1. What do mainstream international relations theories depict?
2. How are strong states identified in this process?
3. Why do weaker states initiate cooperation?
4. How does the author describe the Middle East before the Second World War?
5. What can be observed in the modern Middle East?
6. Which country has been seen as the ‘natural’ leader of the Arab world?
7. What qualities has Saudi Arabia increasingly displayed?
8. What have Iraq and Syria used while making bids for regional dominance?
9. What is the position of Israel in the Middle East?
10. What is the position of Iran?
11. What shapes and reshapes the international relations of the Middle East?
