PART ONE General Survey China’s Role in the Middle East: Navigating Geopolitical Tensions JULIA GUROL (revised by STEFAN LUKAS) Climate Change in the Middle East and North Africa STEFAN LUKAS Political Islam BARBARA ZOLLNER Saudi Arabia and Iran: Islam, Security and Foreign Policy in the Middle East SIMON MABON US Middle East Policy PETER HAHN The Kurdish Question in the Middle East CENGIZ GUNES (revised by LIAM ANDERSON) Gas Rent, Industrial Lock-in and the Political Economy of Energy Reform in the Gulf Co-operation Council JUSTIN DARGIN The Religions of the Middle East and North Africa R. B. SERJEANT (revised by the editorial staff) PART TWO Country Surveys Sections on geography, history and economy, as well as statistical surveys, directories and bibliographies for each country ALGERIA History GIANNI DEL PANTA Economy ROBERT E. LOONEY (revised by the editorial staff) BAHRAIN History MARC JONES (revised by KRISTIAN COATES ULRICHSEN) Economy MARTIN HVIDT CYPRUS History ANDREAS STERGIOU Economy Revised by ANDREAS STERGIOU ‘Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus’ History Economy EGYPT History VAUGHN SHANNON Economy CHAHIR ZAKI IRAN History EDWARD WASTNIDGE Economy ROBERT E. LOONEY (revised by editorial staff) IRAQ History LIAM ANDERSON Economy SILVIA NICOLA ISRAEL History VAUGHN SHANNON Economy CHRISTOPH LEONHARDT Occupied Territories East Jerusalem The Golan Heights JORDAN History COURTNEY FREER Economy MANUEL LANGENDORF KUWAIT History Revised by CLAIRE BEAUGRAND Economy MÁTÉ SZALAI LEBANON History NATÁLIA CALFAT Economy ALI NOUREDDEEN LIBYA History RONALD BRUCE ST JOHN (Based on an original essay by RICHARD I. LAWLESS) Economy AMIR MAGDY KAMEL MOROCCO History NEIL PARTRICK (Based on an original essay by RICHARD I. LAWLESS) Economy NEIL PARTRICK (Based on an original essay by ALAN J. DAY) OMAN History Revised by MARC VALERI Economy FRANCIS OWTRAM PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES Recent History Revised by VAUGHN SHANNON Economy NU’MAN KANAFANI, ISLAM RABEE and ANMAR RAFEEDIE QATAR History DAVID ROBERTS Economy FRANCIS OWTRAM SAUDI ARABIA History BRANDON FRIEDMAN (revised by editorial staff) Economy NEIL PARTRICK (Based on an original essay by MOIN SIDDIQI) SPANISH NORTH AFRICA Ceuta Melilla SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC History JAMES REILLY Economy OMAR S. DAHI and MOHAMMAD AL-ASADI TUNISIA History NEIL PARTRICK (Based on an original essay by RICHARD I. LAWLESS) Economy NEIL PARTRICK (Based on an original essay by the editorial staff) TÜRKIYE History GARETH JENKINS Economy ABDULKADIR CIVAN UNITED ARAB EMIRATES History KRISTIAN COATES ULRICHSEN Economy PAULINE RAABE and MARIUS PARADIES YEMEN History VINCENT DURAC Economy CHARLES SCHMITZ PART THREE Regional Information REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS MAJOR COMMODITIES OF THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA DOCUMENTS ON PALESTINE CALENDARS RESEARCH INSTITUTES SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY (BOOKS) SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY(PERIODICALS)