The Middle East and North Africa 2026

72. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-041-05877-9
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 1322 Seiten, Format (B × H): 210 mm x 280 mm, Gewicht: 3121 g

Reihe: The Middle East and North Africa

Now in its seventy-second edition, this title continues to provide the most up-to-date geopolitical and economic information for this important world area.

Key Features:

- covers the Middle East and North Africa from Algeria to Yemen

- includes topical contributions from acknowledged experts on regional affairs

- accurately and impartially records the latest political and economic developments

- provides comprehensive data on all major organizations active in the countries of the region.

Calendar of Political Events

- A calendar of events provides a convenient reference guide to the year’s main political developmentsGeneral Survey

- introductory essays written by leading experts cover a wide range of topics relating to the region as a whole.

Country Surveys

Individual chapters on each country incorporating:

- essays on the physical and social geography, recent history and economy

- an extensive and up-to-date statistical survey of economic and social indicators, which include area and population, health and welfare, agriculture, forestry, fishing, mining, industry, finance, trade, transport, tourism, communications media and education

- a full directory with names, addresses and contact details covering the government, legislature, political organizations, election commission, diplomatic representation, judiciary, religious groups, the media, finance, trade and industry (including petroleum and natural gas), tourism, defence and education

- a country-specific bibliography, providing suggestions for further research.

Regional Information

- includes all major international organizations active in the Middle East and North Africa, their aims, activities, publications and principal personnel; a detailed survey of major commodities in the region; a directory of research institutes specializing in the region; select bibliographies of books and periodicals covering the region; and an index of regional organizations.

Zielgruppe

Academic

Autoren/Hrsg.

Publications, Europa

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Naher & Mittlerer Osten
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Afrikanische Geschichte
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Jahrbücher, Jahresbände und Almanache
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Enzyklopädien, Nachschlagewerke, Wörterbücher
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Adressbücher

Inhaltsverzeichnis

PART ONE

General Survey

China’s Role in the Middle East: Navigating Geopolitical Tensions  JULIA GUROL (revised by STEFAN LUKAS)  Climate Change in the Middle East and North Africa  STEFAN LUKAS  Political Islam  BARBARA ZOLLNER  Saudi Arabia and Iran: Islam, Security and Foreign Policy in the Middle East  SIMON MABON  US Middle East Policy  PETER HAHN  The Kurdish Question in the Middle East

CENGIZ GUNES (revised by LIAM ANDERSON)

Gas Rent, Industrial Lock-in and the Political Economy of Energy Reform in the Gulf Co-operation Council

JUSTIN DARGIN

The Religions of the Middle East and North Africa

R. B. SERJEANT (revised by the editorial staff)

PART TWO Country Surveys

Sections on geography, history and economy, as well as statistical surveys, directories and bibliographies for each country

ALGERIA

History GIANNI DEL PANTA

Economy ROBERT E. LOONEY (revised by the editorial staff)

BAHRAIN

History MARC JONES (revised by KRISTIAN COATES ULRICHSEN)

Economy MARTIN HVIDT

CYPRUS

History ANDREAS STERGIOU

Economy Revised by ANDREAS STERGIOU

‘Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus’

History

Economy

EGYPT

History VAUGHN SHANNON

Economy CHAHIR ZAKI

IRAN

History EDWARD WASTNIDGE

Economy ROBERT E. LOONEY (revised by editorial staff)

IRAQ

History LIAM ANDERSON

Economy SILVIA NICOLA

ISRAEL

History VAUGHN SHANNON

Economy CHRISTOPH LEONHARDT

Occupied Territories

East Jerusalem

The Golan Heights

JORDAN

History COURTNEY FREER

Economy MANUEL LANGENDORF

KUWAIT

History Revised by CLAIRE BEAUGRAND

Economy MÁTÉ SZALAI

LEBANON

History NATÁLIA CALFAT

Economy ALI NOUREDDEEN

LIBYA

History RONALD BRUCE ST JOHN (Based on an original essay by RICHARD I. LAWLESS)

