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Issue 12/August 2000
Editor, Prof. Barry Rubin
Assistant Editors, Linda Sharaby and Cameron Brown
Editorial Assistant: Ozgul Erdemli
Issue 12/August 2000
Editor, Prof. Barry Rubin
Assistant Editors, Linda Sharaby and Cameron Brown
Editorial Assistant: Ozgul Erdemli
CONTENTS
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IMPORTANT NEWS:
3. FREE SUBSCRIPTIONS TO E-MAIL PUBLICATIONS
4. FUNDING/SCHOLARSHIPS/FELLOWSHIPS/WRITING OPPORTUNITIES
5. RESEARCH QUERIES-PLEASE HELP
6. AUTHOR'S ALERTS (writers report on their books, articles, and activites)
7. ANNOUNCEMENTS OF MEETINGS, CONFERENCES, LECTURES
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS:
ANNOUNCING MERIA
JOURNAL, VOL. 4, NO. 3 (SEPTEMBER 2000)
We are glad to
announce the new issue of MERIA Journal, Vol. 4, No. 3 (September 2000).
Iran:
Democratic Struggle and Military Strategy
Ali Abootalebi, The Struggle for Democracy in the Islamic Republic of Iran
Seth
Carus, Iran and Weapons of Mass Destruction
After the Israeli Withdrawal from Lebanon:
Laura
Eisenberg, Israel's Lebanon Policy in a New Era
Eyal
Zisser, Hizballah: New Course or Continued Warfare?
Paul
Scham, Arab-Israeli Research Cooperation, 1995-1999
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1. PUBLICATIONS OF INTEREST
New
Publications from Lynne Rienner <http://www.rienner.com>,
<cservice@rienner.com>:
Joseph
Kostiner, "Middle East Monarchies: The Challenge of Modernity"; Ergun
Ozbudun, "Contemporary Turkish Politics:
Challenges to Democratic Consolidation" (Lynne Rienner, 2000); Abdo
Baaklini, Guilain Denoeux, and Robert Springborg, " Legislative Politics in
the Arab World: The Resurgence of Democratic Institutions."
Publications from the Washington Institute for Near East Policy
<http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/pubs/pp.htm>
(for MERIA discounts see our homepage): Monica Neal Hertzman, Alicia Gansz and
Levent Onar (eds.) "Peacewatch/ Policywatch, Anthology 1999: The Middle
East in Transition;" David Schenker, "Palestinian Democracy and
Governance: An Appraisal of the Legislative Council," Policy Papers No.51;
Joshua Teitelbaum, "Holier Than Thou: Saudi Arabia's Islamic
Opposition," Policy Papers No.52 and; Asher Susser, "Jordan: Case
Study of a Pivotal State," Policy Papers No.53.
Diana
Lobel, "Between Mysticism and Philosophy: Sufi Language of Religious
Experience in Judah Ha-Levi's Kuzari" (New York: State U of New York Press,
2000) <http://www.sunypress.edu>.
Stuart
A. Cohen (ed.), "Democratic Societies and Their Armed Forces: Israel in
Comparative Context" (Essex: Frank Cass Publishers, 2000) <browne@mail.biu.ac.il>
or <ksmith@frankcass.com>.
Heinz
Kramer, "A Changing Turkey: The Challenge to Europe and the United
States" (Brookings Ins. Press, 2000) <cjohson@brookings.edu>.
David
McDowall, "A Modern History of the Kurds," revised edition (London:
I.B. Tauris, 2000). <adeter@ibtauris.com>.
Lenore
Martin, "New Frontiers in the Middle East Security" (New York: St.
MartinÕs Press, 1999) <meredithhoward@stmartins.com>.
BESA
Bulletin, June 2000, No.11 is available upon request: <browne@mail.biu.ac.il>.
Journal
of Central Asian Studies, Vol. 2, No.2 (Formerly AACAR Bulletin), the publication of the
Association for the Advancement of Central Asian Research, is available: <www.geog.okstate.edu/journals/jcas/jcas.htm>.
