The Middle East in global change : the politics and economics of interdependence versus fragmentation / edited by Laura Guazzone.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 260-272) and index.

Introduction / Laura Guazzone -- 1. Political Reform in the Middle East / Augustus Richard Norton -- 2. Arab Political Currents, Arab-European Relations and Mediterraneanism / Paul E. Salem -- 3. Turkey and the Middle East Northern Tier / Graham E. Fuller -- 4. Disputes Over State Boundaries in the Middle East and North Africa / George H. Joffe -- 5. Demography, Migration and Security in the Middle East / Nazli Choucri -- 6. Macroeconomic Tendencies and Policy Options in the Arab Region / Mahmoud Abdel-Fadil -- 7. The Old/New Middle East / Bahgat Korany -- 8. Globalism and Regionalism in the World Economy and the Middle East / Paolo Guerrieri -- 9. The Political Economy of Regional Integration in the Middle East / Piercarlo Padoan -- 10. The Middle East and the End of the Cold War / Stephen D. Krasner -- 11. Change and Continuity in Western Policies Towards the Middle East / Roberto Aliboni --

12. A Map and Some Hypotheses for the Future of the Middle East / Laura Guazzone.

This book is about the epochal transition which the states and societies of the Middle East and North Africa have been undergoing since the late 1980s when the region began transforming 'from a warfare to a welfare' system as a result of profound local and international change.

Change in the Middle East has taken on distinct local characteristics - for instance in the relationship between religious cultures and politics - and yet is increasingly interdependent with international changes, particularly with competing trends towards globalization and regionalism.

The key issue analyzed by the twelve multidisciplinary studies presented in this volume is the interaction between the economic, political, cultural and strategic forces working for and against integration (as yet unexploited) in the Middle East and North Africa.