Oil Turmoil And Islam In The Middle East

Author : Sheikh Rustum Ali
Publisher : Praeger
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Oil, Turmoil, and Islam in the Middle East written by Sheikh Rustum Ali and published by Praeger. This book was released on 1986-09-05 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The turmoil and strife of the Middle East raises serious questions about the security of the world's oil supply. Oil, Turmoil, and Islam in the Middle East is a hard-hitting indictment of OPEC and OAPEC, arguing that these organizations can no longer afford to impose indiscriminate price increases on the marketplace because they hurt not only themselves but oil poor Third World nations, as well. The author analyzes the importance of Middle Eastern oil in world politics. He emphasizes that any consideration of the forces influencing development in the Middle East should take Islamic tradition into account. Each chapter is organized around a current Middle Eastern problem: oil politics in relation to international energy needs; the ramifications of the new oil wealth and power of the Middle East; the Iran-Iraq War; Muslim insurgency in Afghanistan; the Arab-Israeli conflict; turmoil in Lebanon; Palestinian nationalism; and the Middle East as a superpower.

Author : Alon Liel
Publisher : Lynne Rienner Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9781555879099
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Turkey in the Middle East written by Alon Liel and published by Lynne Rienner Publishers. This book was released on 2001 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the turn of the century, modern Turkey remains torn between the secular heritage of its founder, Kemal Ataturk, and the political and social trends that challenge that legacy. Alon Liel traces the development of Turkey's current political environment, investigating the collapse of the country's economy in the 1970s, its recovery in the 1980s, its relationship with its Middle Eastern neighbors, and the dramatic political events of the 1990s.

Author : Atlantic Council's Special Working Group on the Middle East
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Oil and Turmoil written by Atlantic Council's Special Working Group on the Middle East and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: SCOTT (Copy 1): From the John Holmes Library Collection.

Author : Michael Youssef
Publisher : Grand Rapids, Mich. : Zondervan Publishing House
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book America, Oil, & the Islamic Mind written by Michael Youssef and published by Grand Rapids, Mich. : Zondervan Publishing House. This book was released on 1991 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Jared Rubin
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 110703681X
Total Pages : 297 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rulers, Religion, and Riches written by Jared Rubin and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2017-02-16 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book seeks to explain the political and religious factors leading to the economic reversal of fortunes between Europe and the Middle East.

Author : Dankwart A. Rustow
Publisher : New York : Norton
ISBN 13 : 9780393015973
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Oil and Turmoil written by Dankwart A. Rustow and published by New York : Norton. This book was released on 1982 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Kermit Roosevelt
Publisher : Port Washington, N.Y : Kennikat Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Arabs, Oil, and History written by Kermit Roosevelt and published by Port Washington, N.Y : Kennikat Press. This book was released on 1969 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Dr King
Publisher : Capstone Classroom
ISBN 13 : 9781410916303
Total Pages : 60 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Oil in the Middle East written by Dr King and published by Capstone Classroom. This book was released on 2005-11 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the impact of the Middle East's oil industry on the development of the region's countries, the benefit of oil income to the region's people, the role of oil in the conflicts of the Middle East, and other topics related to the Middle Eastern oil industry.

Author : Øystein Noreng
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Oil and Islam written by Øystein Noreng and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 1997-08-04 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the 1970s and early 1980s, the Middle East and North Africa were perceived as being exceptionally successful, but now the region is viewed as a resounding economic and social failure. Islam is not only a religion, but also a political and social project. A major pretext of this work is to demonstrate how the tensions within Islamic movements feed directly into the economic, social, political, historical and religious arena of the region, and vice versa. An introductory chapter sets the context of the book. The core chapters of the book comprise an in-depth examination of the varied forms of oil revenue abuse. For examples, the past mismanagement of the tremendous wealth provided by oil. Following Islamic beliefs, revenue from oil should not finance wasteful consumption, but used instead for public welfare. Abstaining from interest calculations, there should be a case for keeping more oil in the ground. Indeed, oil has also stifled industrial development, and with declining oil revenues, the conflict between civilian and military priorities intensifies. While western interests have promoted arms spending, high population-growth expenditure reinforces the reality of the count-down to the post-oil era upon the Middle Eastern and North African oil exporters. So far the governments seem unwilling or unable to adapt and react. Furthermore, in the past oil has been used as a substitute for democracy. While the large oil revenues of the 1970s and early 1980s strengthened the position of autocratic rulers and weakened the private sector,repressive regimes have made Islam a source of criticism and opposition for the Western world. Following on from this, the book then looks forward to the problem of uniting the divergent interests in the spheres of oil and Islam into a cohesive whole. The book proposes that ideally Islamic governments would synchronise the depletion of oil reserves with investment in new productive assets. Islamic governments could also find ways to combine private, domestic and foreign interests in the oil industry. The main readership for this book will be policy-makers and professionals involved in development issues for Middle Eastern and North African affairs, and those with an interest in oil politics and Islamic studies.

Author : F. Gregory Gause
Publisher : Council on Foreign Relations
ISBN 13 : 9780876091517
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Oil Monarchies written by F. Gregory Gause and published by Council on Foreign Relations. This book was released on 1994 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This timely book demystifies the politics of Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, and Oman, and focuses on the new pressures that have emerged since the Gulf War. Gause illuminates the foreign policy tightrope these states walk in the Middle East: self-defense is problematic, regional pressures translate directly into the domestic arena, and relations with the United States cause as well as solve many problems. Gause examines the interplay of Islamic fundamentalism, tribalism, and, most importantly, oil wealth that has determined the power structure of the Gulf monarchies. He shows what influences really drive politics in the Middle East as well as how U.S. foreign policy must respond to them in order to forge more meaningful ties with each country and preserve the stability of a fragile region that is vital to U.S. interests.