2. WEBSITES/GROUPS ONLINE
A.
General
Results
of two polls assessing the mood of the Palestinian and Israeli people in
Mid-July, from CPRS and Steinmetz Center polls: <http://www.cprs-palestine.org>
<http://www.tau.ac.il/peace/Peace_Index/p_index.html>.
Forced
Migration Review, journal of the Refugee Studies Center, U. of Oxford (The
English version is free for students, refugees, and residents of developing
countries): <http://www.fmreview.org>.
The
official web site of the Democratic Party of Uzbekistan: <http://www.uzbekistanerk.org>.
The
CIA Report on the 1953 Iranian coup from the New York Times: <http://www.nytimes.com/library/world/mideast/iran-cia-intro.pdf>.
Sephardi
Connection site contains an interesting two-part discussion on SHAS - Myth or
Reality: <http://sephardiconnect.com>.
The
UNSCO Report on the Palestinian Economy (Spring 2000)
"Guide de Palestine sur web" contains more than 450 sites related to Palestine (in French): <http://www.ladocfrancaise.gouv.fr/cgi-bin/multitel/CATALDOC/texte_generique?repertoire=catalog&fichier=guide_palestine.htm>.
Renaissance, a monthly Islamic journal: <http://www.renaissance.com.pk>.
Yahoo
site listing Kurdish news: <http://headlines.yahoo.com/Full_Coverage/World/Kurdish_Issues>.
Latest News concerning Kurds: <http://www.kurdishmedia.com>.
B.
Research Centers/ Institutes
The
International Directory of Middle East Scholars (IDMES): <http://www.columbia.edu/cu/libraries/indiv/area/MiddleEast/directory.html>.
The Dinur Center for Research for Research in Jewish History: <http://www.hum.huji.ac.il/Dinur/Internetresources/Zionism.htm>.
Iranian
research and Documentary Institute of Moaserpajoohanhich: <http://www.moaserpajoohan.com>.To
become a member of this institute: <yazdani@moaserpajoohan.com>.
Eurasia
Strategic Studies Center-ASAM (in Turkish): <http://www.avsam.org>.
The Near East - South Asia Center for Strategic Studies (Washington): <www.nesa-center.org>, <info@nesa-center.org>.
The Institute of Druze Studies (IDS): <http://www.druzestudies.org>.
Central
Asian Bulletin at the site of the International Eurasian Institute for Economic
and Political Research:<http://iicas.org>.
C. Camp David Sites:
Israel
Embassy, USA, has nice Camp David page: <http://www.israelemb.org/summit-camp_david/homepage.htm>.
The
Camp David Summit Ð Israel MFA Website, Special Section: <http://www.mfa.gov.il/mfa/go.asp?MFAH0hls0>.
The
Mid East Summit at Camp David Ð US State Department Website: <http://www.state.gov/www/regions/nea/cdavid_summit.html>
The
Camp David Summit - Haaretz, Special Section: <http://www2.haaretz.co.il/special/summit-e>.
Camp
David 2000 - CNN Specials
<http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2000/campdavid2000>.
The
Drive for Middle East Peace Ð BBC News: <http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/in_depth/middle_east/2000/mideast_peace_process/default.stm>.
Will
A Dove Revisit Camp David? Ð CBS News:
<http://cbsnews.cbs.com/now/story/0,1597,213592-412,00.shtml>.
'Summit Day' - ABC News: <http://www.abcnews.go.com/sections/world/DailyNews/mideast000711.html
3. FREE SUBSCRIPTIONS TO E-MAIL PUBLICATIONS
Turkish Daily News, Turkey's only English language daily, distributes the Electronic Version Headlines free of charge when the Website of the Turkish Daily News is updated. Subscribe: <TDN_Headlines-subscribe@egroups.com>.
