Beschreibung:
This book takes a novel look at the modern Middle East through the prisms of six cascading negative critical turning points. It identifies the seeds of a potential seventh in the collective dignity deficits generated by poor governance paradigms and exacerbated by geopolitical competition for the region's natural resources.
This paperback offers recommendations designed to promote stability and security in the Middle East and to enable the realisation of its true potential as a vibrant, tolerant and innovative region
Introduction The Historical Legacy - The Rise and Fall of the Golden Era The First Critical Turning Point - 1915-22 The Second Critical Turning Point - 1948 The Third Critical Turning Point - 1967 The Fourth Critical Turning Point - 1979 The Fifth Critical Turning Point - 1987-91 The Sixth Critical Turning Point - 2001 Implications for a Potential Critical Seventh Turning Point - 2011-15 Afterword