04910nam a22006135i 4500 978-3-031-62739-2 DE-He213 20251030112905.0 cr nn 008mamaa 240822s2024 sz | s |||| 0|eng d 9783031627392 978-3-031-62739-2 10.1007/978-3-031-62739-2 doi JZ5509.2-6300 GTJ bicssc POL034000 bisacsh GTU thema Conflicts and Challenges in the Middle East [electronic resource] : Religious, Political and Economic Perspectives / edited by Ho-Don Yan, Oscar Bajo-Rubio, Diana S. Kwan, Fu-Lai Tony Yu. 1st ed. 2024. Cham : Springer Nature Switzerland : Imprint: Springer, 2024. XIV, 313 p. 20 illus., 11 illus. in color. online resource. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Perspectives on Development in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Region, 2520-1247 Overview -- The Political and Economic Evolution of the Greater Middle East An Overview -- The Israeli Palestinian Conflict A Historical Introduction -- Religious Faith as Knowledge Conflict -- Competition and Change in the Political Landscape of the Middle East -- Competing Orthodoxy in the Islamic World Sunnis versus Shi’as -- OPEC and the 1970s Oil Crises Lessons for the 2021 Global Energy Crisis -- The “Resource Trap” and Economic and Political Challenges in the Post Arab Spring Middle East -- Islam and Nationalism with Special Reference to the Muslim Brotherhood in the Eastern Arab area -- Woman Rights in the Muslim Societies and Jurisdiction -- To Move or not to Move Migration and Human Trafficking in the Middle East -- Refugees Owned Enterprises in the ‘New found’ Land -- National Transformation in the Middle East -- Rise of an Extremist Islam Aims and Strategies of Islamic State of Iraq and Syria -- Constraints and Adjustments in U.S -- Iraqi Relations -- Turkey and Qatar Relationship A Social Perspective -- Fragility and Security Challenges in the Greater Maghreb -- Monocentric Governance and the Rise of Sectarian Conflict in Yemen -- When Civil War Morphs into Transnational Crime. This book examines religious, political, and economic conflicts in the Middle East. Written by experts and scholars from various fields, it provides a better understanding of the interwoven impact among religious, political, and economic conflicts in the Middle East. The contributions cover the most important and controversial issues in world affairs, including confrontations between Christianity and Islam and between Sunnis and Shiites; the disputes between Israel and Palestine, the Russian-Ukrainian War, ISIS, competition for oil resources, the Muslim Brotherhood, refugee entrepreneurs, human trafficking, and women's empowerment, etc. The book is an important reference work on the Middle East. It appeals to scholars and students of Middle East studies, international relations, peace and conflicts studies, and related fields, as well as practitioners and policymakers. Peace. 60021 Middle East Politics and government. 69672 Middle East Economic conditions. 79692 Africa, North Economic conditions. 79693 International relations. 58103 Peace and Conflict Studies. 68596 Middle Eastern Politics. 69673 Middle Eastern/North African Economics. 79694 International Relations. 58103 Yan, Ho-Don. editor. edt http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt 82690 Bajo-Rubio, Oscar. editor. edt http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt 82691 Kwan, Diana S. editor. (orcid)0000-0001-9081-9295 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9081-9295 edt http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt 82692 Yu, Fu-Lai Tony. editor. (orcid)0000-0001-8524-5020 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8524-5020 edt http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt 82693 SpringerLink (Online service) Springer Nature eBook Printed edition: 9783031627385 Printed edition: 9783031627408 Printed edition: 9783031627415 Perspectives on Development in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Region, 2520-1247 74622 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-62739-2 ZDB-2-POS ZDB-2-SXPI 62636 62636