Economy AMIR MAGDY KAMEL

MOROCCO

History NEIL PARTRICK (Based on an original essay by RICHARD I. LAWLESS)

Economy NEIL PARTRICK (Based on an original essay by ALAN J. DAY)

OMAN

History Revised by MARC VALERI

Economy FRANCIS OWTRAM

PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES

Recent History Revised by VAUGHN SHANNON

Economy NU’MAN KANAFANI, ISLAM RABEE and ANMAR RAFEEDIE

QATAR

History DAVID ROBERTS

Economy FRANCIS OWTRAM

SAUDI ARABIA

History BRANDON FRIEDMAN (revised by editorial staff)

Economy NEIL PARTRICK (Based on an original essay by MOIN SIDDIQI)

SPANISH NORTH AFRICA

Ceuta

Melilla

SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC

History JAMES REILLY

Economy OMAR S. DAHI and MOHAMMAD AL-ASADI

TUNISIA

History NEIL PARTRICK (Based on an original essay by RICHARD I. LAWLESS)

Economy NEIL PARTRICK (Based on an original essay by the editorial staff)

TÜRKIYE

History GARETH JENKINS

Economy ABDULKADIR CIVAN

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

History KRISTIAN COATES ULRICHSEN

Economy PAULINE RAABE and MARIUS PARADIES

YEMEN

History VINCENT DURAC

Economy CHARLES SCHMITZ

PART THREE Regional Information

REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

MAJOR COMMODITIES OF THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA

DOCUMENTS ON PALESTINE

CALENDARS

RESEARCH INSTITUTES

SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY (BOOKS)

SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY(PERIODICALS)

Über Autor(innen)

Europa Publications’ regional publications are compiled by a team of editors and researchers, with introductory and country-specific material provided by specialists in their field:

Mohammad Al-Asadi. Economist specializing in international development and financing post-conflict reconstruction, Afghan Credit Guarantee Foundation, Cologne, Germany.

Liam Anderson. Professor of Political Science, School of Social Sciences and International Studies, Wright State University, Dayton, OH, USA.

Claire Beaugrand. Senior Lecturer in Sociology of the Gulf and the Arabian Peninsula, Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies, University of Exeter, UK; and CNRS Researcher at the Institut de Recherche Interdisciplinaire en Sciences Sociales (IRISSO), Université Paris Dauphine-PSL, France.

Natália Calfat. Researcher at the Laboratory of Asian Studies (Working Group on the Middle East and Muslim World), University of São Paulo.

Abdulkadir Civan. Fellow, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany.Kristian Coates Ulrichsen. Fellow for the Middle East, Baker Institute for Public Policy, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA.

Omar S. Dahi. Professor of Economics, Hampshire College, Amherst, Massachusetts, USA; and Founding Director of `Security in Context’ research network.

Justin Dargin. Energy and Climate Fellow, Middle East Council on Global Affairs, Doha, Qatar; and former legal advisor to OPEC.

Alan J. Day. Former Editor of The Annual Register, London, UK; and former Joint Editor of the Political Handbook of the World, Binghamton University, New York, USA.

Gianni Del Panta. Junior Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Pavia, Italy.

Vincent Durac. Associate Professor, School of Politics and International Relations, University College Dublin, Ireland.

Courtney Freer. Assistant Professor, Department of Middle Eastern and South Asian Studies, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA.

Brandon Friedman. Director of Research, Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies, Tel Aviv University, Israel.

Cengiz Gunes. Associate Lecturer in Politics and International Relations, Faculty of Social Sciences, Open University, Milton Keynes, UK.

Julia Gurol. Postdoctoral Researcher, Chair for International Relations, University of Freiburg and Arnold-Bergstraesser-Institute, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany.

Peter L. Hahn. Distinguished University Professor of History, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA.

