An author of this book is Vladimir Akhmedov(Ahmedov), russian orientalist, History Doctor who was studied and was posted in russian missions in the different arab countries. Now he is a senior researcher in the Moscow based Institute of Oriental Studies of Russian Academy of Sciens. In his research of academic origin V. Ahmedov examines the nature of power in the arab countries, perspectives of stability of middleastern's regimes, the idiology and practice of political islam, the role of army and security forces in politics, the specficity of the relations in the triangle - regime, army,political islam- and its implications in politics and society in arab countries. He investigates the specific character of arab societies consciousness; arab nationalism and islamism in the content of the recent political developments in the Middle East. More than so the author has predicted the possibility of arabs revolts in Egypt, Libya,Syria and defied the possible behavior of the millitary and islamists during this revolutionary movements. He also made some recomendations for russian policy in the middle east. You may contact the author by e-mail arabist@live.com