<p>Contents </p><p>Perspectives on <br>Global Development and Technology </p><p><strong>Special issue: The Greater Middle East in Global Politics—Social Science Perspectives </strong></p><p><strong>on the Changing Geography of the World Politics (edited by Mehdi Parvizi Amineh) </strong></p><p>3<br>Acknowledgements List of Contributors </p><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">List of Abbreviations </li><li style="flex:1">9</li></ul><p></p><p><em>Articles </em></p><p></p><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">13 </li><li style="flex:1">mehdi parvizi amineh, Introduction: Theoretical and Methodological Approaches to </li></ul><p>the Study of the Greater Middle East </p><p><strong>Part One: Foreign Intervention and Social Transformation in the Greater Middle East </strong></p><p>57 87 mehdi parvizi amineh &amp; henk houweling, IR-Theory and Transformations in the Greater Middle East: The Role of the United States simon bromley, Connecting Central Eurasia to the Middle East in American Foreign Policy Towards Afghanistan and Pakistan: 1979-Present </p><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">109 </li><li style="flex:1">robert m. cutler, US-Russian Strategic Relations and the Structuration of Central </li></ul><p>Asia </p><p><strong>Part Two: State, Society, and Economy in the Greater Middle East </strong></p><p>129 159 mehdi parvizi amineh &amp; s. n. eisenstadt, The Iranian Revolution: The Multiple Contexts of the Iranian Revolution </p><p>Volume  <em>no .  -3 </em> </p><p>eva patricia rakel, The Iranian Foreign Policy since the Iranian Islamic Revolution: </p><p>1979-2006 </p><p>189 215 229 261 mehran kamrava, The Middle East’s Democracy Deficit in Comparative Perspective mehdi parvizi amineh, The Challenges of Modernity: The Case of Political Islam nilgun onder, The Turkish Political Economy: Globalization and Regionalism louisa dris-aït-hamadouche &amp; yahia zoubir, The Maghreb: Social, Political, and Economic Developments <br>291 </p><p>313 mirzohid rahimov, From Soviet Republics to Independent Countries: Challenges of Transition in Central Asia richard pomfret, Central Asia since the Dissolution of the Soviet Union: Economic Reforms and Their Impact on State-Society Relations </p><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">345 </li><li style="flex:1">fred h. lawson, New Twists, More Intricate Configurations: The Changing Israel- </li></ul><p>Palestinian Regional Security Complex </p><p><strong>Part Three: The Politics of Oil and Power Rivalry in the post-Cold War Greater Middle East </strong></p><p>365 389 417 441 461 485 mehdi parvizi amineh &amp; henk houweling, Global Energy Security and Its Geopolitical Impediments: The Case of the Caspian Region kurt w. radtke, China and the Greater Middle East: Globalization No Longer Equals Westernization prithvi ram mudiam, Indian Power Projection in the Greater Middle East: Tools and Objectives roger kangas, The Changing Face of the Russian Far East: Cooperation and Resource Competition Between Japan, Korea, and China in Northeast Asia b.m. jain, India-Pakistan Engagement with the Greater Middle East: Implications and Options femke hoogeveen &amp; wilbur perlot, The EU’s Policies of Security of Energy Supply Towards the Middle East and Caspian Region: Major Power Politics? 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