MERIA BOOKS

ECONOMICS

1. Ali . Abootalebi, "Middle East Economies: A Survey of Current Problems and Issues"
   MJ Vol. 3, No. 3 (September 1999)
2. Eliyahu Kanovsky, "The Middle East Economies"
   MJ Vol. 1, No. 2 (May 1997)
3. Paul Rivlin, "Leadership and the Economy in the Arab World"
   MJ Vol. 1, No. 3 (September 1997)
4. Robert Satloff & Patrick Clawson, "U.S. Economic Aid to Egypt"
   P: Washington Institute for Near East Policy.
   MN 1998/11 (July 1998)
5. Hooman Estelami, "The Evolution of Iran's Responses to U.S. Economic Sanctions"
   MJ Vol. 3, No. 3 (September 1999)

Energy

6. Bulent Aras and George K. Foster, "Turkey and the Azerbaijani Oil Controversies"*
7. Brent Sasley, "Turkey's Energy Politics in the Post-Cold War Era"
   MJ Vol. 2, No. 4 (December 1998)

EGYPT

1. Kenneth Stein, "Egyptian-Israeli Relations, 1973-1997"
   MJ Vol. 1, No. 3 (September 1997)
2. Robert Satloff & Patrick Clawson, "U.S. Economic Aid to Egypt" 
3. Robert Satloff & Patrick Clawson, "U.S. Military Aid to Egypt"
   P: Washington Institute for Near East Policy.
   MN 1998/11 (July 1998)
4. Yoram Meital, "Domestic Challenges and Egypt's U.S. Policy" #
   MJ Vol. 2, No. 4 (December 1998)
5. David Zeidan, "The Ideology of Two Radical Egyptian Movements, Jama`t al-Muslimin (takfir wal-Hijrah) and Jama'at al-Jihad"
   MJ Vol. 3, No. 3 (September 1999)
6. Sherifa Zuhur, "The Mixed Impact of Feminist Struggles in Egypt in the 1990s"
   MJ Vol. 5, No. 1 (March 2001)

GCC

1. Jon B. Alterman, "The Gulf States and the American Umbrella" 
   MJ Vol. 4, No. 4 (December 2000)
2. Joseph Kostiner, "The United States and the Gulf States: Alliance in Need"
   MJ Vol. 2, No. 4 (December 1998)
3. Barry Rubin, "The Persian Gulf After the Cold War: Old Pattern, New Era"
   MJ Vol. 3, No. 2 (June 1999)
4. Joshua Teitelbaum, "The Gulf States and Dual Containment"
   MJ Vol. 2, No. 3 (September 1998)
5. Sean Foley, "The UAE: Political Issues and Security Dilemmas"
   MJ Vol. 3, No 1 (February 1999)
6. Turki al-Hamad, "Will Gulf Monarchies Work Together?"
   MJ Vol. 1, No. 2 (May 1997).  P: Middle East Quarterly
7. Joseph Kostiner, "State, Islam and Opposition in Saudi Arabia"
   MJ Vol. 1, No. 2 (May 1997)
8. Daniel L. Byman and Jerrold D. Green, "The Enigma of Political Stability in the Persian Gulf Monarchies"
   MJ Vol. 3, No. 3 (September 1999)
9. Daryl Champion, "The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: Elements of Instability with Stability"
   MJ Vol. 3, No. 4 (December 1999)

IRAN

1. Nikki Keddie, "Iran: Understanding the Enigma: A Historians' View"
   MJ Vol. 2, No. 3 (September 1998)

Armed Forces

2. Darius Bazargan, "Iran: Politics, The Military and Gulf Security"
   MJ Vol. 1, No. 3 (September 1997)
3. Seth Carus, "Iran and Weapons of Mass Destruction"
   MJ Vol. 4, No. 3 (September 2000)
4. Michael Eisenstadt, "The Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran: An Assessment"
   MJ Vol. 5, No. 1 (March 2001)
5. Bates Gill, "Chinese Arms Exports to Iran"#
   MJ Vol. 2, No. 2 (May 1998)
   P: Asia and Pacific Rim Institute, American Jewish Committee.
6. Reactions to U.S. Policy
7. Patrick Clawson and Charles Freeman, "Dual Containment--Revive It or Replace It?" (January 1998)
   MN 1998/2
   P: Washington Institute for Near East Policy.
8. Hooman Estelami, "The Evolution of Iran's Responses to U.S. Economic Sanctions"
   MJ Vol. 3, No. 3 (September 1999)

