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Category : Middle East
Languages : en
Pages : 376
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Mideast Mirror
Author: Middle East Contemporary Survey, Vol. 21, 1997
Author: Bruce Maddy-WeitzmanPublisher: The Moshe Dayan Center
ISBN: 9780813337623
Category : Middle East
Languages : en
Pages : 840
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The Arab World After Desert Storm
Author: Muhammad FaourPublisher: US Institute of Peace Press
ISBN: 9781878379313
Category : Arab countries
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
"Drawing on a wide range of Arabic and Western sources and his own experiences, and providing in-depth comparisons of six key Arab states--Algeria, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, and Saudi Arabia--Faour challenges the notion that Desert Storm solved more problems than it created. The human costs, he demonstrates have been appalling. The economic costs have likewise been enormous. And the already precarious state of inter-Arab relations has atomized, with old disputes reviving and new antipathies thriving. What the Gulf War did not change was the potential for political instability. Although authoritarian regimes remained intact, the war both spurred popular demands for democracy and encouraged militant Islamic movements"--back cover.
Voices of the New Arab Public
Author: Marc LynchPublisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 0231508816
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 409
Book Description
Al-Jazeera and other satellite television stations have transformed Arab politics over the last decade. By shattering state control over information and giving a platform to long-stifled voices, these new Arab media have challenged the status quo by encouraging open debate about Iraq, Palestine, Islamism, Arab identity, and other vital political and social issues. These public arguments have redefined what it means to be Arab and reshaped the realm of political possibility. As Marc Lynch shows, the days of monolithic Arab opinion are over. How Arab governments and the United States engage this newly confident and influential public sphere will profoundly shape the future of the Arab world. Marc Lynch draws on interviews conducted in the Middle East and analyses of Arab satellite television programs, op-ed pages, and public opinion polls to examine the nature, evolution, and influence of the new Arab public sphere. Lynch, who pays close attention to what is actually being said and talked about in the Arab world, takes the contentious issue of Iraq-which has divided Arabs like no other issue-to show how the media revolutionized the formation and expression of public opinion. He presents detailed discussions of Arab arguments about sanctions and the 2003 British and American invasion and occupation of Iraq. While Arabs strongly disagreed about Saddam's regime, they increasingly saw the effects of sanctions as a potent symbol of the suffering of all Arabs. Anger and despair over these sanctions shaped Arab views of America, their governments, and themselves. Lynch also suggests how the United States can develop and improve its engagement with the Arab public sphere. He argues that the United States should move beyond treating the Arab public sphere as either an enemy to be defeated or an object to be manipulated via public relations. Instead of wasting vast sums of money on a satellite television station nobody watches, the United States should enter the public sphere as it really exists.
Middle East Contemporary Survey
Author: Bruce Maddy-weitzmanPublisher: Westview Press
ISBN: 9780813338835
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 760
Book Description
The Middle East Contemporary Survey is the authoritative reference work on contemporary Middle Eastern affairs. Volume 22 is the latest in a series of annual surveys that provide a continuing record and analysis of the rapidly changing events in this complex area of the world. Some of the events that are analyzed include the future of the Arab-Israeli peace process; the change of government in Israel; the ascent of an Islamist-led coalition coalition government in Turkey (traditionally the most secular of all Middle Eastern Muslim countries); the growing discontent with the established Islamic order in Iran; and the continuing violent confrontation between the regime and the Islamist opposition in Algeria.
Beyond the Handshake
Author: Dalia Dassa KayePublisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 0231529368
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 345
Book Description
Arabs and Israelis have battled one another in political and military arenas, seemingly continuously, for some fifty years. The 1991 Madrid Peace Conference sought to change this pattern, launching bilateral and multilateral tracks in the Arab-Israeli peace process. As a result, a broad group of Arab states sat down with Israel and began to cooperate on a wide range of regional issues in what became known as the Middle East multilaterals. Yet why did enemies reluctant even to recognize one another choose to cooperate on regional problems? And once this process began, what drove the parties to continue such cooperation or, in some cases, halt their cooperative efforts? Beyond the Handshake addresses these fundamental questions, exploring the origins of the multilaterals and the development of multilateral cooperation in the areas of arms control and regional security, economic development, water management, and the environment. Dalia Dassa Kaye, challenging conventional concepts of cooperation, argues that multilateral cooperation in the Middle East must be appreciated as a process of interaction rather than solely as a set of outcomes. Presenting theoretical insights of value to students of regional and international relations, Beyond the Handshake provides a unique look at the evolving nature of Arab-Israeli relations and exposes the foundation the multilateral peace process laid for future regional cooperation in the Middle East.
Tyranny's Ally
Author: David WurmserPublisher: American Enterprise Institute
ISBN: 9780844740744
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
This book argues that current policy, even if invigorated by more aggressive military efforts, will not bring the United States victory over Saddam and his regime.
The Decline Of The Soviet Union And The Transformation Of The Middle East
Author: David Howard GoldbergPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000315800
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
For more than three decades, the Soviet Union was a major force in the Middle East, and superpower rivalry exacerbated many of the conflicts endemic to the region. The end of the Cold War and the collapse of the Soviet Union have fundamentally altered the rules of the game in Middle East politics, producing a new fluidity in the region, new diplomatic alignments, and new opportunities for peace. The contributors place recent developments in historical and political context, analyzing changes in Soviet Middle East policy under Gorbachev as well as evaluating developments since the demise of the Soviet Union. The evolution of Moscow's policy toward the Arab states, Israel, the P.L.O., and the U.N. is given special attention. The contributors also examine the emergence of Islamic fundamentalism in the new states of Central Asia and weigh the potential implications of this development for the Middle East. In addition, they discuss security issues related to the transfer of military technology from former Soviet republics to the countries of the Middle East.
Confidence Building Measures In The Middle East
Author: Gabriel Ben-dorPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 0429720556
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 355
Book Description
Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) were pioneered in Europe at the height of the Cold War. The immediate goal of such measures is to create enough trust between parties in international conflicts to avoid mutually unfavourable-sometimes dangerous-outcomes due to misunderstandings. The long-term goal of CBMs is to move the contending parties closer
The Arab Ba'th Socialist Party
Author: Kamel Abu JaberPublisher: Hesperus Press
ISBN: 1843919923
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 183
Book Description
The Arab Ba'th Socialist Party was first published in 1966 by Syracuse University Press and has been revised and republished in 2024 by Hesperus Press with the original foreword by renowned Middle Eastern historian, the late Dr. Philip Hitti, Professor Emeritus of Arabic Studies at Princeton University; it also includes a preface by Professor Tareq Tell, who teaches Political Studies and the History of the Middle East at the American University of Beirut. This book covers the early years of the establishemnt of the party based on peronsal interviews with the founders. It is still considered an important reference to students as well as academics of Middle Eastern history and political ideologies, such as Arab nationalism and socialism and the Ba'th Party.