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The international politics of the Middle East Regional International Politics series Already published in the series: Anderson: The international politics of Central Asia Calvert: The international politics of Latin America Hewitt: The new international politics of South Asia Hyde-Price: The international politics of East Central Europe Pinkney: The international politics of East Africa Webber: The international politics of Russia and the successor states The international politics of the Middle East Raymond Hinnebusch Manchester University Press Manchester and New York distributed exclusively in the USA by Palgrave Copyright © Raymond Hinnebusch 2003 The right of Raymond Hinnebusch to be identiﬁed as the author of this work has been asserted by him in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. Published byManchester University Press Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9NR, UK andRoom 400, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010, USA www.manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk Distributed exclusively in the USA by Palgrave, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010, USA Distributed exclusively in Canada by UBC Press, University of British Columbia, 2029 West Mall, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6T 1Z2 British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data applied for ISBN 0 7190 5345 5 hardback 0 7190 5346 3 paperback First published 2003 11 10 09 08 07 06 05 04 03 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Typeset in Sabon by Servis Filmsetting Ltd, Manchester Printed in Great Britain by Bell & Bain Ltd, Glasgow To Yuki Contents List of abbreviations pageviii Map of the Middle East ix 1 Introduction to the international politics of the 1 Middle East 2 Core and periphery: the international system and 14 the Middle East 3 Identity and sovereignty in the regional system 54 4 State formation and international behaviour 73 5 Foreign policy making in the Middle East 91 6 Comparative foreign policies: explaining foreign 121 policy variation 7 War and order in the regional system 154 8 The Middle East in a decade of globalisation 204 (1991–2001) Bibliography 240 Index 257 List of abbreviations ARAMCO Arabian-American Oil Company AWACS Airborne Warning and Control System CENTO Central Treaty Organisation CIA Central Intelligence Organisation (US) GCC Gulf Co-operation Council GDP Gross Domestic Product GNP Gross National Product HAMAS Movement of the Islamic Resistance IMF International Monetary Fund LDCs Less Developed Countries MNCs Multinational Corporations NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organisation OIC Organisation of the Islamic Conference OPEC Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries PA Palestinian Authority PKK Kurdish Workers Party PLO Palestine Liberation Organisation SAVAK Iran’s secret police under the Shah UAR United Arab Republic UN United Nations UNSC United Nations Security Council US United States USSR Union of Soviet Socialist Republics WMD Weapons of Mass Destruction