中東

　知識はあっても、何となくスッキリしない中東・イスラムをめぐる理解。
　中東では今も宗派対立と大国の利害が錯綜している。まずは、この地域の国々の文化、歴史を大まかに知ることで危機の本質を把握する必要がありそうだ。原油価格の下落は産油国の経済に大きな変革を迫ると同時に、世界の金融危機の火種にもなりかねない。
　本書では、中東の専門家が文化、宗教、歴史、国際政治、紛争、経済などのテーマを誌

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