Unlocking the Middle East

In this collection of 14 essays, Falk (international law and practice, Princeton U.) applies his understanding of international law to a number of recent historical and current issues of Middle Eastern politics. Much of his analysis insists that there must be a consistent right to self-determinatio

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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, Falk's prescient and comprehensive assessments provide valuable insight to the region's spiralling discontent. Includes sections on the geopolitics of the region and US policy towards it, Islam in history and in newer political forms, and international law. Through it all, runs the stream of the Israeli occupation of Palestine.