Martin Hvidt. Associate Professor and Head of Studies, Center for Modern Middle East and Muslim Studies, Department of History, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark.

Gareth Jenkins. Non-resident Senior Fellow with the Silk Road Studies Program, based in Istanbul, Türkiye.

Marc Jones. Assistant Professor in Middle East Studies, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Doha, Qatar.

Amir Magdy Kamel. Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor), School of Security Studies, and Fellow, Institute of Middle Eastern Studies, King’s College London, UK.

Numan Kanafani. Research Director, Palestine Economic Policy Research Institute (MAS), Ramallah, Palestinian Territories; and Professor, Department of Resource Economics, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.

Manuel Langendorf. Senior Analyst and Editor at Middle East Minds analysis and consultancy company, Berlin, Germany.

Richard I. Lawless. Late Emeritus Reader in Middle Eastern Studies, Durham University, UK.

Christoph Leonhardt. Chief Operating Officer at Middle East Minds analysis and consultancy company, Berlin, Germany.

Robert E. Looney. Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Department of National Security Affairs, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA, USA.

Stefan Lukas. Founder and CEO of Middle East Minds analysis and consultancy company, Berlin, Germany.

Simon Mabon. Professor of International Politics, and Director of SEPAD, Lancaster University, UK.

Silvia-Lucretia Nicola. Analyst at Middle East Minds analysis and consultancy company, Berlin, Germany.

Ali Noureddeen. Independent economic researcher and writer, specializing in the Middle East and North Africa region.

James A. Reilly. Emeritus Professor of Modern Middle East History, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.

Francis Owtram. Honorary Research Fellow, Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies, University of Exeter, UK.

Marius Paradies. Analyst at Middle East Minds analysis and consultancy company, Berlin, Germany.

Neil Partrick. Writer and analyst on the Arabian Peninsula and wider Middle East.

Pauline Raabe. Senior Analyst at Middle East Minds analysis and consultancy company, Berlin, Germany.

Islam Rabee. Assistant Researcher, Palestine Economic Policy Research Institute (MAS), Ramallah, Palestinian Territories.

Anmar Rafeedie. Assistant Researcher, Palestine Economic Policy Research Institute (MAS), Ramallah, Palestinian Territories

David Roberts. Reader in International Security and Middle East Studies, School of Security Studies, King’s College London, UK; Non-resident Fellow at the Arab Gulf States Institute, Washington, DC, USA; and former Director of the Qatar office of the Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies.

Charles Schmitz. Professor, Department of Geography and Environmental Planning, Towson University, Towson, MD, USA.

R. B. Serjeant. Late Professor of Arabic and Director of the Middle East Centre, University of Cambridge, UK.

Vaughn Shannon. Professor of Political Science, School of Social Sciences and International Studies, Wright State University, Dayton, OH, USA.

Moin Siddiqi. Independent economist specializing in macroeconomic developments and the banking sector in the Middle East and Africa; also advises on trends in petroleum markets.

Ronald Bruce St John. Independent scholar, specializing in the political economy of developing states.

Andreas Stergiou. Professor of European Institutions and International Relations, and Jean Monnet Chair Holder on EU Energy and Climate Policies and the Eastern Mediterranean, Department of Economics, University of Thessaly, Volos, Greece.

Máté Szalai. Associate Professor, Corvinus University of Budapest, Budapest, Hungary.

Marc Valeri. Associate Professor in Political Economy of the Middle East, University of Exeter, UK.

Edward Wastnidge. Senior Lecturer and Head of Politics and International Studies, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Open University, Milton Keynes, UK.

Chahir Zaki. Chaired Professor of Economics and Research Fellow at the Laboratoire d’Economie d’Orléans, University of Orléans, Orléans, France; Director of Egypt’s pole of EMANES (EU-Mediterranean and African Network for Economic Studies); and Lead Economist at the Economic Research Forum, Cairo, Egypt.

Barbara Zollner. Independent scholar, specializing in Middle East politics.