But benjamin macqueen has managed to present a seamless account of the most pressing challenging in the region with just the right dose of historical and cultural background. For obvious reasons the oil impedesdemocracy claim has been explored most carefully by mideast specialists. Declining oil prices, skyrocketing domestic demand, the rise of unconventional oil and natural gas prod. Through regionwide analyses and case studies from the arabian peninsula, the gulf of aden, the levant and north africa, the volume highlights the intimate connections of environmental activism, energy infrastructure and illicit commodity trading with the. This, in turn, might exacerbate the geopolitical rivalries between saudi arabia and iran and other players in.
The relationship between the us and saudi arabia has. Uprisings and stability routledge studies in middle eastern democratization and government book 10 kindle edition by selvik, kjetil, olav utvik, bjorn, olav utvik, bjorn. Uprisings and stability is a good primer about the new conditions that are shaping the gulf countries in the aftermath of the arab springs. Located in washington, dc and shipping everywhere, we have a huge selection of nonfiction, literature, dvds, pottery, olive oil, and more from palestine. This book should appeal to several kinds of audiences. Historically, the middle east was the strategically important region in terms of the world politics and economy. Jul 03, 2017 my middle east politics summer reading picks. Discover librarianselected research resources on oil and the middle east from the questia online library, including fulltext online books, academic journals, magazines, newspapers and more. Everyone is heading to the beach, and that can only mean one thing. In turn, many international conflicts in the world today are rooted in these politics.
But is oil an obstacle to democracy only in the mideast, or does it harm oil exporters everywhere. He is unapologetic for his westerncentered perspective on arab and islamic history, and quite enthusiastic in his denunciations of intellectual and political stupor in the arab world. Given this intimate link between the price of oil and iraqs domestic institutions, the decrease in oil prices in 20142015 had a severe political and economic impact. The cold war and the middle east redresses the balance by concentrating on the policies of the local actors.
An introduction to middle east politics is a fountain of carefully selected information and accessible analysis. The closure of the suez canal during the arabisraeli war of 1967 and the consequent strain on tankers had caused the companies to more than double their output in. Oil wealth and the poverty of politics explains why algerias domestic political economy unravelled. Discover delightful childrens books with prime book box, a subscription that delivers. Oil wealth and poverty politics algeria compared middle east. On november 7, 1973, the saudi and kuwaiti governments declared japan a nonfriendly country to encourage it to change its noninvolvement policy. One can take exception to the balance of the coverage soviet policy gets but one short article, as does the relevance of the arabisraeli. Im well aware that my reading diet of books about the middle east, political.
Listen to marzouki talk about her book on the pomeps middle east political science podcast here. Shortly thereafter, in 1979, oil production reached its peak at 3. When the producing states started to control oil by sidelining global companies, political considerations meant that energy security had to include the interests of more powerful and capricious players. This book is his attempt to set the record straight. My middle east politics summer reading picks the washington. For the purpose of this volume, the definition of the middle east region will be based on barry buzans regional. Debatediscussargue the merits of ideas, dont attack people. On november 7, 1973, the saudi and kuwaiti governments declared japan a nonfriendly country to encourage it.
Middle eastern wars have always been about oil global. Davidson then quickly focuses on the middle east and the history of british imperialism, advances to the modern era and u. But as such, it is also forcibly a history of the middle east s most powerful economic and political engine of the 20th century. Books about middle eastern politics olivier roy noah feldman. Bernard lewis is the neoconservatives historian of the middle east. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Stone, discusses the potential for development and variations in this potential among the oil countries of the middle east from a sociological point of view, indicating the wide range of aspects of society that will be affected by oil revenues. Five years is a long time in the middle east and especially the five that just passed. Yet oil and politics do not only intermingle at the layer of the relations between the middle east and the external powers involved in this region. Cambridge middle east studies cambridge university press. Jul 17, 2017 and thats exactly whats happening in the middle east. Finally, it is interesting to note that the two presidents who took america into wars in the middle east over oil president george bush and his son, george w.