4. FUNDING/SCHOLARSHIPS/FELLOWSHIPS/WRITING OPPORTUNITIES
Call
for papers for the 19th Annual CIRA Conference (April 28-29,2001; U of Toronto,
Ontario, Canada) on " Iran: Between Tradition and Modernity." All
topics related to Iran, the Middle East, and Central Asia are encouraged:
Economy and economic policy, Women issues, Politics and political systems,
Literature, Social sciences and Social issues, Arts, Philosophy, Film, History,
Environment, Linguistics, Anthropology, Technology. Deadline: December 15, 2000.
<rjahanbe@chass.utoronto.ca>,
<www.irantoronto.com/cira>,
and <http://www.dac.neu.edu/cira>.
The Department of English at the University of Kuwait calls for papers for an international conference on "Aesthetic Encounters" (17-19 March, 2001). Papers on critical efforts/models seeking mediation and/or a counter discourse between classical Arabic literary theories and structuralist/ poststructuralist western theories are especially welcome. Overall aim is to open a multidimensional perspective on critical theorization in the non-western world. Deadline: November 30, 2000. <piers@kuc01.kuniv.edu.kw>.
International
Journal of Central Asian Studies (IJCAS) calls for papers on the linguistics,
literature, culture, history, archeology and sociology of Central Asia. Deadline
for Vol. 5: August, 30 2000.<iacd@chollian.net>,
<http://www.centralasia.org>.
The
Mediterranean Programme of the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies at the
European University Institute (Florence, Italy) calls for papers for its Second
Mediterranean Social and Political Research Meeting
(March 21 - 25, 2001). Deadline for applications for workshop proposals:
June 2, 2000, Deadline: September 29, 2000. <http://www.iue.it/RSC/MED/meeting2001.htm>,
<medmeet@iue.it>.
The
Center for Research on the Arab World (CERAW) at the U. of Mainz (Germany) calls
for participation in an interdisciplinary research network and a workshop on ÒBusiness
Activities of Migrants from the Middle East,Ó during the DAVO Conference
(October, 12-14). <r.puetz@geo.uni-mainz.de>.
Journal
of Central Asian Studies calls for articles. <hreuel@okstate.edu>,
<www.geog.okstate.edu/journals/jcas/jcas.htm>.
The Global Security and Cooperation Program of the Social Science Research Council invites applications for its fellowship and grants. The Fellowship on Conflict, Peace, & Social Transformations provides 1-2 years of support for training and research at the doctoral and professional levels. Deadline: January 12, 2001. Grants for Research Collaboration in Conflict Zones are for a period up to 6 months and focus on countries experiencing longstanding or widespread conflict. Deadline: February 1, 2001. Both competitions are open to scholars, activists, and practitioners. <gsc@ssrc.org>, <http://www.ssrc.org>.
The
International Association for the Study of Persian-speaking Societies (IASPS)
announces the continuation of its Travel Fellowship Program through the year
2000. Travel Fellowships are available for scholars and researchers from Iran to
take part in academic and cultural conferences and conventions in the United
States. The conditions for eligibility are engagement in teaching or research in
the humanities or social sciences and an invitation or acceptance of a paper
from the sponsors of the conference to be attended. Fax: (212) 854-2566
5. RESEARCH QUERIES-PLEASE HELP
Adrienne
Whitby <Adrienne.Whitby@anu.edu.au>
wants to find out more information concerning the spat between Iran and Turkey
over the production and export of opium in both Iran and Turkey during the late
1960s, especially how the dispute in 1969 came to being and how it was settled.
(In 1955 Iran had introduced a law which prohibited the production and sale of
opium, and in1969 the Iranian government accused Turkey of allowing the
clandestine export of opium into Iran.)
