The Middle East Journal articles from March 2004

The Middle East Journal archives from March 2004

Editor's note.(Editorial)
March 22, 2004... One of the pleasures as well as one of the frustrations of editing The Middle East Journal is the sheer abundance of solid research and analysis that passes over one's desk in the course of the review process. It is a pleasure to see the wide...

Iran's international posture after the fall of Baghdad.
March 22, 2004... Iran's interwoven and complex domestic political structures should be set against an equally complex, dynamic, and unstable regional system, if one is to understand fully the relationship between the domestic and regional forces governing...

Military rule, Islamism and democracy in Pakistan.
March 22, 2004... Pakistan's politics has been shaped by the dynamics of civilian-military relations and Islamism's relation to the state. This has created an ongoing negotiation for power in which the military, civilian politicians, and Islamist forces have...

Paying for peace: the Oslo process and the limits of American foreign aid.
March 22, 2004... American foreign aid has been essential for both cementing and sustaining efforts to resolve the Arab-Israeli conflict since the 1970s. During the Oslo process, aid was designed primarily to build public constituencies to support the...

Turkey's Kurdish conflict: changing context, and domestic and regional implications.
March 22, 2004... This article develops new analytical categories that are necessary to analyze Turkey's Kurdish conflict in its changed domestic and international environments and to evaluate the policy options. If Turkish state policies and discourse, and that...

Oman's diverse society: Southern Oman.
March 22, 2004... Dhufar, the southern region of the Sultanate of Oman, displays a tremendous diversity in its social structure, rather surprising for an area so small. While the people of the coastal plain and the inland Najd are Arabic-speaking, the mountain...

Chronology.(Chronology)
March 22, 2004... October 16, 2003 - January 15, 2004 ABBREVIATIONS AN, www.arabicnews.com AP, Associated Press BBC, www.bbc.co.uk CNN, www.cnn.com Daily Star, www.dailystar.com.lb FT, Financial Times The Guardian,...

Iraq considered.(Bibliography)
March 22, 2004... A Soldier's Story: From Ottoman Rule to Independent Iraq, by Jafar Pasha Al-Askari. Trans. by Mustafa Tariq Al-Askari. London, UK: Arabian Publishing, Ltd., 2003. xxvi + 199 pages. Maps. Illustrations. Appends. to p. 277. Refs. to p. 284. Index...

Ou va l'Algerie?(Book Review)
March 22, 2004... Ou va l'Algerie? ed. by Ahmed Mahiou and Jean-Robert Henry. Paris: Editions Karthala, and Aix-en-Provence: IREMAM, 2001. 384 pages. 23.75 euros. As co-editor Ahmed Mahiou notes in the preface, the very title Ou va l'Algerie? recalls the...

Trapped Fools: Thirty Years of Israeli Policy in the Territories.(Book Review)
March 22, 2004... Trapped Fools: Thirty Years of Israeli Policy in the Territories, by Shlomo Gazit. London, UK and Portland, OR: Frank Cass, 2003. xxi + 341 pages. Appends. to p. 359. Index to p. 368. $67.50. The trapped fools in this survey and analysis of...

Ben-Gurion against the Knesset.(Book Review)
March 22, 2004... Ben-Gurion against the Knesset, by Giora Goldberg. London, UK and Portland, OR: Frank Cass, 2003.323 pages. Bibl. to p. 328. Index to p. 338. $64.50. Many books and articles were written about the mythological first Prime Minister of...

Kurdish Notables and the Ottoman State: Evolving Identities, Competing Loyalties, and Shifting Boundaries.(Book Review)
March 22, 2004... Kurdish Notables and the Ottoman State: Evolving Identities, Competing Loyalties, and Shifting Boundaries, by Hakan Ozoglu. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 2004. xv +129. Notes to p. 157. Bibl. to p. 178. Index to p. 186. $35....

Lockerbie and Libya.(Book Review)
March 22, 2004... Loekerbie and Libya, by Khalil I. Matar and Robert W. Thabit. Jefferson, NC and London, UK: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2004. viii + 245 pages. Appends. to p. 317. Bibl. to p. 320. Index to p. 328. $39.95 paper. In the most...

Palestinian Politics After the Oslo Accord: Resuming Arab Palestine.(Book Review)
March 22, 2004... Palestinian Polities After the Oslo Accord: Resuming Arab Palestine, by Nathan J. Brown. Berkeley and Los Angeles, CA: University of California Press, 2003. 254 pages. Notes to p. 302. Bibl. to p. 315. Index to p. 323. $50 cloth; $19.95 paper....

The Palestinians: in Search of a Just Peace.(Book Review)
March 22, 2004... The Palestiniaus: In Search of a Just Peace, by Cheryl A. Rubenberg. Boulder, CO and London, UK: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2003. xv + 430 pages. Appends. to p. 431. Bibl. to p. 469. Index to p. 484. $65 cloth; $24.50 paper. Cheryl A....