Partly based on a years fieldwork in the gulf and making full use of arabic and gulf sources, oil and politics in the gulf goes far beyond previously published accounts of the region in its analysis of the effects of oil on domestic politics. Rulers and merchants in kuwait and qatar cambridge middle east library 9780521466356. However, formatting rules can vary widely between applications and fields of interest or study. In september 2018, pomeps, princeton universitys bobst center, and the american university of beirut brought together nearly two dozen scholars from the united states, europe and the middle east at aub to discuss the impact of shifting global structure on regional. And thats exactly whats happening in the middle east. Yergins conversational style is a good fit whether hes explaining opecs imperium on western economies or the first hints of peak oil theory. List of books and articles about oil and the middle east online. When the producing states started to control oil by sidelining global companies, political considerations meant that energy security had to include the. As a reminder, this subreddit is for civil discussion in general, be courteous to others. If youre interested in this area of the world, youll want to know the heads of state in the region, acronyms people use in the middle east, and some basic islamic terms, because many although by no means most of the worlds muslims.
The book is a wonderful read in a nasty sort of way with davidson drawing in many sources, well referenced, detailing how the imperial powers of the west have operated in the region. The politics of the middle east could be very confusing, even for veteran observers. One of the major internationally recognised works on the international politics of the middle east, this book systematically combines international relations theory and middle east case studies to provide a macro overview of the international relations of the region. And with the latest conflict in gaza, the middle east is more violent. The saudiiranian rivalry has become a fight over influence, and the whole region is a battlefield. Western governments do not always get what they want, but arguing that oil is the key factor behind western actions in the middle east is one of. Jan 15, 2020 my friends, i will have an energy policy that we will be talking about, which will eliminate our dependence on oil from the middle east that will that will then prevent us that will prevent us from having ever to send our young men and women into conflict again in the middle east. The political economy of middle eastern oil mary ann tetreault the middle east is the geographic center of gravity of the world oil industry.
More a history book rather than a book on contemporary mideast politics, but stephen kinzers all the shahs men is a fantastic read. To do so, this piece will analyze the effects of the 20142015 reduction in three countries. Iraq remains a destabilising influence to the flow of oil to international markets from the middle east. Oil has been a doubleedged sword for the middle eastern politics, simultaneously a source of power and of weakness, of economic development and of inequalities, and of social stabilization and of conflicts. A guide to middle east politics in 2014 from egypt to syria, palestine to iraq, the hopes of the arab spring lie in tatters. That saw the overthrow of the shah, the autocratic, modernising ally of the west, by.
However, oil has made the region strategically important for the worlds superpowers in the 20th century, whereas the significance of the middle east today had increased even more because oil is the major fossil fuel along with natural gas and the middle east is one of the major suppliers of oil in the international market. A remarkable new book about middle east oil oilvoice. Discover librarianselected research resources on oil and the middle east from the questia online library, including fulltext online books. In particular, the analysis will explore the pre2014 economic conditions, how the. It looks at the politics of the region not just from the outside in but from the inside out. Aug 04, 2014 a guide to middle east politics in 2014. Environmental politics in the middle east hurst publishers. Yet it advocates a policy of using military force against an enemy such as iraq to secure us access to, and control of, middle eastern oil fields. Find the top 100 most popular items in amazon books best sellers. Projecting 2001 production levels, by 2020 83% of global oil reserves will be controlled by middle eastern regimes. Oil is of integral importance in both the foreign and the domestic politics of nearly every country in the region, oil importers as well as oil exporters.
Defining and delimiting the middle east as a region no unanimity exists on a definition of the middle east even the name of the region has not been universally accepted. Energy developments in the middle east by anthony h. Ten maps that explain everything about the world politics of place book. The politics of oil in the middle east politics nigeria. An introduction to middle east politics engages with questions of democratisation and political reform in the region.
Its interest in guaranteeing stability in the middle east might wane accordingly. The closure of the suez canal during the arabisraeli war of 1967 and the consequent strain on tankers had caused the companies to more than double their output in libya, which was much closer to the european market. What is the nature of the link between oil and politics in the middle east since the end of world war i. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading oil states in the new middle east. Oil powers traces the growth of the alliance through a dense web of political. Through regionwide analyses and case studies from the arabian peninsula, the gulf of aden, the levant and north africa, the volume highlights the intimate connections of environmental activism, energy infrastructure and illicit commodity trading. The power and fragility of networked protest, by zeynep tufekci. Middle east books and more books, pottery, olive oil. Youth politics, populism and the production of sectarian violence, 19201958. And opec controls nearly twothirds of the worlds oil. The contributors to this volume are leading scholars in the field whose interests combine international relations and middle eastern studies. Although lacking historical connections to the middle east, japan was the country most dependent on arab oil.
