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Issue 8/July 1999
Editor, Prof. Barry Rubin
Issue 8/July 1999
Editor, Prof. Barry Rubin
CONTENTS
IMPORTANT NEWS: New Journal of Turkish Politics and Foreign Policy; MERIA Research Guide; Call for Chapters: MERIABooks; Special Bibliography on Turkish-Israel Relations
1. PUBLICATIONS OF INTEREST
2. WEBSITES/GROUPS ONLINE
3. FREE SUBSCRIPTIONS TO E-MAIL PUBLICATIONS
4. FUNDING/FELLOWSHIPS/WRITING OPPORTUNITIES
5. RESEARCH QUERIES-PLEASE HELP
6. SCHOLAR'S AND AUTHOR'S ALERTS (people report on their books, articles, and activities)
7. ANNOUNCEMENTS OF MEETINGS, CONFERENCES, LECTURES
8. Special Report: BIBLIOGRAPHY: TURKISH-ISRAEL RELATIONS
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IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT: NEW PRINT JOURNAL: THE JOURNAL OF TURKISH POLITICS AND FOREIGN POLICY
We are pleased to announce the creation of a new journal, THE JOURNAL OF TURKISH POLITICS AND FOREIGN POLICY, to be published by Frank Cass publishers. The first issue will appear in the spring of the year 2000.
As the title implies, the journal will cover issues regarding politics and foreign policy during the era of the Turkish republic. Relevant articles in the fields of political science, international relations, history, economics and others will be considered.
The journal will be edited by Barry Rubin. Associate editors will include:
Prof. Bulent Aras: Reviews and documentation
Prof. Gamze Avce: Turkish-European relations
Prof. Ali Carkoglu: Elections, voting behavior, political parties, quantitative methodology.
Prof. Bilge Criss: Modern Turkish history
Prof. Kemal Kirisci: Turkish foreign policy toward the Middle East and the United States.
Prof. Sule Kut: Turkish-Balkans policy
We are assembling an Editorial Board and a number of distinguished scholars have already accepted.
Currently, we project the following as the first two issues:
Vol. 1 No. 1: Deadline, November 1999, publication March 2000): The New Turkish Foreign Policy in the Post-Cold War Era
Vol. 1 No. 2: Deadline, May 1999, publication September 1999: A Survey on the Current State of Studies About Turkish Politics and Foreign Policy.
All issues will also include book reviews, documentation, and reviews of recent periodical literature.
We will seek listing in the International Political Science Abstracts, Social Science Index, the Public Affairs Information Service, and other relevant indices.
We welcome the following:
--People interested in participating in a direct way.
--Those interested in submitting articles or being reviewers.
--Suggestions and ideas for theme issues, articles, authors, features, and activities.
--Expressions of interest in being subscribers and suggestions of others whom we should contact.
We believe this will be a successful enterprise and urge all interested to cooperate in making this a useful, original, and exciting venture.
If you are potentially interested in a subscription or in participating, please write: <besa@mail.biu.ac.il>.
NEW FEATURE: MERIA RESEARCH GUIDE
MERIA is launching a new feature which we think would be of great use to our readers: the MERIA Research Guide. The concept is simple. We are asking experts on different countries and issues to write brief (200-400) word essays on the sites they find most valuable for researching a specific topic. We will be publishing these in MERIA News and putting them on our homepage. We also hope to send you the full list once a year. If you wish to volunteer for a specific topic, write <besa@mail.biu.ac.il>
MERIA BOOKS IN PRINT
We are still looking for chapters for projected MERIA books in print:
Current Issues in the Gulf (especially chapters on Iraq and Iran)
Contemporary Islamic Political Movements
If you have an idea to propose or a text to send, write: <besa@mail.biu.ac.il>.
BIBLIOGRAPHY: TURKISH-ISRAEL RELATIONS
We've had so many requests for information on this issue that we decided to compile a bibliography on the subject. We hope it's useful and invite additional entries.
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1. PUBLICATIONS OF INTEREST
Israel and the Arabs: The 50 Years' War by Ahron Bregman and Jihan El-Tahri. The authors draw on in-depth interviews with politicians, soldiers and journalists from 16 countries. $29.95. 448 pp. An accompanying series was produced by WGBH and PBS. <http://www.tvbooks.com/new/new.htm>.
The Political Opposition to the Islamic Republic in Post-Khatami Iran and The Iranian Ethnic and Religious Minorities by CAIS (Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies). <http://www.caisuk.com/reports.htm>.
IPCRI has published a new map series, "The Present and Future of Jerusalem: The Current Situation on the Ground and Current Future Plans." <http://www.ipcri.org/>.
