Upheavals in the Middle East

Ronen A. Cohen is assistant professor in the Department of Middle Eastern Studies and Political Science, and senior researcher at the Middle East Research Center at Ariel University. Cohen has published several books, including: The Rise and Fall of the Mojahedin Khalq, 1987–1997: Their Survival after the Islamic Revolution and Resistance to the Islamic Republic of Iran and The Hojjatiyeh Society in Iran: Ideology and Practice from the 1950s to the Present.

Part One: Theoretical Approaches
Chapter I: Historical Background – Revolutions in Theories
Chapter II: Essential Components to Revolutionary Evolution and Development –Theoretical Approach
Chapter III: Revolution and Its Intellectuals – The Formation of New and Dynamic Politics
Chapter IV: Fundamentalism and the Emergence of the Traditional Forces
Part Two: Case Studies Analysis—The Middle East States, Opposition Groups, Underground and Political Movements
Part Two: Introduction
Chapter V: Algeria - National Liberation Front – FLN
Chapter VI: Egypt
Chapter VII: Iran
Chapter VIII: Iraq
Chapter IX: Sudan - The Mahdiyyah
Chapter X: Syria
Chapter XI: Turkey
Part Three: Case Studies Analysis—Anti-State Paradigm in Terror Organizations’ Agenda / Sub-State Fundamental Organizations
Chapter XII: Al-Qaeda
Chapter XIII: Black September Organization
Chapter XIV: Hamas
Chapter XV: Taliban
Chapter XVI: Conclusions
Chapter XVII: Epilogue – The Arab Spring