Arab Studies Quarterly (ASQ) articles from June 1994

Arab Studies Quarterly (ASQ) archives from June 1994

Gulf War: the socio-political background.
June 22, 1994... The Arab Gulf region has gone through two tragic wars in nearly one decade. The first war, between Iran and Iraq which began in September 1980, lasted for eight long years. This war has been labeled by some as one of the costliest conflicts in...

The 1993 elections in Jordan.
June 22, 1994... In November 1993, Jordanians went to the polls to elect the lower house of parliament (the Chamber of Deputies) for the second time since the onset of liberalization in the late 1980s.(1) Some 821,000 of 1,203,329 registered voters (68%) cast...

Taming wasta to achieve development.
June 22, 1994... Some Middle Eastern Arab countries are wealthy; others battle economic decline and high unemployment. None is experiencing the internally-generated economic growth of East Asia. Middle Eastern economies, adversely affected by the declining price...

The international context of liberalization and democratization in the Arab world.
June 22, 1994... The potential for democratization in the Arab World has become a popular topic for academic and policy specialists alike. Unfortunately, the subject's dramatic appearance of late has not meant that its treatment has been comprehensive. One key...

Blueprint for a democratic Palestinian state: UNLU communiques and the codification of political values for the first two years of the Intifada. (United National Leadership of the Uprising)
June 22, 1994... INTRODUCTION Palestinians find themselves in a unique sociopolitical setting, with the PLO having served for several decades as the "sole legitimate representative" for two sets of interests: Palestinians living under Israeli occupation and...

From Camp David to the Gulf: Negotiations, Language and Propaganda, and War.
June 22, 1994... It has long been a staple of U.S. discourse about the Arab-Israeli conflict that Arab rejectionism was the obstacle to peace, not U.S.-Israeli intransigence. So deeply entrenched is this belief that Arab concessions to U.S.-Israeli negotiating...

The Origins of Arab Nationalism.
June 22, 1994... Arab nationalism, proclamations of its demise notwithstanding, continues to occupy an important place in the study of social and political changes in the Arab World. Writing-off Arab nationalism as a force in the contemporary Arab World betrays,...

Islam and the West.
June 22, 1994... Professor Bernard Lewis' book, Islam and the West is a very learned and thoughtful work, and yet at the same time it is often an incomplete and biased publication. The book contains eleven essays which, although originally written some years ago,...

State, Power and Politics in the Making of the Modern Middle East.
June 22, 1994... This is a lively, succinctly written work that will stand the test of time. It will fit nicely as a basic text in a course on contemporary Middle East politics. Because Owen takes a comparative perspective that spans the Third World, he avoids a...

The Middle East and Europe: The Search for Stability and Integration.
June 22, 1994... This is the revised edition of a volume first published in 1992 under the title The Middle East and Europe: An Integrated Communities Approach. It is the product of a research project conducted by a 35-member study group (mostly Middle East...