Middle East Policy articles from June 1999

Middle East Policy archives from June 1999

A CENTURY IN THIRTY YEARS: SHEIKH ZAYED AND THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES.
June 1, 1999... Following are excerpts from an April 20, 1999, conference convened by the Middle East Policy Council. The papers these presentations are drawn from will be published as a book, forthcoming in 1999. FAHIM BIN SULTAN AL QASIMI, UAE Minister...

SYMPOSIUM: POLICY IMPLICATIONS OF THE PRICE OF OIL.
June 1, 1999... The following is an edited transcript of the eighteenth in a series of Capitol Hill conferences convened by the Middle East Policy Council. The meeting was held on March 30, 1999, in the Dirksen Senate Office Building. CHAS. W. FREEMAN...

THE IMPACT OF LOWER OIL PRICES ON THE ECONOMIES OF GULF STATES.
June 1, 1999... I will address two sets of issues today: first, the extent to which oil dependence remains an important factor in the Middle East; and second, the extent to which, at least on the basis of our projections, a 20-percent reduction in the price of...

QADHAFI'S LIBYA: THE LIMITS OF OPTIMISM.
June 1, 1999... On April 5, 1999, the Libyan government handed over for trial by a Scottish court in the Netherlands two Libyans accused of carrying out the destruction of Pan Am flight 103 in December 1988. The U.S. and British governments expressed...

THE NEW BALANCE OF GULF ARMS.
June 1, 1999... Even before the current "oil crunch," fundamental changes began to take place in the arms trade to the Gulf. The end of the Iran-Iraq War, the Gulf War, U.N. sanctions against Iraq, and "dual containment" had a major impact on both Gulf...

NEW-ERA THREAT: IRAQ'S BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS.
June 1, 1999... "Chemical (and biological weapons) work. They are undergoing revolutionary developments which make them practical and very lethal participants in those human affairs which are ultimately resolved with blood and iron. Be ignorant and be damned,...

ELECTIONS IN QATAR: A WINDOW OF DEMOCRACY OPENS IN THE GULF.
June 1, 1999... Qatar(1) is leading the way in political experiments not seen before in the Arab states that compose the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC).(2) These countries are known for their oil wealth, religious conservatism and traditional political...

ELECTORAL POLITICS IN IRAN.
June 1, 1999... A week before local council elections were held in Iran, Hojatoleslam Abdullah Nouri, a leading reformer, kicked off his campaign for the Tehran city council by telling university students that only "an Islam of love" could crack the...

THE RELIGIOUS-SECULAR DIVIDE IN ISRAELI POLITICS.
June 1, 1999... The following is the edited text of a Sadat Forum held at the Brookings Institution on February 23, 1999. The cosponsors are the Brookings Foreign Policy Program and the Anwar Sadat Chair for Peace and Development at the University of Maryland....

POLITICS AND CULTURE: TOWARD AN ARAB AGENDA FOR THE 21ST CENTURY.
June 1, 1999... One is hard put to be a thinking citizen of the Arab world today and not be a member of a "protestant" movement. The conditions of political, economic, social and cultural life, while much changed from previous centuries, are still a far cry...

TURKISH-EUROPEAN RELATIONS: AT A NEW CROSSROADS?
June 1, 1999... Since the beginnings of the Ottoman Empire, Turkish foreign policy and popular imagination have been both captivated and repelled by Europe. Western political, military and material innovations, juxtaposed with what many consider a spiritual...

THE TURKISH-SYRIAN CRISIS OF OCTOBER 1998: A TURKISH VIEW.
June 1, 1999... The Turkish-Syrian crisis constitutes a landmark in the evolution of Turkey's post-Cold War Middle East policy. The crisis culminated in an agreement signed by Turkey and Syria on October 20, 1998,(1) in the Turkish city of Adana. The Syrian...

Saudi Arabia and the United States, Birth of a Security Partnership.(Review)
June 1, 1999... Saudi Arabia and the United States, Birth of a Security Partnership, by Parker T. Hart. Bloomington and Indianapolis: Indiana University Press, 1998. 283 pages, with select bibliography and index. $35.00, hardcover. In late 1991-early...

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
June 1, 1999... The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, by David E. Long. Gainesville, FL: University Press of Florida 1997. 154 pages, with appendix, notes, bibliography, index, maps, tables and illustrations. $49.95, hardcover. Many Westerners, even those who have...

Saudi Arabia and the Politics of Dissent.
June 1, 1999... Saudi Arabia and the Politics of Dissent, by Mamoun Fandy. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1999. 272 pages with notes and index. $45.00, hardcover. While the literature on Saudi Arabia is extensive, relatively little has been written on...

Murder in the Name of God: The Plot to Kill Yitzhak Rabin.
June 1, 1999... Murder in the Name of God: The Plot to Kill Yitzhak Rabin, by Michael Karpin and Ina Friedman. New York: Metropolitan Books, 1998. 292 pages, with notes and index. $24.95, hardcover. Murder in the name of God represents an important...

Islam in the United States of America.
June 1, 1999... Islam in the United States of America, by Sulayman S. Nyang. Chicago: ABC International Group, Inc.,1999. 165 pages. $14.95, paperback. This book is an important contribution to the scant literature on Islam in the United States. Written...

Contrasts and Solutions in the Caucasus.
June 1, 1999... Contrasts and Solutions in the Caucasus, ed. by Ole Hoiris and Sefa Martin Yurukel. Denmark: Arrhus University Press, 1998. $39.95, hardcover. This book is the result of a conference held in Denmark in 1996 to discuss the situation in the...

Minorities and the State in the Arab World.
June 1, 1999... Minorities and the State in the Arab World, edited by Ofra Bengio and Gabriel Ben-Dor (Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 1999). 223 pages with notes, bibliography and index. $49.95, hardcover. This is a collection of ten essays by...

Arab National Communism in the Jewish State.
June 1, 1999... Arab National Communism in the Jewish State, by Ilana Kaufman (Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 1997), 173 pages, with notes, glossary, bibliography and index. $49.95, hardcover. The strong showing by the Arab branch of the...

EUROPEAN COUNCIL CONCLUSIONS ON THE MIDDLE EAST PEACE PROCESS.
June 1, 1999... The Heads of State and Government of the European Union reaffirm their support for a negotiated settlement in the Middle East, to reflect the principles of "land for peace" and ensure the security both collective and individual of the Israeli...