MER Article Oil and the Middle East The contemporary international political economy of oil presents a puzzle: political instability in regions where oil is found coexists with steadily falling prices. This combination of continuing political conflict and uncertainty in the Middle East (particularly the Gulf), and the continuing slide Simon Bromley • 13 min read
MER Article Revisiting the New World Order Fran Hazelton, ed. Iraq Since the Gulf War: Prospects for Democracy (London: Zed Books, 1994). Phyllis Bennis and Michel Moushabeck, eds. Altered States: A Reader in the New World Order (New York: Olive Branch Press, 1993). John O’Loughlin, Tom Mayer and Edward S. Greenberg, eds. War and Its Conse Simon Bromley • 6 min read