Since the end of the Cold War and the 1990/91 Gulf war, the Middle East has been in the grip of dramatic changes. The region faces a host of problems urgently in need of solutions if a successful new world order is to be built on the ruins of the old. In this book, an international group of scholars addresses these issues and considers the options for the political and economic reconstruction of the Middle East. Themes covered include: democratization; the Arab state system in the new global environment; the end of Marxism in the Middle East; security structures; the Arab-Israeli conflict; the role of pan-Islamism and pan-Arabism; and the prospects for economic revival. Case-studies are drawn from the whole region, from North Africa to the Arabian Peninsula.

Acknowledgements - Notes on the Contributors - A Framework for Renewal in the Middle East; T.Niblock - Democratization in the Middle East; H.Deegan - Democracy in the Maghreb; G.Joffe - Yemeni Unification: the End of Marxism in Arabia; G.Nonneman - Security Structures in the Middle East; A.Ehteshami - Confronting the Arab-Israeli Conflict in the New World Order; E.Murphy - Pan-Islamism and Pan-Arabism: Solution or Obstacle to Political Reconstruction in the Middle East?; H.A.Jawad - Egypt, Syria and the Arab State System in the New World Order; R.A.Hinnebusch - Prospects for Economic Revival in the Middle East after the Gulf War; R.Wilson - Index