Covering a century of Middle Eastern international relations, this book develops an original approach to understanding regional conflict and cooperation.

Ewan Stein is a Senior lecturer in International Relations at the University of Edinburgh. He is the author of Representing Israel in Modern Egypt: Ideas, Intellectuals and Foreign Policy from Nasser to Mubarak (2012) and editor of Intellectual Dynamics in the Middle East and North Africa (2015).

1. Introduction; 2. The Order of Notables (1919-1952); 3. Arab Neutralism and the Cold War (1952-1967); 4. Toward a Middle East State Conglomerate (1967-1979); 5. Regional Order in Khomeini's Shadow (1979-1990); 6. A New Middle East Order? (1990-2001); 7. The Middle East and the Global War on Terror (2001-2011); 8. Regional Order after the Arab Uprisings (2011-2020); 9. Conclusion.