Volker Perthes

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Volker Perthes
Volker Perthes, born in 1958, is the director of the German Institute for International and Security Affairs and is considered one of the most internationally renowned experts on the Middle East.
Volker Perthes, born in 1958, is the director of the German Institute for International and Security Affairs and is considered one of the most internationally renowned experts on the Middle East.
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Year of Publication: 2026
Volker PerthesYear of Publication: 2026
The Multipolarisation of the World
The largely peaceful or at least predictable world order of the long decade of the 1990s is now a thing of the past: neither international organisations nor the USA as erstwhile sole superpower are able to suppress military conflicts like the one in Ukraine. The West seems divided. New powers are entering the arena, and trade wars are posing major problems for export-oriented countries like...

Year of Publication: 2015
Volker PerthesYear of Publication: 2015
The End of the Middle East As We Know It
In many ways, the area between the Mediterranean and the Persian Gulf has ceased to be the »Middle East we know« – or believed to know. We cannot foresee future developments in the area, but...
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