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The Arab world's strategic location and considerable material and human potential should allow it to play a major role in world affairs. However, plagued by authoritarian regimes, ethnic and social cleavages, economic underdevelopment, and military weakness, these states depend on external support for security. Hassan Hamdan al-Alkim provides a wide-ranging analysis for understanding contemporary Arab politics and its role in world affairs.
Hassan Hamdan al-Alkim was born in the United Arab Emirates in 1958. He earned his PhD in political science from Exeter University, United Kingdom, and is professor of international relations at the United Arab Emirates University. His website is www.hhalkim.ae.
List of Figures
List of Maps
Abbbreviations
A Note on Transliteration
Prelude
Introduction
PART I
THE INPUT PROCESS
Chapter 1
Political Aggregations and Political Articulations
Chapter 2
The Socio-Economic Variables
Chapter 3
The Changing World Order
Chapter 4
The Regional Variable: Unstable Region
Chapter 5
The Arab–Israeli Conflict
PART II
THE OUTPUT: CASE STUDIES
Chapter 6
Arab States’ Policies towards the Middle East Peace Process
Chapter 7
Desertification and Water Crisis in the Arab World
Chapter 8
Food Insecurity in the Arab World
Chapter 9
Determinants of Saudi Arabia’s Foreign-Policy-Making
Epilogue
Endnotes
Select Bibliography
Index