Understanding Contemporary Islamic Crises in the Middle East. The Issues beneath the Surface

• Main Author: E. Fuller, Graham (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Leiden University Press 2017
• Subjects: Islam; politics and government; middle east; sharia; isis; religious conflicts
• Online Access: OAPEN Library: download the publication; OAPEN Library: description of the publication

Over the past decade the Middle East has undergone huge geopolitical shifts, including widespread war and violence, the collapse of numerous regimes, a changing American role, a restored Russian presence, and the emergence of ISIS. In this book Graham Fuller addresses the character of these shifts a...