The Middle East in Contemporary World Affairs

1973 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 13-24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Igor Belyaev
Keyword(s):  
Middle East ◽  
Contemporary World

Learning Geopolitical Pluralism

2018 ◽  
pp. 167-192
Author(s):  
Clement M. Henry
Keyword(s):  
Political Economy ◽  
Middle East ◽  
International Political Economy ◽  
Great Powers ◽  
International Regimes ◽  
Contemporary World ◽  
Supply And Distribution ◽  
Strategic Value ◽  
State Actors

The Middle East, viewed by many as a geopolitical prize astride three continents, is now sharply contested and fragmented by proxy wars in Libya, Syria, and Yemen reflecting a painful readjustment of the global balance that empowers regional rivalries. While the local conflicts are not about oil, the imputed strategic value of the commodity has reinforced the region’s geopolitical significance as an arena for competition among great powers. This chapter surveys present and past international regimes for managing the supply and distribution of oil. It is argued that key state actors may learn to practice geopolitical pluralism in this clearly defined sector of international political economy, with potential spill-over into related sectors alleviating the contemporary world disorder

The Middle East in Contemporary World Affairs

1973 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 13-24
Author(s):  
Igor Belyaev
Keyword(s):  
Middle East ◽  
Contemporary World

scholarly journals Two orients in Rudolf Bruci's opera Gilgamesh

Muzikologija ◽  
2005 ◽  
pp. 153-165
Author(s):  
Branka Radovic
Keyword(s):  
Middle East ◽  
20Th Century ◽  
The West ◽  
The Balkans ◽  
Contemporary World ◽  
15Th Century ◽  
Medieval Church ◽  
Ancient Times ◽  
The Many ◽  
Place And Identity

The theme of this article is the ancient Orient as imagined by the Serbian composer Rudolf Bruci (1917-2002). The finale of his monumental opera Gilgamesh (1986; libretto by Arsa Milosevic), makes display of heterogeneous musical material based on different oriental scales. The modernity of the opera is affirmed through the usage of varied techniques of 20th century composition. It is hard to explain why Bruci introduced the well-known medieval church melody "Ninja sili nebesniye" ("Now the celestial powers") into the finale of his opera. The melody was signed by kir Stephan the Serb and has been preserved in a 15th century manuscript. The quotation of "Ninja sili" in the finale of Gilgamesh could be interpreted as an attempt at bridging the many centuries that divide the ancient times that gave birth to the Assyrian myth and our contemporary world, by making reference to the heritage of medieval Serbia when that state was a part of the Byzantine world stretching from the middle East to the Balkans. That compositional gesture of Rudolf Bruci seems to have the meaning of questioning the historical and cultural place and identity of the Serbs through the centuries. If that is correctly interpreted, the composer thus gave his own contribution to the often discussed question of the Serbian belonging to both the East and the West. The "two Orients" in the title of the article are an allusion to the pagan and the Christian Orients, but they can also provoke a discussion of the contemporary divisions between the East and the West.

ONN WINCKLER, Demographic Developments and Population Policies in Ba⊂thist Syria (Brighton: Sussex Academic Press, 1999). Pp. 223. $100.00 cloth.

2000 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
pp. 428-430 ◽  
Author(s):  
Annika Rabo
Keyword(s):  
Middle East ◽  
Eastern Mediterranean ◽  
Academic Press ◽  
Turn Of The Millennium ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Young Population ◽  
Demographic Research ◽  
Contemporary World ◽  
Population Policies ◽  
People Today

The globe is estimated to have 6 billion people today. The rapid increase of the human population has for decades been a common Western bogeyman. Now, at the turn of the millennium, the threat is brought out again. Today “the human time bomb” connotes uncontrolled fecundity in the Other, the non-Western or non-European. Demographic research shows that many countries in the Middle East and North Africa have among the highest rates of population growth in the contemporary world. Unlike Europe, where the nightmare of demographers and politicians is the aging and decreasing population, the Middle East still has a rapidly increasing and young population. Quite clearly, many politicians in the European Union are worried about the “uncontrollable overflow” of populations over its borders from the southern and eastern Mediterranean shores.

Ethnicity and Evangelicalism: Ian Paisley and Protestant Politics in Ulster

1987 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 293-313 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roy Wallis ◽  
Steve Bruce ◽  
David Taylor
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Middle East ◽  
Northern Ireland ◽  
Islamic Fundamentalism ◽  
Contemporary World ◽  
Conservative Protestant ◽  
Conservative Protestantism ◽  
English Speaking ◽  
Protestant Fundamentalism ◽  
English Speaking World

The question of the conditions that must prevail before fundamentalist religion can play a significant part in politics has loomed large in recent years with the resurgence of Islamic fundamentalism in the Middle East. Protestant fundamentalism has drawn somewhat less attention, except for the case of the new Christian right in America. Nowhere in the contemporary world are the politics of conservative Protestantism more clearly visible than in Northern Ireland. Therefore, in this essay we seek to explain why Protestant fundamentalism has achieved such prominence and success in Ulster in recent years. First, we present a comparative analysis of conservative Protestant politics in the English-speaking world. Second, we offer an historically informed analysis of the rise of Ulster's most successful fundamentalist politician, the Reverend Ian Paisley.

scholarly journals THE GEOPOLITICAL REALITY OF SERBIA AND ITS SECURITY

TEME ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 1171
Author(s):  
Igor Vukonjanski ◽  
Dragoljub Sekulović
Keyword(s):  
Middle East ◽  
European Integration ◽  
Ethnic Group ◽  
Great Powers ◽  
The Balkans ◽  
Contemporary World ◽  
The Us ◽  
Power Centers ◽  
The Republic

In the assessment of Serbia’s security within the Balkan geopolitical node, it is important to analyze the position of foreign political centers of power and their geopolitical partners in the region, as well as the relations with other geopolitical nodes (Caucasus, Middle East) or key zones (Bosphorus, Dardanelles, Suez). Usually, power centers such as the US, NATO, EU, Russia and others demonstrate their inclination to protect the interests of a particular ethnic group, religious inclination, or state. The relations between Eurasia (Russia) and Orthodox Serbia, as well as between Mitteleurope (Germany, Austria) and Catholic Croatia can serve as examples from history. From the specific European, Eurasian and global centers of geopolitical power, the Balkans are viewed in terms of a very specific geopolitical interest.In such a sensitive environment, the Republic of Serbia seeks to find a balanced relationship both with the great powers and with the states and peoples in the immediate environment. Balancing military neutrality, threading the path to European integration, and turning to Russia and Eurasian allies, all raise a number of issues in the area of security and stable political positioning on the contemporary world stage.

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