Middle East Policy articles from September 2004

Middle East Policy archives from September 2004

Foreword.
September 22, 2004... In January 2004, the Stanley Foundation and the Institute for Near East and Gulf Military Analyses (INEGMA) (1) cosponsored an international policy conference in Dubai on "Assessing Alternative Frameworks for Gulf Security." The 50 participants...

Conference report.
September 22, 2004... QUESTIONS IN NEED OF ANSWERS Throughout the discussions, participants offered thought-provoking questions as well as their own recommendations for future policy directions in the Gulf and the Greater Middle East. It is therefore...

Kuwaiti, Iraqi and European perspectives: the following are excerpts from conference presentations by Sami M. Al-Faraj, Mustafa Alani and Antonia Dimou (edited for publication by rapporteur Michael Kraig).
September 22, 2004... A KUWAITI VIEW SAMI M. AL-FARAJ, KUWAIT CENTRE FOR STRATEGY STUDIES (a private research institution) To combat negative trends in Gulf security since the invasion of Iraq, and to create a new stability with strong regional foundations, Dr....

U.S.-Arab cooperation in the Gulf: are both sides working from the same script?
September 22, 2004... The primary thesis of this paper is ironic and perhaps tragic: as U.S. power and predominance have risen in the Gulf, to the point that the region is mainly dependent on the United States for its security needs, the differences between the...

Potential Egyptian contribution to a security framework in the Gulf.
September 22, 2004... The purpose of this paper is to sketch out a potential Egyptian contribution to the security of the Persian Gulf, assuming that a multilateral, norm-based security framework can be established in the region. This assumption is made in light of...

Dilemmas of democratization in the Middle East: the "Forward Strategy of Freedom".
September 22, 2004... Although rumors that Washington's flagship Greater Middle East Initiative would be aborted before it had even come forth into the world proved unfounded, there is still the distinct possibility that the policy will be stillborn when it is...

America's "Greater Middle East" and Europe: key issues for dialogue.
September 22, 2004... Reform in the Middle East ranks high on the trans-Atlantic agenda. Europe's approach to the region will continue to differ, at least in part, from the American one. In the following, I will sketch some of the key issues that will dominate the...

Nuclear strategy and the modern Middle East.
September 22, 2004... While the press and pundits greeted the release of the Nuclear Posture Review (NPR) in January 2002 with a flurry of commentaries and outcries, there has been little analytical follow-up from the academic and think-tank communities on the...

The Gulf and a new Middle East security system.
September 22, 2004... At rare historical junctures, states grapple with the fundamental problem of international relations: how to create and maintain order in a world of sovereign states. These junctures come at dramatic moments of upheaval and change within the...

Considering security amidst strategic change: the OSCE experience.
September 22, 2004... As a starting point for debate, I would offer a two-fold proposition: * The dramatic events of the past year have made clear that the Gulf region is in the midst of substantial and perhaps accelerating strategic change, the scope and...

Assessing alternative security frameworks for the Persian Gulf.
September 22, 2004... The purpose of this paper is to provide a conceptual and analytical foundation for discussions about the future shape of security arrangements in the Persian Gulf subregion. In this regard, a first priority is to define what is meant by...