Synopses & Reviews
Includes bibliographical references (p. 270-299) and index.
Synopsis
Unlocking the Middle East brings together over three decades of work by Richard Falk, a leading observer of the region and analyst/critic of US policy toward it. Beginning with 1969 Lebanon, then giving a close and critical examination of the Iranian revolution of 1979, and moving through the final decades of the twentieth century to the second Palestinian uprising that opened the twenty-first century, Falk's prescient and comprehensive assessments provide valuable insight to the region's spiraling discontent.
The book includes sections on the geopolitics of the region and US policy toward it, Islam in history and in newer political forms, the international law implications of the Lebanon war and the Iranian revolution, the Israeli occupation of Palestine, and much more.
Table of Contents
The Mena House interview -- The cruelty of geopolitics -- Can political democracy survive the religious resurgence? -- False universalism & the politics of exclusion -- Implications of the Oslo/Cairo framework for the peace process -- The Kurdish struggle for self-determination -- Protecting Palestinians -- Legal reflections on the Israeli occupation -- The status of Israeli settlements under international law -- The Beirut Raid and the international law of retaliation -- Rethinking US-Israel relations after the Lebanon War -- The New York Times trilogy : Anthony Lewis & Richard Falk --International law & the US response to the Iranian Revolution -- Human rights after the Iranian Revolution.