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CONTENTS
1. ANNOUNCEMENTS OF MEETINGS, CONFERENCES, LECTURES
2. RESEARCH QUERIES--PLEASE HELP
3. NEW PUBLICATIONS OF INTEREST
5. FREE SUBSCRIPTIONS TO E-MAIL PUBLICATIONS
6. FUNDING/SCHOLARSHIPS/FELLOWSHIPS
7. MERIA BOOKS: ORDER FOR FREE
8. DISCOUNTS FOR MERIA READERS
MERIA's new link list, specially designed for researchers and writers on the contemporary Middle East, is now available on our home page. It is limited to those links we find most useful and substantive. We hope you'll use it. To report any broken links or to make suggestions, use the MERIAMAIL button on the homepage.
For updates on MERIA books incorporating new chapters, see Section 7, below. A new book, Essays on the Middle East's New Era by Barry Rubin, can be ordered free through the BESA homepage or write <besa@ashur.cc.biu.ac.il> and includes:
Israel, The PA and the Arab States
The PLO Charter Revision: A Crossroads in Palestinian Politics
Is the Arab-Israeli Conflict Over?
External Influences on Israel's Election
North Korea's Threat to the Middle East and the Middle East's Threat to Asia
Defining the New Middle East
Costs and Benefits for State Sponsors of Terrorism
U.S. Strategy in a Post-Cold War Middle East
C. PROPOSED SEMINARS: MEMBERS INVITED
MERIA is seriously considering launching additional seminars, especially on Palestinian politics and/or U.S. Middle East policy. Those interested in participating or seeking more information, please write: <rubinb@ashur.cc.biu.ac.il>. MERIA seminars are high-level, closed discussion lists for experts wishing intensive exchanges on specific topics with a limited number of others.
1. ANNOUNCEMENTS OF MEETINGS, CONFERENCES, LECTURES
Jan 1 Ambassador Muhammad Bassouny of Egypt will speak at the BESA Center for Strategic Studies
For 364 more days of Middle East events in 1998, we will send out our 1998 global calendar as the next issue of MERIA News. If you have events to include write
2. RESEARCH QUERIES--PLEASE HELP
Answers to previous queries:
To query 10, regarding why Iraq invaded Kuwait, Bruce Jentleson, With Friends like These: Reagan, Bush and Saddam, 1982-1990 (New York: W.W. Norton and Company, 1994). "From Jedda to Cairo: The failure of Arab Mediation in the Gulf Crisis" --Bruce Maddy-Weitzman and Joseph Kostiner, Diplomacy & Statecraft, Vol. 7, No. 2 (July 1996), pp. 466-490.
To query 12, on police forces in the Middle East. Thanks to Prof. Sanford R. Silverburg of Catawba College. On the [mandatory] Palestine Police Force see: Edward Horne. A Job Well Done: A History of the Palestine Police Force 1920-1948. Leigh-on-Sea, Essex: Palestine Police Old Comrades Benevolent Assn., 1982;
Marcel Roubicek. Echo of the Bulge: Extinct Military and
Constabulary Forces in Palestine & Transjordan 1915-1967. Jerusalem: Franciscan Printing Press, 1975. Issues of the Palestine Police Magazine is available, I think from Harvard. I have a complete set on microfilm.
New queries:
Query 14: Laura Wharton
Response to Query 14: Elie Rekhess wrote a book that includes this topic, The Arab Minority in Israel: Between Communism and Nationalism (Hebrew, Kibbutz Hameuchad, 1993). He also wrote an article, "Jews and Arabs in the Israeli Communist Party," Itamar Rabinovich and Milton Esman, Ethnicity, Pluralism, and The State in the Middle East, pp. 121-139.
Query 15: Professor Paul Sullivan (Cairo, Egypt) Where could I find an very detailed breakdown of the trade between Egypt and Israel since Camp David?; I keep hearing about trade between Israel and other Arab states even as early as the 1980s. Any data on this other than rumor?; Where would be the most comprehensive and detailed list of joint Israeli-Jordanian projects?
Response to Query 15. Israel Statistics Bureau, Section on Foreign Trade has some useful materials: "Jordan Imports, 1997" and "Jordan Exports, 1997"; "Israel-Egypt Trade Developments, 1982-1996." We are sending Professor Sullivan copies of these studies. The best list of Israeli-Jordanian projects is in Lori Plotkin, "Jordan-Israel Peace: Taking Stock, 1994-1997," Washington Institute for Near East Policy, 1997, $11.00+shipping, 34 pp. There are about 15 joint Israel-Jordan projects relating to textile production alone. One partial way to examine the secret Israel-Arab trade is to look at Israel-Cyprus commerce during these years.
