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The Middle East Journal articles from June 2004
A quarterly journal of research and analysis on events and issues affecting the Middle East. Topics include political and economic development, ethnic diversity, religious issues, and cultural heritage.
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The Middle East Journal archives from June 2004
Between Islamists and liberals: Saudi Arabia's new "Islamo-Liberal" reformists.(Author Abstract)
June 22, 2004... The last few years in Saudi Arabia have witnessed the rise of a new trend made up of former Islamists and liberals, Sunnis and Shi'ites, calling for democratic change within an Islamic framework through a revision of the official Wahhabi...
Princes and parliaments in the Arab world.(Author Abstract)
June 22, 2004... Several Arab monarchies have held reasonably free elections to parliaments, though all remain authoritarian. This article compares the Arab monarchies with parliaments in other parts of the world, including both those that became democracies, and...
"Libya is not Iraq": preemptive strikes, WMD and diplomacy.(Weapons of Mass Destruction)(Author Abstract)
June 22, 2004... The Bush administration quickly claimed full credit for Libyan leader Mu'ammar al-Qadhafi's decision to renounce unconventional weapons, suggesting this reversal in long-standing Libyan policy was a by-product of the war in Iraq. On the contrary,...
Dissent in Iranian elections: reasons and implications.(Author Abstract)
June 22, 2004... Unelected institutions and individuals in Iran can counteract the initiatives of their elected counterparts, and President Muhammad Khatami's legislative efforts to change this situation failed. The Iranian public's reaction to this can be...
OPEC's dominance of the global oil market: the rise of the world's dependency on oil.(Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries)(Author Abstract)
June 22, 2004... This article examines the rise of the world's dependency on oil and the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries' (OPEC) dominance of the global oil market during the 1970s, OPEC's fall in the 1980s, and its resurgence in the 1990s. It...
On the power of tacit understandings--Israel, Egypt and freedom of passage through the Suez Canal, 1957-1960.(Author Abstract)
June 22, 2004... Following the Suez War of 1956, Israel demanded freedom of navigation through the Suez Canal. By July 1957, a tacit understanding was reached in which Egypt acquiesced to passage of Israeli goods on foreign ships. Nevertheless, in March 1959, the...