Democracy

9. Ali Abootalebi, "The Struggle for Democracy in the Islamic Republic of Iran" MJ Vol. 4, No. 3 (September 2000)
10. A.W. Samii, "The Contemporary Iranian News Media, 1998-1999"
    MJ Vol. 3, No. 4 (December 1999)
11. A.W. Samii “Iran's 2000 Election”
    MJ Vol. 4, No. 1 (March 2000)

IRAQ

1. Ofra Bengio, "Crossing the Rubicon?: Iraq and the Arab-Israeli Peace Process" (March 1998)
   MJ Vol. 2, No.1
2. Gregg Rickman, "The PLO and Iraq in the Twilight of Soviet Foreign Policy"
   MJ Vol. 4, No. 3 (September 2000)
3. Amatzia Baram , "Saddam Husayn: Between his Power Base and the International Community " 
   MJ Vol. 4, No. 4 (December 2000)

Weapons of Mass Destruction

4. Darius Bazargan, "Interview on Iraqi Weapons Monitoring with Terrence Taylor, UNSCOM inspector for biological weapons"
   MN 1997/6 (June 1997)
5. Laurie Mylroie, "Iraq's Weapons of Mass Destruction and the 1997 Gulf Crisis"
   MJ Vol. 1, No. 4 (December 1997)
6. Kenneth M. Pollack, "Current Iraqi Military Capabilities"
   MN 1998/4 (February 1998)
   P: Washington Institute for Near East Studies

ISRAEL

Domestic Politics

1. Muhammad Amara, "Israeli Palestinians and the Palestinian Authority"
   MJ Vol. 4, No. 1 (March 2000) 
2. Eytan Gilboa and Yaron Katz, "The Media Campaign: The Shift to Alternative Media"
   MJ Vol. 3, No. 4 (December 1999)
3. Omar Kamil , "Rabbi Ovadia Yosef and his "Culture War" in Israel " 
   MJ Vol. 4, No. 4 (December 2000)
4. Stuart Cohen, "Portrait of the New Israeli Soldier"
   MJ Vol. 1, No. 4 (December 1997)
   P: Israel Studies; BESA Center for Strategic Studies
5. Barry Rubin, "External Influences on Israel's 1999 Election"
   MJ Vol. 3, No. 4 (December 1999)
6. Barry Rubin, "External Influences on Israel's 1996 Election"*
   P: Israel Affairs
7. Barry Rubin, "Israel's 1999 Election and New Government Coalition"
   MN 1999/7 (June 1999)
8. Sharon Sadeh, "Israel’s Beleaguered Defense Industry"
   MJ Vol. 5, No. 1 (March 2001)

Foreign Policy

9. Alan Dowty, "Israeli Foreign Policy and the Jewish Question"
   MJ Vol. 3, No. 1 (February 1999)
10. Efraim Inbar, "Israel's Security: A Strategic Survey"
    MJ Vol. 2, No. 4 (December 1998)
11. Laura Zittrain Eisenberg: "Israel's Lebanon Policy"
    MJ Vol. 1, No. 3 (September 1997)
12. Assaf Moghadam, "Diplomacy and Force in the 2000 Crisis: An Examination of Israeli Crisis Management Strategies"
    MJ Vol. 5, No. 1 (March 2001)
13. Kenneth Stein, "Egyptian-Israeli Relations, 1973-1997"
    MJ Vol. 1, No. 3 (September 1997)
14. Barry Rubin, "Notes on Turkey-Israel Relations"
    MN 1997/7 (July 1997)
15. Bibliography on Turkish-Israel relations
    MN 1999/8 and 1999/9
16. P. Kumaraswamy, "Strategic Partnership Between India and Israel"#
    MJ Vol. 2, No. 2 (May 1998)
    P: BESA Center for Strategic Studies

