TY - BOOK AU - Ismael,Tareq Y. AU - Perry,Glenn E. TI - The international relations of the contemporary Middle East: subordination and beyond SN - 9780415661348 (hardback : alkaline paper) U1 - 327.56 23 PY - 2014/// CY - London, New York PB - Routledge KW - International relations KW - World politics KW - 1989- KW - Globalization KW - Middle East KW - Social aspects KW - Foreign relations N1 - economic&political bookfair2015; Includes bibliographical references and index; Contributors -- Preface -- Part I. Broad patterns -- 1. Toward a framework for analysis / Tareq Y. Ismael and Glenn E. Perry -- 2. Imperialism and its manifestations in the Middle East / William W. Haddad and Jasamin Rostam-Kolayi -- Part II. The center in an age of inequality -- 3. The United States: a hegemon challenged / Stephen Zunes -- Israel: the limits of conventional and nuclear deterrence / Ghada Hashem Talhami -- Part III. Potential counterbalancing forces -- 5. Post-revolutionary Iran: resisting global and regional hegemony / Mojtaba Mahdavi -- 6. Egypt: the continuing storm? / Karen Abul -- 7. Turkey under the AKP: axis change or pragmatic activism / Tozun Bahcheli -- 8. "Identity politics": Europe, the EU and the Arab Spring / Philip Marfleet and Fran Cetti -- 9. The United Nations and the Middle East: a guide for the perplexed / Richard Falk -- Index ER -