Critical issues facing the Middle East : security, politics, and economics / edited by James A. Russell. - 1st ed. - New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2006. - 224 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm. - Initiatives in strategic studies--issues and policies . Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN: 140397246X 9781403972460 LCCN: 2005-058615 Subjects--Topical Terms: National security--Middle East. Subjects--Geographic Terms: Middle East--Defenses.Middle East--Economic conditions--21st century.Middle East--Politics and government--21st century. LC Class. No.: UA832 / .C75 2006 Dewey Class. No.: 355/.033056