Publications Review 08.05.2014. Debates about the Middle East and South Asia

May 8, 2014

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Type: Columns - RIAC Digest of International Publications

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This digest was inspired by the ongoing debates about the Middle East and South Asia. History is not letting go of Israel and Palestine, again and again bringing this story to the very center of the international relations. No efficient way to cut this Gordian knot. Yet. Here you will find Egypt, Iran, Turkey, Kazakhstan and at the very end India with its economic dilemmas. And maps to guide you through this tale of many cities.

Maps have always been a better way to understand the moves and changes of history. Once again this digest features a set of maps to set the fascinating and troubled history of the Middle East into the minds of wider public. Here are 40 beautifully colored maps of the Middle East with the major transformations and revolutions that shaped the face of the region throughout its modern history.

This piece is centered on Egypt, Turkey and Iran relations in the Middle East region. These three countries grew closer and were drawn apart throughout the 2^nd half of the 20^th century and are still quite undecided towards each other. Yet they can build and transform axes of the region matrix the way that is most suitable to them. Here is a brief retrospective of the Middle East from the point of view of Egypt, Turkey and Iran.

Strategic survey for Israel 2013-2014 is a recent publication by the Institute for National Security Studies based in Israel. Here you can find various regional changes in the past 12 months as well as how differently national interests of the countries situated there were fulfilled. Or not. Israel makes up a whole part of the survey, which is summed up by a prognosis and suggestions how to reach a sustainable peace in the region.

The Begin-Sadat Centre for strategic studies also is an Israel based think tank which provides us with an interesting material on bilateral relations between Israel and Kazakhstan. Seems there is little ground for these relations. However, there is more than meets the eye. Two countries have contacts in different economic spheres and plan to go ahead. Find out more.

Elections were the next step for Iraq and Afghanistan. Now they are through them. The countries are both at the very beginning of a future without external intrusion. How this will affect the civil transition in both states and how they will manage this worrisome period? Here are some answers given by the CSIS experts.

Finally, moving eastwards closer to the Pacific we hit India. Here is April issue of Research Revolution, International journal of social science and management. Less politics, more economy – here you will get some tips about green marketing in India, insightful ideas on the devastating problem of poverty and trends in changing buyer behavior.

Digest Editor: Maria Gurova.

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