been more relevant than in the Middle East. Understanding the Middle East as it was and currently is requires an in depth analysis of the events that have so shaped the region. By peering into the premodern, early-modern, modern, and contemporary periods, a comprehension of the Middle East and how it is situated within the global framework will be realized. The premodern period, which ran until 1450, contained two events fundamental to the history of the Middle East, the Birth of Islam, and the split…

Bahauddin Foizee :The Middle East, especially the West Asian region, is the most volatile region in the world. The major reason of such regional instability is the rivalry between Saudi Arabia and Iran. One of these two rivals, Iran, has been suffering from a weak economy for decades because of the economic sanctions that are imposed on it by the International community for quite a long now. However, on 14th July, 2015, a deal was signed between Iran and the UNSC 5 plus 1 (Britain, China, France…

The different governments that have emerged in the Middle East are being destroyed one after the other which shows how stability has not been achieved in the last century during post colonial times. Post colonial refers to anything, which is occurring or existing after the end of the colonial era. Colonial means a country or even a area under the full control of another country and run by people from such country settling in the country which is under control. Algeria On the 1st July 1962 a vote…

the Middle East as a source of terrorism and violence in the United States is an archetype imported from historic Europe. The conceptualization of the Middle Eastern ‘terrorist’ is rooted in the time of Sassanid and Byzantine Empire competition. In this era the two empires identified themselves and their people in opposition to one another, beginning a pattern of “othering” and dehumanization that would continue for centuries and remain significant in the formation of Europe and the Middle East…

The Middle East has been one of the most volatile and violent regions since the end of Second World War in 1945. The declaration of Israel in May of 1948 caused widespread violence and conflict among the Arab nations in the Middle East and the Jewish state of Israel. The declaration caused a chain of significant events that to this day still have a bearing. Some key events that followed the declaration of Israel were the war of independence, the Deir Yassin massacre, the displacement of Palestinians…

article discusses the evolution of the Middle East and how much of the Middle East is currently coming out of, and in some cases still going through difficult revolutions. The article points to three, possibly four, defining stages in the Middle East. The first is the stage of the Cold War, the second is that of the Old Order, the third is the end to the Old Order, and the fourth is the current stage that they are in now. The point was made that much of the Middle East’s resentment to the West originated…

Armageddon in the Middle East. Populations reduced to dust by nuclear war. International actors drawn into tense conflict and potentially world-altering violence. These are the fears held by the U.S. and Israel when considering the possibility of Iranian nuclear weapons. However, the attitudes of the Obama administration in discussing potential deals with Iran have demonstrated a change in the U.S. strategy when interacting with an Iranian regime that desires nuclear capability. In recent months…

and also pick their piece would try to settle disputes in the Middle East so that they could lay claims to the natural resources of the land. In doing this the British would double deal and both sides would be left with nothing (Khouri). The Problems in the Middle East have been going on for centuries creating a large puzzle that will never reveal a picture of harmony. The Jewish civilization had the first contact with the Middle East in 1800 B.C. when Abraham lead his people through the outskirts…

orientalist idea of the Middle East. It represented the faulty equation of Islam= Muslim= Arab= terrorist or religious fanatics. From the image of the magazine cover, a man dressed in the Middle-East attire can be seen standing on what looks like a balcony with the landscape of the Middle-East in the background. The image in the background presented the Middle East as underdeveloped in an effective manner. The image in the foreground by the top right corner signified the Middle East as an oil-hoarding…

18th centuries in the Middle East were periods marked by severe financial crisis, increased decentralization, and stronger external control by western nations. It was clear that members of Ottoman and Persian military and bureaucratic organizations needed to prove themselves worthy in comparison to the European nations in order to shift the global balance of power back towards the East. As a result, drastic political, economic, and social reforms were implemented in the Middle East throughout the 19th…