"The Religious Dimensions of Israeli Political Life" by Kenneth Wald is available at:
<http://pro.harvard.edu/abstracts/33/3305KWald00000.html>.
"Israeli Preconditions for Palestinian Statehood" by Ze'ev Schiff. Schiff analyzes final status issues between Israel and the Palestinians, including borders, water, settlements, refugees and security. Washington Institute for Near East Policy. <http:www.washingtoninstitute.org>.
Peacewatch: Policywatch Anthology 1998 compiled and edited by the Washington Institute for Near East Policy examines events in the Middle East during 1998 from a variety of perspectives with contributions from Ehud Barak, Binyamin Netanyahu, Barry Rubin, Ibrahim Karawan, Itamar Rabinovitch, Youssef Boutros-Ghali, and many others. <http:www.washingtoninstitute.org>.
Human Rights Watch has published a very interesting 96-page report on censorship and restrictions to internet in the Middle East: <http://www.hrw.org/advocacy/internet/ mena/index.htm>.
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2. WEBSITES/GROUPS ONLINE
A. Gulf-related sites:
UAE Interact, news and books on the Emirates: <http://www.uaeinteract.com/homefrm.html>.
Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies publishes its Iran Briefings online at: <http://www.caisuk.com/almouj.htm>.
Gulf Center for Strategic Studies is now online: <http://www.gcss.org.uk>.
B. Israel
Azure, the quarterly by the Shalem Institute in Jerusalem, is online at: <http://www.shalem.org.il/azure/index.html>.
C. Palestinians
Palestinian Communities in Europe: <http://www.shaml.org/activities/workshop.html>.
"Dialogue on Palestinian State-Building and Identity" by PASSIA: <http://www.passia.org/publications/dialogue_series/pub_research_no_1.html>. Also from PASSIA: "Academic Seminar on Abraham: Abraham in the three Monotheistic Faiths" at: <http://www.passia.org/seminars/97/abraham.html>.
A comprehensive list of new sites on Palestinian issues: <http://bzu.mynet.net/links/new.html>
Middle East Children's Alliance home page is now online at: <http://www.igc.apc.org/meca/>. The Center for Arab Children's Literature now online: <http://www.tfcfairs.com/conf_details.htm>.
ARIJ (Applied Research Institute-Jerusalem) is now online at: <http://www.arij.org/index3.htm>.
A new site of news and other materials on Hamas: <http://www.palestine-info.net/index_e.htm>.
"The Country of Palestine" is at: <http://www.geocities.com/SouthBeach/Lagoon/8522/palestine.html>.
Essam Shasha's list of Palestinian organizations is online at: <http://www.toptown.com/office/holyland/palsorg.htm>.
PNA Ministry of Tourism & Antiquities has a new website at: <http://www.visit-palestine.com/>.
D. Other
A Libyan site in French has been updated to include links to opposition groups: <http://rafale.worldnet.net/~ijed/>. "Libya Our Home," with a link list, now online at: <http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/dr_ibrahim_ighneiwa/>.
NAIL (National Archives and Research Administration) has excellent Middle East resources: <http://www.nara.gov/nara/nail.html>.
Al-Akhawayn U in Ifrane, Morocco: <http://www.alakhawayn.ma/>.
The American Moroccan Forum (AMFOR): http://amfor.com/index1.htm
Arabist News is a 24-hour news-service: <http://www.arabist.com>.
National Security Council documents are now online at: <http://www.whitehouse.gov/WH/EOP/NSC/html/historical/).
British Political Studies Association (PSA) journal on international affairs: <http://www.blackwellpublishers.co.uk/asp/journal.asp?ref=1369-1481>.
Islamic Financial Data Services Limited (IFDS) Journal: <http://www.ifds.net>.
The Centre for World Dialogue in Cyprus is now online at: <http://www.worlddialogue.org/research.html>.
Arab Libertarian Forum is now online at: <http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/9906/>.
The Arab League's "model league": <http://192.203.180.62/index.html>.
The UN information system "On the Question of Palestine" has full documents from 1947 to the present at: <http://domino.un.org/UNISPAL.NSF>.
News about role-playing simulation of a Middle East conference via internet: <http://hardy.ocs.mq.edu.au/~control1/index.html>.
MidEast Web is now online at: <http://www.mideastweb.org>.
A new Kurdish site is online at: <http://www.humanrights.de/~kurdweb/>.
Shop for books online at: <http://www.BOL.com>.
Centre for Islamic and Middle Eastern Law (CIMEL) Lectures: <http://www.soas.ac.uk/Centres/IslamicLaw/Lectures.html>.
Columbia U Middle Eastern Studies special list of sites on "Israel/Palestine Relations":
<http://www.columbia.edu/cu/libraries/indiv/area/MiddleEast/peace.htm>.
