This revised and updated atlas provides accessible, concisely written entries on the most important current issues in the Middle East, combining original maps with their geopolitical background. Providing a clear context for analysis of key concerns, it includes background topics, the position of the Middle East in the world and profiles of the constituent countries.
This book examines how federal systems can be designed to manage ethnic conflict in divided societies. Using Iraq as a case study, the author evaluates six distinct approaches, the underlying reasons why one may be more suitable than other, and how these apply to the current situation.
Despite dramatic improvements in the security environment in most parts of Iraq, still unresolved are many core political issues, foremost of which is the conflict over the city and region of Kirkuk. With immense oil reserves and a diverse population of Kurds, Arabs, and Turkmens, Kirkuk in recent history has been scarred by interethnic violence and state-sponsored ethnic cleansing. Throughout the twentieth century, successive Arab Iraqi governments engaged in a brutal campaign to increase Kirkuk's Arab population at the expense of Kurds and Turkmens. Following the invasion of Iraq in 2003, a newly empowered Kurdish leadership has sought to reverse the effects of the Arabization campaign and to hold a referendum on incorporating Kirkuk into the Kurdistan Region. The Kurds' efforts are, however, strongly opposed by Kirkuk's Turkmens, Arabs, and also most states in the region. In Crisis in Kirkuk, Liam Anderson and Gareth Stansfield offer a dispassionate analysis of one of Iraq's most pressing and unresolved problems. Drawing on extensive research and fieldwork, the authors investigate the claims to ownership made by each of Kirkuk's competing communities. They consider the constitutional mechanisms put in place to address the issue and the problems that have plagued their implementation. The book concludes with an assessment of the measures needed to resolve the crisis in Kirkuk, stressing that finding a compromise acceptable to all sides is vital to the future stability of Iraq.
In most regions of the world, federalism (territorial autonomy) is used as a successful institutional means of dispersing political power and accommodating ethnic, religious, and cultural diversity. The Middle East is an exception. Aside from the anomalous case of the U.A.E and Iraq's troubled experiment with federalism, Middle Eastern regimes have largely resisted efforts to decentralize political power. As a result, the norm in the region has been highly centralized, unitary systems that have, more often than not, paved the way for authoritarian rule or played witness to serious internal fragmentation and conflict divided along ethnic or religious lines.Federal Solutions for Fragile States in the Middle East makes an argument for the implementation of federalism in the post-conflict states of the Middle East. The argument operates on two levels: the theoretical and the practical. The theoretical case for federalism is backed by empirical evidence, but to accurately evaluate the practical and logistical feasibility of its implementation in any given case requires detailed knowledge of 'real world' political realities. The book's focus is on four post-conflict states — Iraq, Syria, Yemen, and Libya — though the arguments advanced within have broad regional applicability.
Reordering Iraq is the lynchpin of America's successful involvement in the Middle East. The challenge may be impossible. The Future of Iraq provides a primer on the history and political dynamics of this pivotal state divided by ethnic, religious, and political antagonisms, and provocatively argues that the least discussed future of Iraq might be the best: Managed partition. Anderson and Stansfield incisively analyze the dilemmas of American policy. They suggest that even a significant American presence will not stabilize Iraq because it is an artificial state and its people have never shared a common identity. In addition the legacy of tyrannical rule and the primacy of political violence is eroded social bonds and entrenched tribal allegiances, fallow ground for democracy. They provide the basic information and the provocative analysis crucial to informed debate and decision.
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A billionaire adventurer, a secret nuclear facility deep inside a mountain in Russia, an expedition into the unknown. These are the ingredients that lead the reader on a roller-coaster ride in search of a legend. Packed with breathtaking suspense and nerve-shredding action, Hunt for the Lost Sanctum is a thrilling read for all fans of action, suspense, and intrigue. Join a cast of characters that will keep you entertained long into the night... Adventure awaits just one click away. Start reading this fantastic new series NOW! Always FREE with Kindle Unlimited If you like Indiana Jones and Dan Brown's Robert Langdon novels, you will love this book.
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If you have ever wondered at all about reading human body language, learning about some different personality types, how to analyze people, and what the practices are that we as a society have labeled "Dark Psychology," this is the book for you!Sure, you could have gone out and purchased three or four books on each subject alone. However, this is a great book because it offers you a taste of each subject. This way, you decide which of all these aspects of "people studying" intrigue you the most and go from there.This book will answer the following questions: -What do people mean when they refer to a "Dark Personality Type?"-Is it possible to tell what a person is thinking and feeling simply by watching the gestures that they make with their hands, feet, and toes?-How important is eye contact when you're getting to know someone?-What does it mean when someone has trouble looking you in the eye?-Does learning the art of studying body language help you as much if you're looking for a relationship as it does if you are only looking for a friend?-How long has the study of body language been an active field?All of the answers are found in this book!
Do you want to finally gain control of your emotions and stop letting them run your life? Everyday we come across circumstances beyond our control, that make us feel anger or sadness or a whole host of negative thoughts. Those negative thoughts can often stay with us and lead us to create problems in other areas of our lives. If you are suffering from this then it's time to invest in your emotional intelligence and purchase this book. You can start to reclaim your life by applying simple techniques that help you gain clarity, strength and control when negative thoughts creep into your life. You will learn: ** 1 of the Most Effective Techniques for Coping with Depression ** The Power of Perspective ** How You Can Absorb Knowledge Quicker to Supercharge Your Results ** How to Figure Out What is Vital in Your Life and What to Let Go ** The Best Way to Acknowledge and Face Your Fears ** How to Create Goals That You Can and Will Achieve This book has all you need to get started on your mindful journey and become a happier and healthier you. Even if you feel like you've tried everything or you don't have time to invest in yourself. You can start with as little as 5 minutes of mindfulness and fit this in around your life. If you are looking for the solutions to your emotional problems then scroll to the top of the page and hit that buy now button and start learning to become a stronger and more confident human today.
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Life for a small boy can be very difficult. There are chores to do, adults to listen to, and games to try and squeeze in. On top of it all, the occasional magical quest through other worlds crops up, and the whole day gets turned on its head! So it goes for Tom who discovers that sometimes concepts have a mind of their own, and that meaning is what you make of it. Will he make the right ones? Be careful what you know.
Raise a glass in a toast to Edgar Allan Poe with this jam-packed gothic anthology, including 12 themed issues containing 48 short stories and 7 poems from 55 masterful weavers of gothic fiction. Take a tour through Poe's Baltimore home, experience "The Tell-Tale Heart" through the old man's eyes, go corporate at Raven Corp., witness "The Fall of the House of Usher" from the perspective of a hidden Usher sibling, and much more. Don't miss the award-nominated stories "The Heart of Alderman Kane" by Eleanor Sciolistein and "Midnight Rider" by Melanie Cossey, both nominees for Poe Baltimore's Saturday 'Visiter' Awards.Curl up with Love Letters to Poe and enjoy these haunting tales!
The "deepening and widening" of the EU has thrown its changing internal and external borders into sharp relief. This work demonstrates that borders are key spaces within which issues such as identity, memory and trust, and communication between states continue to be played out and transformed.
Presents a collection of short stories from such authors as Edgar Allan Poe, Mark Twain, Henry James, Rudyard Kipling, James Joyce, Ring Lardner, Eudora Welty, and Flannery O'Connor.
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