War-Making and State-Making in the Middle East--Dietrich Jung *PART I: Transnational and International Contexts* Dancing With Wolves: Dilemmas of Democracy Promotion in Authoritarian Contexts--Oliver Schlumberger * Who Is Afraid of Transnationalism? Arabism, Islamism, and the Prospects of Democratization in the Arab East--Thomas Scheffler * Democratization and the New Arab Media--Jakob Skovgaard Petersen *PART II: Case Studies* The Political Economy of Islam and Democracy in Turkey: From the Welfare Party to the AKP--Ziya Onis * Democratization Reforms as a Means of Stabilizing Authoritarian Rule in Contemporary Egypt--Maye Kassem * State and Market in Syria: Politics of Economic Liberalization?--Soren Schmidt * Conclusions * Democratizing the Middle East: A Means of Ensuring International Security or an End in Itself?--Dietrich Jung War-Making and State-Making in the Middle East--Dietrich Jung *PART I: Transnational and International Contexts* Dancing With Wolves: Dilemmas of Democracy Promotion in Authoritarian Contexts--Oliver Schlumberger * Who Is Afraid of Transnationalism? Arabism, Islamism, and the Prospects of Democratization in the Arab East--Thomas Scheffler * Democratization and the New Arab Media--Jakob Skovgaard Petersen *PART II: Case Studies* The Political Economy of Islam and Democracy in Turkey: From the Welfare Party to the AKP--Ziya Onis * Democratization Reforms as a Means of Stabilizing Authoritarian Rule in Contemporary Egypt--Maye Kassem * State and Market in Syria: Politics of Economic Liberalization?--Soren Schmidt * Conclusions * Democratizing the Middle East: A Means of Ensuring International Security or an End in Itself?--Dietrich Jung.