Includes references(329-342 p.)

The emergence of the Middle East into the modern state system / Eugene L. Rogan -- The Cold War in the Middle East / Peter Sluglett -- The Middle East since the Cold War : torn between geopolitics and geoeconomics / Bahgat Korany -- Oil and political economy in the international relations of the Middle East / Giacomo Luciani -- The clash of globalisations in the Middle East / Clement M. Henry -- The puzzle of political reform in the Middle East / Augustus Richard Norton -- The politics of identity in Middle East international relations / Raymond Hinnebusch -- Alliances, cooperation and regionalism in the Middle East / Louise Fawcett -- War and security in the Middle East / Janice Gross Stein -- The Arab-Israeli conflict / Charles Smith -- The rise and fall of the Oslo Peace Process / Avi Shlaim -- The international politics of the Gulf / F. Gregory Gause III -- The United States in the Middle East / Michael C. Hudson -- Europe in the Middle East / Rosemary Hollis.