3. NEW PUBLICATIONS OF INTEREST
Davo (Deutsche Arbeitsgemeinschaft Vorderer Orient), the German Middle East Studies Association, has published a very useful guide to German and European Middle East studies, including abstracts for its December 1997 conference, a roster of members, recent and future meetings in Europe, publications, research and reviews. Mostly in German with some English: <DAVO@geo.Uni-Mainz.de> or <http://www.geo.uni-mainz.de/davo>
Avraham Sela and Moshe Ma'oz, The PLO and Israel: From Armed Conflict to Political Solution, 1964-1994. 300 pages. Fifteen papers by Emile Sahliyeh on ethnonational mobilization, Yezid Sayigh on armed struggle, Sela and Ma'oz on PLO and Arab states; Galia Golan on USSR; Barry Rubin on United States; Eyad Sarraj on psycho-political legacy of intifada; Meir Litvak on inside/outside relations; Shaul Mishal on Hamas; Naomi Chazen on women; Baruch Kimmerling on solutions, and more.
Yezid Sayigh. Armed Struggle and the Search for State: The Palestinian National Movement, 1949-1993. Oxford: Clarendon Press, November 1997. ISBN 0-19-829625-1.
Bulent Aras "The Importance of Turkey to Relations Between Europe and the Turkic Republics of the Former Soviet Union," UCLA Journal of International Law and Foreign affairs, Spring Summer 1997, Vol. 2, No. 1.
The new issue of the Middle East Quarterly (Volume 4, Number 4, December 1997) includes: Emmanuel Sivan, Why Radical Muslims Aren't Taking over Governments; Alexander Safian, Can Arabs Buy Land in Israel?; Habib Malik, Is There Still a Lebanon?; Guang Pan, China's Success in the Middle East; How Fares the Peace Process? A Debate. Interviews with Osama El-Baz; Ehud Olmert. [See part 8, below, for subscription information.]
PUBLISHER'S PROFILE: Syracuse University Press
Syracuse's new catalogue includes many books of interest for Middle East studies, including: Children of Deh Koh: Young Life in an Iranian Village by Erika Friedl; Muslim Women and the Politics of Participation: Implementing the Beijing platform by Mahnaz Afkhami and Erika Friedl; Freedom, Modernity and Islam: Toward a Creative Synthesis by Richard K. Khuri; Cultural Schizophrenia: Islamic Societies Confronting the West by Daryush Shayegan; Franco-Arab Encounters, edited by L. Carl Brown and Matthew S.
Gordon (from AUB); Middle Eastern Lectures #2, edited by Martin Kramer (from Dayan Center); Conflict Resolution in the Arab World: Selected Essays, edited by Paul Salem (from AUB); Arab Politics in Israel at a Crossroads, edited by Elie Rekhess (from Dayan Center); Israel, Jordan, and the Peace Process by Yehuda Lukacs.
JUSUR, the UCLA Journal of Middle Eastern Studies, is seeking articles for its next issue, with a January 5, 1998 deadline. Graduate students are also welcome to submit articles, and reviews are sought on film, video, and book reviews. Contributions should be typed, double-spaced and sent to: Editor-in-Chief JUSUR Von Grunebaum Center for Near Eastern Studies 10286 Bunche Hall, Box 951480 University of California, 405 Hilgard Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90095. For details: <jusur@ucla.edu> or book review editor: <gar@ucla.edu> web site: <http://www.isop.sscnet.ucla.edu/nec/jusur.htm>
There are a huge number of new and interesting websites, including:
El-shaab, the Labor Party of Egypt's newspaper features opposition and Islamic-oriented politics: www.elshaab.com
Al-Ayyam, a daily Yemeni paper, http://www.al-ayyam-yemen.com
The U.S. Committee for a Free Lebanon (USCFL) site:
http://www.freelebanon.org/
The Research Centre for Turkestan, Azerbaijan, Crimea, Caucasus and Siberia maintains a number of interesting pages:
Middle East Forum, which publishes Middle East Quarterly has a new page at <http://www.sas.upenn.edu/~slasser/> which includes upcoming events and abstracts from the quarterly.