A new website for books in Arabic published in Egypt by Al-Hadara Publishers is online at: http://www.hadara.com.eg.
EJIRA (Electronic Journal of International Conflict Analysis) published by U of Kent: <http://snipe.ukc.ac/international/ej.html>.
Middle East Times is now online at: <http://www.metimes.com/>. Yahoo has a new list with 441 university and other research libraries from around the world at:
http://dir.yahoo.com/Reference/Libraries/Academic_Libraries/.
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3. FREE SUBSCRIPTIONS TO E-MAIL PUBLICATIONS
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4. FUNDING/SCHOLARSHIPS/FELLOWSHIPS/WRITING OPPORTUNITIES
The American Institute of Iranian Studies (AIIrS) requests papers for its Third Biennial Conference on Iranian Studies in May, 2000. Deadline: September 30, 1999: <http://www.iranian-studies.org/abstractform.html>.
The Arab-U.S. Association for Communication Educators(AUSACE) requests papers for its fourth international conference in October. Deadline: August 15: <http://www.gsu.edu/ausace>.
MidEast Web seeks volunteers to provide articles, photos, music, movie shorts, links and translation services for their website. Contact: <webmaster@mideastweb.org>.
Postgrad studies at Durham U (UK) Centre for Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies (CMEIS): http://www.dur.ac.uk/~dme0www/pgrad01.html or contact Postgraduate Studies Director, Dr Emma Murphy, on emma.murphy@durham.ac.uk.
Dept of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies (AMES) U of Pennsylvania, on: http://www.sas.upenn.edu/ames/ or contact: moderski@sas.upenn.edu.
Kurdish Studies Program at Florida State U: <http://www.xs4all.nl/~tank/Kurdish/htdocs/announce/KSP.html> or contact: <Dr Salah Aziz at: saziz@mailer.fsu.edu>.
MA in Middle East Studies from U of Leeds (UK). See: <http://www.leeds.ac.uk/iis/melft.htm>.
German Middle East Studies Association for Contemporary Research and Documentation (DAVO) requests papers for its sixth annual congress. Deadline: November 2: <http://www.geo.uni-mainz.de/davo>
A new Turkish Studies program is being initiated at Tel-Aviv U's Moshe Dayan Center. See: <http://www.dayan.org>.
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5. RESEARCH QUERIES-PLEASE HELP
Linda d'Angelo <l-angelo@internet-zahav.net> seeks suggestions for sources on Saudi domestic and foreign policy in the 1980s, from the time of the Iran-Iraq war through the 1990-1991 Kuwait crisis.
Ami Isseroff <ami_iss@netvision.net.il> seeks websites containing historic documents, including UN resolutions, reports on events during the British mandate of Palestine; Maps for Wye and Hebron agreements; Israeli, Arab and PLO materials.
Bernt Jonsson <Bernt.Jonsson@Life-Peace.org> seeks information on Jewish settlers on the West bank and their views.
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6. SCHOLAR'S ALERTS
Palestine ma chirure by Michelle Parent. the biography of the late Sameeha Khalil, political activist and presidential candidate in the 1996 PA elections. In French, published by Alain Stank International (Quebec, Canada). To order: <Michell111@aol.com>.
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7. ANNOUNCEMENTS OF MEETINGS, CONFERENCES, LECTURES [This only lists new entries. For additional items, see MERIA News past issues on our homepage. We welcome submissions of events.]
4-5 August, Teheran, Iran, Institute for Iranian Contemporary Historical Studies conference: "Iranian Constitutional Revolution": <http://www.neda.net/iichs>.
2-4 September, London, England, British Institute of
Persian Studies conference: "The Qajar Epoch: Culture, Art & Architecture in Qajar Persia": <info@iranheritage.com>.
21-27 September, Fes, Morocco, U of Metz, conference: "Water and Society in the mountains of Morocco and the Pays Voisins": <http://www.ambafrance-ma.org/institut/Fesmek/index.htm>.
27-29 September, Ghent, Belgium, EURAMES conference. Contact Christopher Parker: <christopher.parker@ping.be> or Sami Zemni: <sami.zemni@rug.ac.be>.
26-27 October. Muscat, Oman. Al Bustan Palace Hotel, Oman - GCC Free Trade Zones Conference. Contact Dave Pender: oitex@gto.net.om. October, Middle East Institute conference. Details: <http://www.mideasti.org/html/annual.html>.
26-29 October, Beirut, Lebanon, Arab-U.S. Association for Communication Educators(AUSACE), Fourth Annual International Conference: <http://www.gsu.edu/ausace>.
