PERSPECTIVES ON WEST ASIA:THE EVOLVING GEOPOLITICAL DISCOURSES - Hardcover

Perspectives On West Asia : The Evolving Geopolitical Discourses

Contents Preface IsraelPalestine 1 The Transformation of the Arab-Israeli ConflictMustapha Kamel Al Sayyid 2 Bi-Nationalism Towards Alternative Model for the Future Solution of the Palestinian-Israeli ConflictAsad Ghanem  3 The Empowering of the Israeli Extreme Right The Rise-Up of the Yisrael Beiteinu PartyMohanad Mustafa West Asia 1 West Asia as an Area Study An Imperative of Our TimeGulshan Dietl 2 The United States and West AsiaMichael C Hudson 3 South Asia West Asia and the Centre Edge Dialectics of Modern Islamic NetworkingItzchak Weismann 4 Politics of Resistance in the GCC States A Theoretical FrameworkSima Baidya 5 The Tehran Factor in West Asia Doomed to DestabiliseKingshuk Chatterjee India and West Asia 1 India Iran and the US FactorSujata Ashwarya Cheema 2 The Impact of Domestic Politics on Indias Attitudes towards Israel and JewsNavras Jaat Aafreedi 3 Indias Historical and Cultural Relations with the Arab WorldAK Pasha Contributors IndexThere are competing definitions of the region called West AsiaMiddle East The region remains an indeterminate area with no defined frontiers There is no widely agreed upon definition of the area and the concept has never been neutral or value free The contours of the region have actually altered in accordance with the shifting strategic interests of the changing dominant powers The difficulty in defining the region is one aspect of the varied problems relating to the West Asian region the other critical intrinsic concerns being the perceived escalating security dilemma with the rise of HAMAS Hezbollah and Iran and the persisting Israeli-Palestinian predicament that continues to play a critical role in all questions pertaining to the region This volume which is in the nature of a collection of insightful and interesting essays by eminent scholars from within the region and without attempts to delve into various aspects revolving around the aforementioned three significant issues the contemporary construction of the expanse categorized as West Asia the element of securitization of the region and its alternative perceptions with a special mention of the Indian perception The essays in the book have been classified into three broad sections The first section deals with the Israel-Palestine Question considered to be the primary cause of contention in the region The second section contends with the larger West Asian Space enquiring into perspectives in the regional and global sense The concluding section explores the deep-rooted links between India and West Asia 254 pp. Artikel-Nr. 101629

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