Table of Contents

Introduction Reflections on Theories of the State Revolution The State and Superpowers in Afghanistan State and Society in Modern Iraq The State and Development in Syria Reassessment of Developments in the Middle East Bibliography Index

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Provides a comprehensive analysis of state-society development in the most volatile region of the world.

About the Author

HAFIZULLAH EMADI is a development consultant in Seattle. Washington. He was born in the Shibar District, Bamiyan Province of Afghanistan. After receiving his Ph.D. from the University of Hawaii-Manoa, Emadi taught in the University of Hawaii system, joined the East-West Center's International Relations Program as a Fellow in 1990 and was awarded a fellowship at the Woodrow Wilson Center in 1999.