October, Oxford U, Conference: "Palestinian Communities in Europe": http://www.shaml.org/activities/workshop.html.
November 7-8, U of Haifa, Israel conference: "Coexistence Education: Challenge without a Bias: Arabs and Jews in Israel." Prof. Rachel Hertz-Lazarowitz <rachelhl@construct.haifa.ac.il> or Dr. Tamar Zelniker <tamar@ccsg.tau.ac.il>.
19-22 November, Washington, DC, Middle East Studies Association of North America (MESA), annual conference and book exhibition: <http://w3fp.arizona.edu/mesassoc/MESA99/99hotel.htm>.
21-23 November, Gaza, Palestine, "Women's Fourth International Conference of the Gaza Community Mental Health Program (GCMHP). Contact Husam El-Nounou, Public Relations Coordinator, Gaza Community Mental Health Program, PO Box 1049, Gaza City, Palestine. <pr@gcmhp.net> or see: <http://www.gcmph.net>.
2-4 December, Hamburg, Germany, Sixth Annual Congress of the German Middle East Studies Association for Contemporary Research and Documentation (DAVO): <http://www.geo.uni-mainz.de/davo>.
December 1999, Harvard Model UN conference: <http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/~hmun/html99/main.html>.
December 1999: RIIA conference on the Middle East: <http://www.riia.org/Conferences/con>.
Political Studies Asociation (PSA) annual conference: <http://www.psa.ac.uk/2000/>.
May 25-28, 2000, Bethesda, MD, American Institute of Iranian Studies (AIIrS) Third Biennial Conference on Iranian studies. Registration deadline: October 1999. Registration and information: <http://www.iranian-studies.org/registform.html>.
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8. SPECIAL BIBLIOGRAPHY ON TURKEY-ISRAEL RELATIONS
We've had so many requests for information on this issue that we decided to compile a bibliography on the subject. We hope it's useful and invite additional entries.
Eisenstadt, Michael. "Policywatch No. 262: Turkish-Israeli Military Cooperation: An Assessment." The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, 24 July, 1997.
Gresh, Alain. "Turkish-Israeli-Syrian Relations and their Impact on the Middle East." Middle East Journal 52, no.2 (Spring 1998), 188-203.
Gruen, George. "Dynamic Progress in Turkish-Israeli Relations." Israel Affairs 1, no.4.
Leitmann-Santa Cruz, Joseph and Cagri Erdem. "Turkey: Benefiting from David's Army: Turkish-Israeli Defense Cooperation." The International Relations Journal (Winter 1997).
Lochery, Neil. "Israel and Turkey: Deepening Ties and Strategic Implications, 1995-98." Israel Affairs 5, no.1 (Fall 1998).
Makovsky, Alan. "Policywatch No. 292: Israeli-Turkish Cooperation: Full Steam Ahead." The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, 6 January, 1998.
________. "Israeli-Turkish Relations: A Turkish 'Periphery Strategy'?" In Reluctant Neighbor: Turkey's Role in the Middle East, ed. Henri Barkey, 147-170. Washington, D.C.: United States Institute of Peace, 1996.
________. "Policywatch No. 195: Turkish/Israeli Cooperation, the Peace Process, and the Region." The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, 26 April, 1996.
Muftuler-Bac, Meltem. "Turkey and Israel: A Strategic Realignment in the Middle East?" Paper presented at the 39th Annual Convention of the International Studies Association. Minneapolis, United States: 18-22 March 1998.
Nachmani, Amikam. BESA Security and Policy Studies No. 42: Turkey-Israel Strategic Partnership. Ramat Gan, Israel: The BESA Center for Strategic Studies, April 1999.
__________. "The Remarkable Turkish-Israeli Tie", Middle East Quarterly, Vol. 5 No. 2 June 1998.
Nomikos, John M. "Israel-Turkey Defense Relations: Will It Last?" Research Institute for European Studies, October 1996.
_________. "Looking Back to See Forward: Israeli-Turkey Defense Relations." Special Report, Research Paper No. 39. Research Institute for European Studies, July 1997.
Rubin, Barry. "Notes on Turkey-Israel Relations." Discussion paper for MERIA seminar. Middle East Review of International Affairs 7 (July 1997).
Sasley, Brent. "A Structural Reinterpretation of Power in the Middle East: Explanations and Implications of the Evolving Military Relationship Between Turkey and Israel." M.A. thesis, University of Manitoba, 1998. URL: <http://home.cc.umanitoba.ca/~umsasley
Yavuz, M. Hakan. "Turkish-Israeli Relations Through the Lens of the Turkish Identity Debate." Journal of Palestine Studies 27, no.1 (Autumn 1997), 22-37.
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