The Paradoxical Kingdom: Saudi Arabia and the Movement of Reform.(Book Review)
March 22, 2004... The Paradoxical Kingdom: Saudi Arabia and the Movement of Reform, by Daryl Champion. New York: Columbia University Press, 2003. xxii + 316 pages. Appendix to. p. 330. Bibl. to p. 370. Index to p. 392. $32.50. The Paradoxical Kingdom seeks...

Syria's Terrorist War against Lebanon and the Peace Process.(Book Review)
March 22, 2004... Syria's Terrorist War against Lebanon and the Peace Process, by Marius Deeb. New York and London, UK: Palgrave Macmillan, 2003. x + 222 pages. Notes to p. 257. Bibl to p. 275. Index to p. 285. $49.95. Syria, Neither Bread Nor Freedom, by...

Le syndrome autoritaire: Politique en Tunisie De Bourguiba a Ben Ali.(Book Review)
March 22, 2004... Le syndrome autoritaire: Politique en Tunisie De Bourguiba a Ben Ali, by Michel Camau and Vincent Geisser. Mayenne, France: Presse de Sciences Po, 2003. 365 pages. Index to p. 372. 30 Euros. This book is a timely and enlightening historical...

Breaking the Real Axis of Evil: How to Oust the World's Last Dictators by 2025.(Book Review)
March 22, 2004... Breaking the Real Axis of Evil: How to Oust the World's Last Dictators by 2025, by Mark Palmer. New York: Rowman and Littlefield, 2003. xx + 321 pages. Notes to p. 334. Index to p. 348. $27.95. The tension between interest and ethics is a...

Islam, Politics and Pluralism: Theory and Practice in Turkey, Jordan, Tunisia and Algeria.(Book Review)
March 22, 2004... Islam, Politics and Pluralism: Theory and Practice in Turkey, Jordan, Tunisia and Algeria, by Jennifer Noyon. London, UK: The Royal Institute of International Affairs, 2003. ix + 134 pages. 10.89 BP. The market these days is flooded with...

The Great American Plunder of Persia's Antiquities, 1925-1941.(Book Review)
March 22, 2004... The Great American Plunder of Persia's Antiquities, 1925-1941, by Mohammad Gholi Majd. Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 2003. v + 266 pages. Index to p. 275. $69 cloth; $41 paper. In recent years, many scholars have turned their...

The International Politics of the Middle East.(Book Review)
March 22, 2004... The International Politics of the Middle East, by Raymond Hinnebusch. Manchester, UK: Manchester University Press, 2003. 262 pages. Bibl. Index. $36.95 paper. In the last few years there has been a growing awareness of the potential...

Islam in the Digital Age: E-Jihad, Online Fatwas and Cyber Islamic Environments.(Book Review)
March 22, 2004... Islam in the Digital Age: E-Jihad, Online Fatwas and Cyber Islamic Environments, by Gary Bunt. Sterling, VA and London, UK: Pluto Press, 2003. viii + 211 pages. Bibl. to p. 226. Gloss to p. 229. Index to p. 237. $24.95 paper. Gary Bunt's...

The Just Prince, a Manual of Leadership, including an authoritative English translation of the Sulwan al-Muta' fi 'Udwan -al-Atba' (Consolation for the Ruler During the Hostility of Subjects.(Book Review)
March 22, 2004... The Just Prince, A Manual of Leadership, including an authoritative English translation of the Sulwan al-Muta' fi 'Udwan al-Atba' (Consolation for the Ruler During the Hostility of Subjects), by Muhammad ibn Zafar al-Siqilli. Trans. by Joseph...

Islam and the West: Conflict or Cooperation?(Book Review)
March 22, 2004... Islam and the West: Conflict or Cooperation? by Amin Saikal. London, UK and New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2003. ix + 185 pages. Appends. to p. 191. Notes to p. 150. Bibl. to p. 162. Index to p. 171. $69.95 cloth; $22.95 paper. Amin...

Following Muhammad: Rethinking Islam in the Contemporary World.(Book Review)
March 22, 2004... Following Muhammad: Rethinking Islam in the Contemporary World, by Carl W. Ernst. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 2003. xxv + 213 pages. Notes to p. 229. Refs. to p. 232. $24.95. It has often been stated that the...

Recent Publications.(Bibliography)
March 22, 2004... MEMOIRS Seven Pillars of Wisdom, The Complete 1922 Text, by T.E. Lawrence. Fordingbridge, UK: J. and N. Wilson, Publishers, 2004. xxvi + 813 pages. Photos. Appendices to p. 820. Index to p. 870. BP 35. in 1922, British officer and Arab...