Converging Regions : Global Perspectives on Asia and the Middle East.

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Cover; Contents; Notes on Contributors; Introduction; Part I Finance and Investment; 1 China's Economic Impact on Egypt; 2 From the Middle East to the Far West; Part II Resources, Territory, Hierarchy; 3 Japan's Pursuit of Gulf Energy Resources; 4 Geopolitical Shifts; 5 No Spring for Migrant Workers; Part III Nation-States, Sovereignty, and International Networks; 6 Preventing the Emergence of a 'Nested Security Dilemma' in the Asian Maritime Domain; 7 The Gulf Monarchies and Pacific Asia; 8 The Indian Ocean; Part IV Redrawing the Maps of the Future; 9 New Connections Across Old Spaces.

10 Connecting Oceans and Multicultural NaviesBibliography; Index.

The current volume examines the renewed global dynamic, and how it is changing the relationships between the interdependent global communities across Asia and the Middle East. Focussing on the broader aspects of finance and trade between the Middle East and Asia, as well as growing security issues over natural resources and questions of sovereignty, this volume concludes with speculations on the growing importance of Asia and the Middle East in the global setting.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

English.

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