makers to start dealing with the moderate Islamist opposition, rather than wait till later when there is no one left but the extremists - or alternatively, whether dealing with moderate Islamist groups now risks just switching the Arab Shahs we have now to Arab Khomeinis in the future.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo consider these questions we have asked the representatives from various opposition Islamist movements - political outcasts today, but potential leaders of the Arab world tomorrow - to offer their views on where they think the Middle East is heading and what Western policy should be. We also ask our highly distinguished Western expert contributors to comment on these visions and offer their views on the future of the region in the face of the collapse of the old order.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1 Making Revolution Islamic Again: Protest and Rebellion from '79 Iran to the Arab Spring - Andrew Hammond\u003cbr\u003e2 In the Shadow of the Kingdom - Saad al-Fagih\u003cbr\u003e3 In Anticipation of the Next Cycle of Arab Revolutions - Azzam Tamimi\u003cbr\u003e4 Translating the Informal into the Formal - George Joffé\u003cbr\u003e5 The US, Saudi Arabia, and the Gulf - David B Roberts\u003cbr\u003e6 Egypt, the Arab Spring and the Duping of Liberalism - Tom Dinham\u003cbr\u003e7 Future Challenges Faced by Iran - Meir Javedanfar\u003cbr\u003e8 The Changing Fortunes of Saudi Arabia - Nick Stadtmiller\u003cbr\u003e9 Peering Ahead in the Middle East - Anthony Harris\u003cbr\u003e10 Turkish Economy as a Motor of Growth in the Mediterranean Rim? - Mina Toksoz\u003cbr\u003e11 The New Neocons and the Middle East - Alastair Newton\u003cbr\u003e12 The Future of Yemen - Helen Lackner\u003cbr\u003e13 US-Iran Relations: From Nuclear Deal to Renewed Tensions? - Christopher M. Davidson\u003cbr\u003e14 Algeria: Will the Failure to Reform Economically further Fuel Islamism? - Kahina Bouagache\u003cbr\u003e15 Global oil and the future of OPEC - Mehdi Varzi\u003cbr\u003e16 An Impulsive Actor in the Middle East - Bitte Hammargren\u003cbr\u003e17 Islam and the West: Recognition, Reconciling, Co-existence or Collision - Ashur Shamis\u003cbr\u003e18 The Intersection of Wahhabism and Jihad - Mohammed Al Jarman\u003cbr\u003e19 Lebanon: Losing the Peace? - Nadine Windsor\u003cbr\u003e20 Political Islam Diminished - Robin Lamb\u003cbr\u003e21 Prerequisites for Peace in Palestine\/Israel - Alaa Tartir\u003cbr\u003e22 Living Together in Tunisia - Khadija Arfaoui\u003cbr\u003e23 Requiem for BICI - Bill Law\u003cbr\u003e24 GCC States and Social Media Disruption in an Era of Transition - Alanoud Al-Sharekh\u003cbr\u003e25 Women’s Rights in the Middle East and North Africa - Nadereh Chamlou\u003cbr\u003e26 The Future of the Middle East - Hugh Miles\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Global Policy","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47083211849968,"sku":"2940154598771","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940154598771_p0.jpg?v=1764086745","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940154598771","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}