Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface -- Introduction : the Middle East and North Africa in comparative perspective / Sean L. Yom -- Syrian Arab Republic / Thomas Pierret -- Republic of Lebanon / William Harris -- Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan / Curtis R. Ryan -- State of Israel / Mira Sucharov and Hamed Mousavi -- Palestine / Glenn E. Robinson -- Republic of Turkey / Henri J. Barkey and Omer Taspinar -- Republic of Iraq / Ariel I. Ahram -- Islamic Republic of Iran / Mark Gasiorowski -- Kingdom of Saudi Arabia / Sebastian Maisel -- Eastern Arabian states : Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, and Oman / Jill Crystal -- Republic of Yemen / Stacy Philbrick Yadav -- Arab Republic of Egypt / Joshua Stacher -- State of Libya / Karim Mezran -- Republic of Tunisia / Lindsay J. Benstead -- People's Democratic Republic of Algeria / Azzedine Layachi -- Kingdom of Morocco / Gregory W. White.