LEBANON

Foreign Powers

1. Laura Zittrain Eisenberg: "Israel's Lebanon Policy"
   MJ Vol. 1, No. 3 (September 1997)
2. Laura Eisenberg, "Israel's Lebanon Policy in a New Era"
   MJ Vol. 4, No. 3 (September 2000)
3. Habib C. Malik, "Is There Still a Lebanon?"
   MJ Vol. 2, No. 1 (March 1998)
   P: Middle East Quarterly

Islamic Groups in Lebanon

4. A. Nizar Hamzeh, "Islamism in Lebanon: A Guide"
   MJ Vol. 1, No. 3 (September 1997)
   P: Middle East Quarterly
5. Eyal Zisser, "Hizballah in Lebanon: At the Crossroads"
   MJ Vol. 1, No. 3 (September 1997)
6. Eyal Zisser, "Hizballah: New Course or Continued Warfare?"
   MJ Vol. 4, No. 3 (September 2000)

MIDDLE EAST-ASIA

1. Alan Dowty , "Japan and the Middle East: Signs of Change?" 
   MJ Vol. 4, No. 4 (December 2000)
2. Barry Rubin, "China's Middle East Strategy"#
   MJ Vol. 3, No. 1 (February 1999)
3. Bates Gill, "Chinese Arms Exports to Iran"#
   MJ Vol. 2, No. 2 (May 1998). 
   P: Asia and Pacific Rim Institute, American Jewish Committee.
4. Yitzhak Shichor, "Mountains out of Molehills: Arms Transfers in Sino-Middle Eastern Relations"
   MJ Vol. 4, No. 3 (September 2000)
5. P. Kumaraswamy, "Strategic Partnership Between India and Israel"#
   MJ Vol. 2, No. 2 (May 1998)
   P: BESA Center for Strategic Studies
6. Paul Rivlin, "Leadership and the Economy in the Arab World"
   MJ Vol. 1, No. 3 (September 1997)

7. Barry Rubin, "North Korea's Threat to the Middle East and the Middle East's Threat to Asia"*

PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY

1. Ely Karmon, “Hamas’ Terrorism Strategy: Operational Limitations and Political Constraints”
   MJ Vol. 4, No. 1 (March 2000)

2. Gal Luft, "The Palestinian Armed Forces"
   MJ Vol. 3, No. 2 (June 1999)
   P: Washington Institute for Near East Policy
3. Gal Luft, "Palestinian Military Performance and the 2000 Intifada"
   MJ Vol. 4, No. 4 (December 2000)
4. Reuven Paz, "Higher Education and the Development of Palestinian Islamic Groups"
   MJ Vol. 4, No. 2 (June 2000)
5. Gregg Rickman, "The PLO and Iraq in the Twilight of Soviet Foreign Policy"
   MJ Vol. 4, No. 3 (September 2000)
6. Barry Rubin, "After Arafat: Succession and Stability in Palestinian Politics" (March 1998)
   MJ Vol. 2, No. 1 (March 1998)
7. Barry Rubin, "The Future of Palestinian Politics: Factions, Frictions, and Functions"
   MJ Vol. 4, No. 3 (September 2000)
8. Barry Rubin, "Misperceptions and Perfect Understanding: The U.S. and PLO"*
9. Barry Rubin, "The PLO Charter Revision: A Crossroads in Palestinian Politics"*
10. Dahlia Scheindlin, "Palestinian Women's Model Parliament"
    MJ Vol. 2, No. 3 (September 1998)
11. Khalil Shikaki, "Palestinian Public Opinion, The Peace Process and Political Violence"#
    MJ Vol. 2, No. 1 (March 1998) 

     

