Books

Monographs aim at offering a scientific and documented analysis of relevant phenomena involving Middle Eastern countries and sub-regions, combining recent international literature with each author’s personal field experience. Authors are experts coming from the public sector and intergovernmental organizations, university and industrial sectors. Monographs planned for the next two semesters will cover the following geographic and thematic areas:

1. LIBYA: general process of transformation of Libyan politics, economy and society; the end of sanctions, the growing U.S. presence and the future role of the traditional E.U. partners; Libya as a North African and Mediterranean player in the next decade.

2. IRAN: evolution of its internal political processes; foreign perception of its threat; evolution of its relations with the U.S. and the E.U., Iran, and East Asian countries.

3. IRAQ: the Shiite community of Iraq after the general elections; state-of-the-art and future of the Iraqi oil industry.

4. MEK: the mysterious and dangerous case of the Mojahedden e-Khalq; from Islamic-Marxism to the cult of personality; the political and the military structure in the U.S., Europe and Iraq.

5. HORN OF AFRICA: changes and continuity in Ethiopian and Eritrean politics; the case of Sudan and the Darfur crisis; the never-ending odyssey of Somalia; the Somali structure of power and alternatives to stability.

6. SAUDI ARABIA: analysis of the structure of power and the chain of command; energy resources between peak's risks and the need for foreign investments; the failure of the economic diversification process and the growth of marginalization; traditional and radical Islam on the verge.

7. CENTRAL ASIAN ENERGY ROUTES: ten years after the "new great game" an analysis of the state of oil and gas exploration, production and transport in Central Asian countries.

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