Regardless of its outcome, the Iraq War has had a transformative effect on the Middle East. To equip U.S. policymakers to better manage the war1s long-term consequences, the authors analyzed its effects on the regional balance of power, local perceptions of U.S. credibility, the domestic stability of neighboring states, and trends in terrorism after conducting extensive interviews in the region and drawing from an array of local media sources.

The Iraq Effect: The Middle East After the Iraq War

History

Watkins, Jessica

Martini, Jeffrey

Kaye, Dalia Dassa

Guffey, Robert A.

Wehrey Carnegie Endowment for International Peace author of Sectarian Politics in, Frederic

Asia

RAND Corporation

Middle Eastern police forces have a reputation for carrying out repression and surveillance on behalf of authoritarian regimes, despite frequently under enforcing the law. But what is their role in co-creating and sustaining social order? In this book, Jessica Watkins focuses on the development of the Jordanian police institution to demonstrate that rather than being primarily concerned with law enforcement, the police are first and foremost concerned with order. In Jordan, social order combines the influence of longstanding tribal practices with regime efforts to promote neoliberal economic policies alongside a sense of civic duty amongst citizens. Rather than focusing on the 'high policing' of offences deemed to threaten state security, Watkins explores the 'low policing' of interpersonal disputes including assault, theft, murder, traffic accidents, and domestic abuse to shed light on the varied strategies of power deployed by the police alongside other societal actors to procure hegemonic 'consent'.

Creating Consent in an Illiberal Order: Policing Disputes in Jordan (Cambridge Middle East Studies)

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Cambridge University Press

Series Order:Jane Doe (Growing Pains- 1)Thou Shall Not Keep Me Wondering (growing Pains -2)Just (Growing Pains - 3)Love Sick (Love, Sex, Lies - 1)Love Hangover (Love, Sex, Lies - 2)Grand Hustle (Love, Sex, Lies - 3)Love Drug (Love, Sex, Lies - 4)Bang (Love, Sex, Lies - 5)Love Me Some Him (Love, Sex, Lies - 6)"Oh what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive..."Love Drug is a potion of aspiration, sex, passion, and deceit. Once again, the ladies of Femistry are up to their old tricks with the same habits but new drama.Tricey has always been one of those women that were able to attract a man that will take care of her. Her loyalty to her men has earned her such. Back with an old fling, she has found herself, once again, a very kept and comfortable woman. Yet, no amount of labels, diamonds, or luxurious cars can blind her to the fact that she is very much unhappy. Her constant search for real unconditional love pushes her back into the arms of old heartbreak and leads her down a course of trickery and dishonesty. While struggling with the choice of being comfortable or genuinely happy, trouble is right under her nose and waiting for her to slip.Vic has returned with old problems, but new solutions. She is determined to keep her past from effecting her present, by any means necessary. With a revelation that would shake any woman to her core, will Vic let the truth of her past heal or harm her future?Though Star is serving a fifteen year sentence in Michigan State Women's Prison, she is still susceptible to the stresses of a free woman. Her past as an escort and hustler have taught her how to survive in prison using her feminine wiles. However, as always, those feminine wiles get her caught up in the most peculiar dilemma. In the end, the biggest question will be, will Star find an answer to this dilemma fast enough to save her life?Join Jessica N. Watkins on the next cycle of this series! Once again, the ladies of Femistry are back with lives that will keep you on the edge of your seat and with an ending that will leave you wanting so much more.

Love Drug

Literature & Fiction

Genre Fiction

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

After everything that he has been through, Omari can't even see himself in another relationship. Just the thought of Simone Campbell makes him turn away from any chick. Whether it's the baddest bitch or a foreign chick, he'll pass. But then "she" came into his life and that all changed. He's ready to live and love again, and she just might be the one. That is, if Simone doesn't ruin it like she has everything else in his life. Simone and her wicked, deadly ways are back. But she isn't still that devious side bitch that's obsessed with Omari Sutton. Now, she's obsessed with staying out of prison. However, one glimpse of Omari and his new leading lady causes her insanity to resurface. Little does she know, Detective Keisha Howard is just as obsessed as she is and won't sleep until she tracks down Simone to ensure that she pays for all of her murderous ways. In Secrets of a Side Bitch 4, every lie, trick, and murder is laid out on the table, and karma begins to take its revenge on some, while new life begins for others.

Secrets of a Side Bitch 4

United States

Once I was released from prison, I thought that all of the heartache was over. I was back with my family, and I assumed that the nightmare had come to an end. Little did I know, the nightmare had actually just begun. Everybody around me was keeping secrets that would send me right back to a dark place; a place way worse than the prison that I had just emerged from. This time of my life was supposed to be my "happily ever after the bullshit." King's empir e was bringing in more money than he could count. I was about to get the wedding of my dreams. On the outside, things looked so perfect, and I was beyond happy. In fact, I was so happy that I didn't see the deceit that was happening right under my nose. They say that every friendship, every relationship, is bound to fall apart when you start keeping secrets. That couldn't be truer with King, Meech, Siren, Dolla and Jada. They were all keeping secrets that would tear apart our family and our business, and I was too busy in my own immense happiness to even see it. But soon I would. Merely weeks after my release, I would find myself, once again, in a world that was turned upside down, and yet again, all of the blame would fall on my undying loyalty to my King.

A Thug's Love 2

Writing has always been Tasha Edwards' means of escape. When the world around her was falling apart, and the adults she was supposed to depend on turned on her, it was her vivid imagination and storytelling that got her through the rough times. As an adult, it is this very passion for writing that has made her a New York Times' bestselling author. She couldn't ask for much more, with a thriving career and now being reunited with the older sister who always looked out for her. Tasha's on the cusp of writing the fourth book in her highly popular series. But what happens when the words stop coming? After months of writers' block, Tasha looks to somewhat unconventional means to distract her from her inability to write; a distraction by the name of Jeremy Bennett, the very sexy cousin of her new brother-in-law. Jeremy noticed Tasha the first time he laid eyes on her. He also told himself she was off limits. That look of sadness that always hid deep in those golden-colored orbs warned him that she had an ugly past. It takes one to know one. After one dance with Tasha at his cousin's wedding, Jeremy promises himself he'll keep away from the beautiful woman with skin the color of dark chocolate, killer curves, but a dark past. Now, if he can only keep her out of his dreams at night. He manages for a while, but when Tasha initiates the first move, can he turn her away? Is Tasha ready for everything that comes with being Jeremy Bennett; floggers, ball gags and nipple clamps included?

My Storm

Romance

Multicultural & Interracial

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