ISLAMIST MOVEMENTS

1. Barry Rubin, "Islamic Radicalism in the Middle East: A Survey and Balance Sheet"#
   MJ Vol. 2, No. 2 (May 1998)
2. David Zeidan, "The Ideology of Two Radical Egyptian Movements, Jama`t al-Muslimin (takfir wal-Hijrah) and Jama'at al-Jihad"
   MJ Vol. 3, No. 3 (September 1999)
3. Ely Karmon, “Hamas’ Terrorism Strategy: Operational Limitations and Political Constraints”
   MJ Vol. 4, No. 1 (March 2000)
4. Bruce Maddy-Weitzman, "The Islamic Challenge in North Africa"
   MJ Vol. 1, No. 2 (May 1997)
5. A. Nizar Hamzeh, "Islamism in Lebanon: A Guide"
   MJ Vol. 1, No. 3 (September 1997)
   P: Middle East Quarterly
6. Eyal Zisser, "Hizballah in Lebanon: At the Crossroads"
   MJ Vol. 1, No. 3 (September 1997)
7. Ely Karmon, "Radical Islamic Groups in Turkey"
   MJ Vol. 1, No. 4 (December 1997)
8. Nilufer Narli, "The Rise of the Turkish Islamist Movement"
   MJ Vol. 3, No. 3 (September 1999)
9. Bulent Aras and Omer Caha , "Fethullah Gulen and his Liberal "Turkish Islam" Movement " 
   MJ Vol. 4, No. 4 (December 2000)
10. Charles Kurzman, "Liberal Islam: Prospects and Challenges"
    MJ Vol. 3, No. 3 (September 1999) 
11. Ali Abootalebi, "Islam and Democracy"
    MJ Vol. 3, No. 1 (February 1999)
12. Emmanuel Sivan, "Why Radical Muslims Aren't Taking Over Governments"#
    MJ Vol. 2, No. 2 (May 1998)
    P: Middle East Quarterly
13. Dale F. Eickelman, "The Coming Transformation of the Muslim World" 
    MJ Vol. 3, No. 3 (September 1999)

RUSSIA / U.S.S.R.

1. Isabella Ginor , "The Russians Were Coming: The Soviet Military Threat in the 1967 Six-Day War" 
   MJ Vol. 4, No. 4 (December 2000)
2. Gregg Rickman, "The PLO and Iraq in the Twilight of Soviet Foreign Policy"
   MJ Vol. 4, No. 3 (September 2000)
3. Robert O. Freedman, "Russia and the Middle East: The Primakov Era"#
   MJ Vol. 2, No. 2 (May 1998) 
4. Robert O. Freedman, "Russian-Iranian Relations in the 1990s"
   MJ Vol. 4, No. 2 (June 2000)  
5. Oksana Antonenko, "Russia's Military Involvement in the Middle East"
   MJ Vol. 5, No. 1 (March 2001)

SYRIA

1. Yosef Ben-Aharon, "Negotiating With Syria: A First-Hand Account"
   MJ Vol. 4, No. 2 (June 2000)
2. Barry Rubin, "Understanding Syrian Policy: An Analysis of Foreign Minister Faruq al-Shara's Explanation"
   MJ Vol. 4, No. 2 (June 2000)
3. Eyal Zisser, "Decisionmaking in Asad's Syria"#
   MJ Vol. 2, No. 2 (May 1998)
   P: Washington Institute for Near East Policy
4. Eyal Zisser, "The Syrian Army: Between the Domestic and the External Fronts"
   MJ Vol. 5, No. 1 (March 2001)

TURKEY

Domestic Politics

1. Ersin Kalaycioglu, "The Logic of Contemporary Turkish Politics"
   MJ Vol. 1, No. 3 (September 1997)
2. Bulent Aras and Omer Caha , "Fethullah Gulen and his Liberal "Turkish Islam" Movement " 
   MJ Vol. 4, No. 4 (December 2000)
3. Ely Karmon, "Radical Islamic Groups in Turkey"
   MJ Vol. 1, No. 4 (December 1997)
4. Nilufer Narli, "The Rise of the Turkish Islamist Movement"
   MJ Vol. 3, No. 3 (September 1999)
5. Ustun Reinart, "Freedom Under Wraps: Islamic Garb on Turkish Campuses"
   MJ Vol. 2, No. 3 (September 1998)
6. Burcak Keskin, "Political Participation of Turkish Women"
   MJ Vol. 1, No. 4 (December 1997)
7. Ustun Reinart, "Ambition for All Seasons: Tansu Ciller"
   MJ Vol. 3, No. 1 (February 1999)
8. David Zeidan, "The Alevi of Anatolia"
   MJ Vol. 3, No. 4 (December 1999)