Society for Syrian Studies, Research and Development (SSSRD), URL: http://www.dsoln.com.au/~sssrd/
Arab Center for Strategic Studies (ACSS), a research center with offices in Egypt, Syria, and Yemen, chaired by the former president of South Yemen, Ali Nasser Mohammed: http://www.arabcss.com/
Syrian Social Nationalist Party, a Syrian-backed Lebanese group: http://www.nettvision.com/ssnp/
Cairo Demographic Center (CDC), a training and research institute: http://www.frcu.eun.eg/www/homepage/cdc/cdcs.htm
Hezbollah, a radical Lebanese Islamic group: www.hezbollah.org
The Foundation for Iranian Studies has an extensive site at http://www.fis-iran.org which includes a wide range of activities including the quarterly journal Iran Nameh; oral history archives; lecture series; women's center and cultural activities.
5. FREE SUBSCRIPTIONS TO E-MAIL PUBLICATIONS
In this issue, we highlight two exceptionally useful sources:
"Iraq News" is a newsletter, often available daily when developments warrant, published by Laurie Mylroie. It includes an analytical section followed by reprints from the American newspapers and translated items from the Arab world and elsewhere. Superbly written and extremely useful not only for Iraq but for related Gulf, Iran, and U.S. or European policy news as well. To subscribe write: <1005007.1334@compuserve.com>
6. FUNDING/SCHOLARSHIPS/FELLOWSHIPS
The U.S.-Israel Educational Foundation announces Fulbright Scholarships and Awards for Postdoctoral and Graduate Students:
B. Grants for Graduate Students range from $3,000 to $10,000 for a two-year period. Eligible Israeli citizens must plan to study in the US beginning in September 1998. Application deadline: 8 February 1998.
C. Grants for Doctoral Students to Perform Research in the State of North Carolina: These grants range from $3,000 to $10,000 for a two-year period. Eligible Israeli citizens must plan to study in the US beginning in September 1998. Application deadline: 8 February 1998.
For information: http://www.usis-israel.org.il/publish/usiefcov.htm
Order free MERIA books from our innovative publishing house, collecting articles from MERIA Journal, MERIA News, and other materials into electronic books which are updated and expanded over time. [next planned revision: December 1997.] To order free copies or submit proposed chapters or projects: <besa@ashur.cc.biu.ac.il>.
A. MIDDLE EAST ECONOMICS
Prof. Eliyahu Kanovsky, "The Impact of Domestic and International Politics."
Dr. Paul Rivlin, "Leadership and the Economy in the Arab World"
B. ISLAMIC REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENTS
Dr. Bruce Maddy-Weitzman, "The Islamic Challenge in North Africa."
Dr. Joseph Kostiner, "State, Islam and Opposition in Saudi Arabia: The Post Desert-Storm Phase."
Dr. Eyal Zisser, "Hizballah in Lebanon: At the Crossroads"
Dr. A. Nizar Hamzeh, "Islamism in Lebanon: A Guide" (Courtesy of Middle East Quarterly)
NEW Ely Karmon, "Radical Islamic Groups in Turkey"
C. CONTEMPORARY ISRAELI POLITICS
Prof. Joel Peters, "Israel Under Netanyahu: The Current Situation in Israeli Politics."
Prof. Gregory Mahler, "Israel's New Electoral System: Effects on Policy and Politics."
Prof. Laura Zittrain Eisenberg: "Israel's Lebanon Policy"
Prof. Kenneth Stein, "Egyptian-Israeli Relations, 1973-1997"
NEW Prof. Stuart Cohen, "Portrait of the New Israeli Soldier"
D. TURKISH POLITICS AND FOREIGN POLICY
Prof. Bilge Criss, "Turkish Foreign Policy Toward the Middle East."
Prof. Kemal Kirisci, "Post Cold-War Turkish Security and the Middle East."
Prof. Barry Rubin, "Notes on Turkey-Israel Relations."
Prof. Ersin Kalaycioglu, "The Logic of Contemporary Turkish Politics"
Dr. Konuralp Pamukcu, "Water-Related Cooperation Between Turkey and Israel."
NEW Burcak Keskin, "Political Participation of Turkish Women"
NEW Ely Karmon, "Radical Islamic Groups in Turkey"
E. PERSIAN GULF SECURITY ISSUES
Darius Bazargan, "Interview on Iraqi Weapons Monitoring with Terrence Taylor, UNSCOM inspector for biological weapons."
