Middle East Policy articles from June 2001

Middle East Policy archives from June 2001

Editor's note.
June 1, 2001... The dust-up with China during early April offered a basic lesson in political science. As President Bush said in a Rose Garden statement upon the release of the detained U.S. military personnel, the United States and China "have different...

With the "process" dead, what are the prospects for peace?(Transcript)
June 1, 2001... The following is an edited transcript of the twenty-fourth in a series of Capitol Hill conferences convened by the Middle East Policy Council. The meeting was held on March 8, 2001, in the Dirksen Senate Office Building with Chas. W. Freeman,...

Clearing up the right-of-return confusion.(Israel-Arab relations)
June 1, 2001... A few weeks prior to the February election, some of the best minds on the Israeli left (Amos Oz, A.B. Yehoshua, David Grossman, etc.) issued, in the Israeli press, a letter to the Palestinian leadership. After noting that they have struggled...

Egypt's 2000 parliamentary elections.
June 1, 2001... Hailed by many as the elections of the millennium, Egypt s longest parliamentary season ever was held in three stages (for the first time) from October 18 to November 14, 2000. This year's event, in which Egyptians voted out some ruling-party...

U.S.-Egyptian relations.
June 1, 2001... The following is the edited text of a discussion held November 28, 2000, at the Sadat Forum at Brookings, cohosted by Richard Haass, vice-president and director of foreign-policy studies at the Brookings Institution, and Shibley Telhami, the...

Fresh start for Morocco.
June 1, 2001... RABAT-Abdelali, a 29-year-old employee in the Finance Ministry, had only a couple of months in primary school, and wants to improve his situation. Age 36, Boubker is a baker but never went to school and would like to read newspapers....

Morocco's Economic Prospects: daunting challenges ahead.(Statistical Data Included)
June 1, 2001... December 2000 and January 2001 brought much-needed good news for Morocco's economy. Over the course of a few weeks, and following two years of near-zero economic growth, the kingdom's economic prospects suddenly seemed to improve as a result of...

The new Arab Media phenomenon: Qatar's Al-Jazeera.
June 1, 2001... On a visit to Doha, Egyptian President Husni Mubarak wanted to satisfy his curiosity about the most famous satellite TV station in the Arab world, one that has annoyed him and many other Arab rulers. It was past midnight when he arrived...

Islam in Europe: quest for a paradigm.
June 1, 2001... My guide at the Alhambra, the fabulous Moorish palace in Granada, Spain, drew my attention to its lush gardens livened by a gentle breeze. Did I know why the gardens were square-shaped? asked Mohamed Yusef Garcia, a native Spaniard who had...

Policy critique: a response to Navigating Through Turbulence: America and the Middle East in a New Century. Report of the presidential study group (The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, 2001).(Critical Essay)
June 1, 2001... At first glance the reader might be misled into thinking that this report is the product of a study group convened by the president of the United States and might therefore represent a wide range of views and experience. A look at its...

One Palestine, Complete: Jews and Arabs under the British Mandate. (Book Reviews).(Review)
June 1, 2001... One Palestine, Complete: Jews and Arabs under the British Mandate, by Tom Segev. New York: Metropolitan Books/Henry Holt & Company, 2000. 612 pages. $28.00, hardcover. At a time when the Israeli-Palestinian peace process is again in deep...

Encyclopedia of the Palestinians. (Book Reviews).(Review)
June 1, 2001... Encyclopedia of the Palestinians, edited by Philip Mattar. New York: Facts on File, 2000. xi + 470 pages. Glossary to 473, chronology to 485, annotated bibliography to 500, list of contributors 501, index to 514. $82.50, hardcover. This is...

Israel's First Fifty Years. (Book Reviews).(Review)
June 1, 2001... Israel's First Fifty Years, edited by Robert O. Freedman. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2000. xix + 272 pages, with bibliography and index. $29.95, paperback. This volume contains 12 essays that were initially presented at the...

The Breakdown of the State in Lebanon 1967-1976. (Book Reviews).(Review)
June 1, 2001... The Breakdown of the State in Lebanon 1967-1976, by Farid El-Khazen. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2000. 432 pages, including index, bibliography and 25 tables. $49.95, hardcover. This is the first scholarly study in over two...

China and the Middle East: The Quest for Influence. (Book Reviews).(Review)
June 1, 2001... China and the Middle East: The Quest for Influence, edited by P. R. Kumaraswamy. Thousand Oaks, California: Sage Publications, 1999. 228 pages, with index. $49.95, hardcover. Since the creation of the People's Republic of China (PRC), the...

The Origins of the Eisenhower Doctrine. (Book Reviews).(Review)
June 1, 2001... The Origins of the Eisenhower Doctrine, by Ray Takeyh. New York, NY: St. Martin's Press, 2000. 216 pages. $65.00, hardcover. Ray Takeyh was a fellow at the University of California at Berkeley when he wrote this book, but his real calling...

The Last Great Revolution: Turmoil and Transformation in Iran. (Book Reviews).(Review)
June 1, 2001... The Last Great Revolution: Turmoil and Transformation in Iran, by Robin Wright. New York: Knopf, 2000. xxi + 339 pages, with notes and index. $27.50, hardcover. Eleven years ago, in her In the Name of God: The Khomeini Decade (Simon and...

Religion and State: The Muslim Approach to Politics. (Book Reviews).(Review)
June 1, 2001... Religion and State: The Muslim Approach to Politics, by L. Carl Brown. New York: Columbia University Press, 2000. 256 pages, with notes, bibliographical essay, works cited and index. $27.50, hardback. The author of this compact book has a...

Out in the Blue: Letters from Arabia -- 1937 to 1940. (Book Reviews).(Review)
June 1, 2001... Out in the Blue: Letters from Arabia -- 1937 to 1940, by Thomas C. Barger. 320 pages. $34.95, hardcover. Out in the Blue is an interesting book for students of Saudi Arabia and ARAMCO. The book was written by Thomas Barger, whose career...

Holier Than Thou: Saudi Arabia's Islamic Opposition. (Book Reviews).(Review)
June 1, 2001... Holier Than Thou: Saudi Arabia's Islamic Opposition, by Joshua Teitelbaum. Washington, DC: The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, 2000. xx + 123 pages, including executive summary. $19.95, paperback. The legitimacy of Al Saud role...