Foreign Policy

9. Kemal Kirisci, "Turkey and the United States: Ambivalent Allies"
   MJ Vol. 2, No. 4 (December 1998)
10. Bulent Aras and George K. Foster, "Turkey and the Azerbaijani Oil Controversies"*
11. Brent Sasley, "Turkey's Energy Politics in the Post-Cold War Era"
    MJ Vol. 2, No. 4 (December 1998)
12. Gareth M. Winrow, "Turkey and the Newly Independent States of Central Asia, and the Transcaucasus"
    MJ Vol. 1, No. 2 (May 1997)
13. Bulent Aras, "U.S.-Central Asian Relations: A View From Turkey"
    MJ Vol. 1, No. 1 (January 1997)
14. Ayten Gundogdu, "Greek-Turkish Relations in a Period of Transformation"
    MJ Vol. 5, No. 1 (March 2001)
15. Kemal Kirisci, "Post Cold-War Turkish Security and the Middle East"
    MJ Vol. 1, No. 2 (May 1997)
16. Konuralp Pamukcu, "Water-Related Cooperation Between Turkey and Israel"*
17. Barry Rubin, "Notes on Turkey-Israel Relations"
    MN 1997/7 (July 1997)
18. Bibliography on Turkish-Israel relations
    MN 1999/8 and 1999/9

U.S. MIDDLE EAST POLICY

1. Joseph Kostiner, "The United States and the Gulf States: Alliance in Need"
   MJ Vol. 2, No. 4 (December 1998)
2. Jon B. Alterman, "The Gulf States and the American Umbrella " 
   MJ Vol. 4, No. 4 (December 2000)
3. Patrick Clawson and Charles Freeman, "Dual Containment--Revive It or Replace It?
   MN 1998/2 (July 1998)
   P: Washington Institute for Near East Policy.
4. Kenneth M. Pollack, "Current Iraqi Military Capabilities"
   MN 1998/4 (February 1998)
   P: Washington Institute for Near East Studies
5. Amin Tarzi, “Contradictions of U.S. Policy on Iraq and its Consequences”
   MJ Vol. 4, No. 1 (March 2000)
6. Barry Rubin, "U.S. Foreign Policy and Rogue States"
   MJ Vol. 3, No. 3 (September 1999)
7. Scott Lasensky, "Friendly Restraint: U.S.-Israel Relations during the Kuwait Crisis,"
   MJ Vol. 3, No. 2 (June 1999)
8. Robert J. Lieber, "U.S.-Israel Relations Since 1948"
   MJ Vol. 2, No. 3 (September 1998)
9. Jonathan Rynhold, "Israeli-American Relations and the Peace Process"
   MJ Vol. 4, No. 2 (June 2000)
10. Barry Rubin, "Misperceptions and Perfect Understanding: The U.S. and PLO"*
11. Robert Satloff & Patrick Clawson, "U.S. Economic Aid to Egypt" 
    P: Washington Institute for Near East Policy.
    MN 1998/11 (July 1998)
12. Robert Satloff & Patrick Clawson,"U.S. Military Aid to Egypt"
    P: Washington Institute for Near East Policy.
    MN 1998/11 (July 1998)
13. Kemal Kirisci, "Turkey and the United States: Ambivalent Allies"
    MJ Vol. 2, No. 4 (December 1998)
14. Michael Eisenstadt, "U.S. Military Capabilities in the Post-Cold War Era: Implications for Middle East Allies" #
    MJ Vol. 2, No. 4 (December 1998)
15. Robert O. Freedman, "U.S. Middle East Policy in the Second Clinton Administration"
    MJ Vol. 3, No. 1 (February 1999)
16. Robert J. Lieber, "U.S. Middle East Policy in The Clinton Second Term"#
    MJ Vol. 1, No. 1 (January 1997)
17. George Tenet, "Weapons of Mass Destruction: A New Dimension in U.S. Middle East Policy"
    MJ Vol. 4, No. 2 (June 2000) 

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