This is the second and revised edition of a political bestseller by Evgenii Primakov who became a key political figure after the August crisis in 1998. His career is very unusual even for Russia: scholar-orientalist, journalist, the Director of the Institute of World Economy and Foreign relations (IMEMO), Director of the Intelligence Service, Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Prime-minister, and finally the Chair of Trade Palate. All these years he focused his attention on the Middle East and was an expert on this part of the world. This book is about the history of the Arab world and its leaders, the evolution of current Arab political regimes and their relations with the rest of the world and their neighbors. (0.675 kg.). Also available by the author: Vosem" Mesiatsev Plius.. (2001); Mir Posle 11 Sentiabria (2002); Minnoe Pole Politiki (2006).