Gerald Blake

Boundaries and state territory in the Middle East and North Africa

International boundaries and Arab state formation / Bahgat Korany -- Frontiers in North Africa / George Joffe -- The development of the Egyptian-Israeli boundaries, 1906-1986 / Nurit Kliot -- Political division and peacekeeping in Cyprus / Carl Grundy-Warr -- Water resources and boundaries in the Middle East / Ewan Anderson -- Positional disputes and the twentieth century utilisation of the Shatt al-ʾArab / Richard Schofield -- Maritime boundaries of the Middle East and North Africa / Gerald Blake -- Internal waters as extensions of state sovereignty in the Mediterranean Sea / Stephen Langford.

The Middle East: A Geopolitical Study of the Region in the New Global Era

Demonstrates that the countries in the region are bound together by a common history and a similar place in the world economy.

Libya, Chad and the Central Sahara

Libya and Chad have gone to war with each other several times since Independence, ostensibly over their rival claims to the disputed Aozou strip. ^IJohn Wright, senior political analyst in the BBC Arabic Service, traces the ethnic, cultural and economic links between them over the centuries and shows how these connections contribute to present rivalries.

The Middle East and North Africa: A Political Geography

This book enriches understanding of political phenomena in the Middle East and North Africa by offering a political and spatial perspective. It fills a noticeable gap in the politial geographical literature of the region. Matierla and ideas on spatial relationships in the region have until now remained scattered; this is the first effort to integrate such material to describe how it affects Middle Eastern political relationships.