Political power in the age of oil, by timothy mitchell verso. Vogler describes the prewar oil planning and the important decisions made during hostilities to get iraqi oil flowing several months ahead of schedule. Petroleum politics have been an increasingly important aspect of diplomacy since the rise of the petroleum industry in the middle east in the early 20th century. The book begins with a historical analysis of the relevance of oil in shaping u. It consists principally of a mixture of hydrocarbons, with traces of various nitrogenous and sulfurous compounds. Discover the best middle eastern politics in best sellers.
The political and economic challenges of energy in the middle. Providing comprehensive coverage of all key themes in middle east politics, this. As competition continues for a vital resource, the strategic calculations of major and minor countries alike place prominent emphasis on the pumping, refining, transport, sale and use of petroleum products. Oil also constitutes a critical component of the regional middle eastern policies, as the income from oil structures the middle east balance of power gelvin 297. This has informed fears that a handful of middle east suppliers will regain the influence they had in the 1970s and once again be able to dictate the terms on world oil markets and manipulate oil prices and world politics. Mar 23, 2017 this piece explores how the dramatic reduction in oil prices affected the economic and political structures within the middle east. If the us industry manages to maintain production at lower prices, america will be heading towards selfsufficiency in oil and gas. The middle east hold the position of the bridge between east and west but steadily the middle east had started to personify east for westerners. Cambridge middle east studies has been established to publish books on the. One of the most telling passages in the document reads. Personal insults, shill or troll accusations, hate speech, any advocating or wishing deathphysical harm, and other rule violations can result in a permanent ban.
List of books and articles about oil and the middle east. Its a history of oil on all continents, not just the middle east. Iraq and the politics of oil is a fascinating behindthescenes account of the role of the us government in the iraqi oil sector since 2003. A guide to middle east politics in 2014 world news the. A map of the middle east prepared by the british governments foreign office, published as part of a survey of middle east oil resources, tells us much about the wests attitude to the region throughout the 20th century. Written in response to the arab spring initiated in tunisia in 2011, shadow wars the secret struggle for the middle east, is a powerful indictment of the western neoliberal. Oil and middle east politics 1 1 take advantage of the unforeseen situation that arose in 1970. There is little doubt that politics as we knew it in the middle east is changing right before our very eyes and with that shift in politics will unavoidably come a change in the policies of oil.
Oil bounces after trump uses the oldest middle east oil. The gulf monarchs maverick proislamist qatar apart are using their oil wealth to bankroll counterrevolution at home and abroad. Armed women on guard in a tehran square in 1979, during the early days of the iranian revolution. Best books on the middle east, 2011 foreign policy. As oil prices continue to wallow at lows not seen for more than decade, petroleum exporting countries in the middle east are looking to reform their. If you see comments in violation of our rules, please report them.
This book investigates how ecology and politics meet in the middle east and how those interactions connect to the global political economy. A list of 10 of the most useful books on the middle easts history, society. In contrast with exclusively structuralist accounts of the rentier state, this book demonstrates, in a. Jan 19, 2020 i n the course of 1979, three events changed the middle east. The middle east has undergone enormous change since 911, from the invasion and occupation of iraq to the events of the arab spring. Middle east books and more books, pottery, olive oil, and more. The book focuses on different aspects of opecs impact on development. The discussion of the politics of oil, challenges to democratisation, and the us policy in the region in the aftermath of the arab spring is superb. Relying on a rich cache of previously classified notes, transcripts, cables, policy briefs, and memoranda, andrew cooper explains how oil drove, even corrupted, american foreign policy during a time when cold war imperatives still applied, and tells why in the 1970s the u. This, in turn, might exacerbate the geopolitical rivalries between saudi arabia and iran and other players in the region.
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