Lawrence
Joffe's <Lawrence.joffe@virgin.net>
reply to Mordechai Haller's <msfoxbat@mscc.huji.ac.il>
query in Meria News, Volume 4, Issue 10 (June 2000) about Hamas and Hizballah:
Books
on Hamas: Esther Webman, Anti-semitism motifs in the ideology of Hizballah and
HamasÓ (ASIN: 9652225924); Shaul Mishal and Avraham Sela, The Palestinian
HamasÓ (Columbia Univ Pr; ISBN: 0231116756); Andrea Nusse, Muslim Palestine:
The Ideology of HamasÓ (Harwood Academic Pub.; ISBN: 9057023342); Samuel M.
Katz, The Hunt for the Engineer: How Israeli Agents Tracked the Hamas Master
BomberÓ (ISBN: 0880642432); Essays on Hamas: Eyal Zisser, Hizballah in
Lebanon - At the CrossroadsÓ and Menachem Klein, ÒCompeting Brothers: The Web
of Hamas-PLO RelationsÓ in Issue 8.2 of Terrorism and Political Violence and
Bruce Maddy-Weizman and Efraim Inbar, Religious Radicalism in the Greater
Middle EastÓ (Frank Cass Pub.; ISBN: 9780714643267); Khalil Shikaki, Peace
Now or Hamas LaterÓ (Foreign Affairs 77:29-43 July-August 1998); Meir Litvak, The Islamization of the Palestinian-Israel Conflict: The Case of HamasÓ
(Middle Eastern Studies 34:148-163 January 1998);
Books
on Hezbollah: Hala Jaber, Hezbollah,Ó (Columbia Univ Pr; ISBN: 0231108346).
Martin S. Kramer, ÒHezbollah's vision of the WestÓ (Washington Institute For
Near East Policy; ISBN: 0944029019); Magnus Ranstorp, Hizb'Allah in Lebanon:
The Politics of the Western Hostage CrisisÓ (St. Martins Press; ISBN:
0312164912); William W. Harris, Faces of Lebanon: Sects, Wars, and Global
ExtensionsÓ (Markus Wiener Pub; ISBN: 1558761152).
WEBPAGES on Hamas and Hezbollah:
Hizballah
- Party of God: <http://almashriq.hiof.no/lebanon/300/320/324/324.2/hizballah>.
Unofficial Hamas website: <http://www.hamas.org>.
Official
Hezbollah website - press office:
Moqawama
(Islamic Resistance Support Association) page - for Hezbollah: <http://www.moqawama.org/page2/main.htm>.
Hamas divided against itselfÓ gives explicit data on connections between the (Meshal wing of the) group and Hezbollah: <http://www.meib.org/articles/9906_me2.htm>.
Accounts
of fund-raising for Hamas and Hezbollah in the USA:
Foundation
for Democracy in Iran says Iran gives money to both Hamas and
Iran's
ties to Osama Bin Laden, Hezbollah and Palestinian Islamic Jihad:
Mario's Cyberspace Station: Pages on Hizb'allah and Hamas: <http://mprofaca.cro.net/news062a.html>.
Long
Michael Eisenstadt testimony given in 1998 on Iranian connections to
Claims
of little co-operation between Hezbollah and Hamas:
A. Nizar Hamzeh, ÒIslamism In Lebanon: A GuideÓ (MERIA Volume 1, No. 3 - September 1997 : <http://www.biu.ac.il/SOC/besa/meria/journal/1997/issue3/jv1n3a2.html>.
Habib
C. Malik, ÒIs There Still A Lebanon?Ó:
News report on Hizbullah supporters arrested in USA (21/7/00): <http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20000721/ts/crime_hizbollah_dc_7.html>.
Ely
Karmon, ÒHamas' Terrorism Strategy: Operational Limitations and Political
Ehud Ya'ari, ÒFocus on Hamas - the PLO's friend or foe?Ó: <http://www.ict.org.il/articles/focus_hamas.htm>.
