Introduction : globalization and geopolitics in the Middle East -- Globalization : system or process? -- Globalization and strategic interdependence -- The MENA regional system in crisis -- Geopolitical tectonics : GME on the margins of Eurasia -- Government and governance in the era of globalization -- Economic internationalization and the changing balance of economic power in the Middle East -- Culture clash : globalization and the geopolitics of identity in the Middle East -- Globalization and international politics of the GME -- Globalization and the Middle East in perspective. 0