Turki al-Hamad, "Imperfect Alliances: Will the Gulf Monarchies Work Together?"
Dariush Bazargan, "Iran: Politics, The Military and Gulf Security"
NEW Laurie Mylroie, "Iraq's Weapons of Mass Destruction and the 1997 Gulf Crisis"
F. CENTRAL ASIA AND THE MIDDLE EAST
Dr. Bulent Aras, "U.S.-Central Asian Relations: A View from Turkey."
Prof. Gareth M. Winrow, "Turkey and the Newly Independent States of Central Asia and the Transcaucasus."
NEW Dr. Bulent Aras and George K. Foster, "Turkey and the Azerbaijani Oil Controversies."
NEW BOOK:
G. ESSAYS ON THE MIDDLE EAST'S NEW ERA
Israel, The PA and the Arab States
The PLO Charter Revision: A Crossroads in Palestinian Politics
Is the Arab-Israeli Conflict Over?
External Influences on Israel's Election
North Korea's Threat to the Middle East and the Middle East's Threat to Asia
Defining the New Middle East
Costs and Benefits for State Sponsors of Terrorism
U.S. Strategy in a Post-Cold War Middle East
8. DISCOUNTS FOR MERIA READERS
We ask magazines and publishers for discounts to MERIA readers. If you can offer such inducements, contact MERIA. Take advantage of benefits from being a MERIA reader:
A. The WASHINGTON INSTITUTE FOR NEAR EAST POLICY offers MERIA readers 20 percent discount for the order of five copies or more of its publications. Mention MERIA! info@washingtoninstitute.org
B. MIDDLE EAST QUARTERLY: offers MERIA readers a 20% discount on 1-year subscriptions: $30 for individuals ($7.50 off regular rate); $40 for institutions ($10 off regular rate). For addresses outside U.S., airmail delivery costs $20 more; surface mail, $5 more. Write MEQ, AM&M, PO Box 1897, Lawrence, KS 66044-8897, USA; e-mail: dforio@allenpress.com, or call 1-800-627-0629.
C. Lawrence Joffe, KEESINGS GUIDE TO THE MIDDLE EAST PEACE PROCESS, 10% discount on the 45 pound sterling price. Write Customer Services Manager, Liz Godden: <lizg@pearson-pro.com>
D. Israeli Perspectives, edited by Neill Lochery, 10% discount to MERIA readers on $60 annual subscription rate. Includes news plus an academic study, chronology, press summaries. For details and sample copy: <neilllochery@msn.com>
E. Neil Lochery, The Israeli Labour Party in the Shadow of the Likud, Ithaca Press, 10 percent discount on the price of 35 pounds sterling. To order quote code 10046. Add $3.50 for postage. Write: Garnet Publishers, 8 Southern Ct, South Street, Reading, Berkshire rg1 4qs England.
To query 9 on Soviet/PLO relations, see "The Soviet Union and the PLO (St. Antony's Series)," by Roland Dannreuther (St. Martins Press-ISBN=0312172230/e). Galia Golan, "Moscow and the PLO: The Ups and Downs of a Complex Relationship," in Avraham Sela and Moshe Ma'oz, The PLO and Israel: From Armed Conflict to Political Solution, 1964-1994, (St. Martins, 1997).
Turkish World: <http://www.turkiye.net/sota/sota.html>; Crimean Tatars: <http://www.euronet.nl/users/sota/krimtatar.html>; Turkistan Times Archives: <http://www.euronet.nl/users/sota/turkistan.htm>
Turkistan Times is a Netherlands-based electronic newsletter published every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, whose purpose is to report on all places where Turkic peoples live. It includes a huge number of press clippings and some original articles making it indispensable for anyone interested in the Caucasus, Central Asia or Turkey, as well as having good material on Russia and other issues. Highly recommended. To subscribe: <majordomo@turkistan.org> with message subscribe Turkistan-N. Done by the Research Centre for Turkestan, Azerbaijan, Crimea, Caucasus and Siberia. For information, write: <mtutuncu@turkiye.net> or <sota@euronet.nl>
A. Grants for Israeli Postdoctoral Scholars from $5,000 to $15,000 for one academic year. Eligible Israeli citizens must plan to conduct research in the United States. Application deadline: 8 January 1998.
By Barry Rubin