6. SCHOLAR'S AND AUTHOR'S ALERTS
Konuralp
Pamukcu, <konuralp@mail.utexas.edu>
presents, in his "Water Politics" (Istanbul: Baglam Publications, June
2000, in Turkish) an interdisciplinary analysis that assesses ecological,
economical and political dimensions of water conflicts in international river
and lake basins in general, and in the Euphrates, Tigris and Jordan river Basins
in particular. The book not only identifies the complexity of environmental
issues and necessity of an interdisciplinary perspective for thorough solutions
but also delineates a set of possible projects to this end. In regard to the
water scarcity in the Middle East, Pamukcu explores a wide range of
possibilities for a water-related cooperation between Turkey, Jordan, the
Palestinian Authority and Israel which includes regional water data bank, water
bank, water market, re-use of urban wastewater, development of sustainable
agricultural methods and food trade as instruments of demand-side water
management; and desalination, transfer of the Manavgat waters as instruments of
supply-side water management.
Ada
Aharoni <ada@microdan.co.il>, Mike
Scheidemann, and Judith Zilberstein (eds.) have published ÒNew Waves Galim
2000: A Peace Culture AnthologyÓ (in English and Hebrew, and some Arabic). It
includes among others, articles on Conflict Resolution and Peace Education, by
Anan Kofi, Shimon Peres, Yossi Sarid, A.B. Yehoshua, an interview with Nobel
Prize Laureate Saul Bellow, International Peace Poetry and Stories, and material
on IFLAC: The International Forum for the Culture of Peace. The anthology is
recommended for courses of Peace Studies in universities, colleges and schools,
as well as for the large public.
David
Bartram's <dbartram@haverford.edu>
dissertation "Foreign Labor and
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.]
August 2, US, Washington, D.C., Lecture by Ehud Sprinzak on ÒFinal Status as the Last Stand? Prospects for Jewish Violence in the Face of Peace,Ó 12.00-1.00 pm, MEI Boardman Room, 1761 N Street NW, Washington, D.C. <mideasti@mideasti.org>.
August
3-6, Scotland, conference on ÒThe Spirit of the Millennium: 17th Annual
Symposium of the Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi society,Ó Chisholme House. <www.ibnarabisociety.org>,
<101342.2232@compuserve.com>.
August
9, US, Washington, DC. , Lecture by Leonard B. Zuza on ÒThe Price of Peace,Ó
12.00-1.00 pm, MEI Boardman Room, 1761 N Street NW, Washington, D.C. <mideasti@mideasti.org>.
August
30-SeptembEr 1, Durham, UK, conference ÒSudan: Past, Present and Future,Ó U.
of Durham. <justin.willis@durham.ac.uk>.
September 4-6, Bristol, UK, conference,
Religion and Societ in Qajar
Iran,Ó U. of Bristol. <r.m.gleave@bristol.ac.uk>.
September 8-10, San Diego, U.S., conference "Immigrant Religious
Communities: Ideas and Identities," the Institute of Druze Studies (IDS),
and Department of Religious Studies and the Society for the Academic Study of
Religion at San Diego State U. <ids@druzestudies.org>.
September 14-16, Sicily, Italy, conference "The Heritage of the 20. Century in the Middle East"Ó the Italian Society for Middle Eastern Studies (SeSaMo). <sesamo@unifi.it>.
September
26, Istanbul, Turkey, conference ÒGas & Power in TurkeyÓ sponsored by IBC
Global Conferences Ltd., Ceylan Inter-Continental Hotel. <http://www.americanturkishcouncil.org>.
October
4-8, Berlin, Germany, 7th Congress of the International Association of Middle
Eastern studies (IAMES), "State of the Art and New Perspectives in Middle
Eastern Studies"Ó <iames@zedat.fu-berlin.de>, <www.fu-berlin.de/iames>.
November 9-10, Ramallah, West Bank, conference on ÒPolitical Culture and the Transition to Democracy,Ó The Palestinian Institute for the Study of Democracy, Muwatin. <http://www.muwatin.org>.
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