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Issue 6/April 2001
Editor, Prof. Barry Rubin
Assistant Editors,
Cameron Brown, Elisheva Rosman-Stollman.
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CONTENTS
IMPORTANT NEWS
1. PUBLICATIONS OF INTEREST
2. WEBSITES/GROUPS ONLINE
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:
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1. PUBLICATIONS OF INTEREST
A. Books
Richard Sokolsky, Stuart Johnson, and F. Stephen Larrabee,
Persian Gulf Security:
Improving Military Contributions (RAND, 2001). $20.00 paperback, ISBN
0-8330-2910-X. The full text available at:
<http://www.rand.org/publications/MR/MR1245/>. All contents below are
free, downloadable PDF files.
Reason, Freedom, and Democracy in Islam: Essential Writings of
Abdolkarim Soroush, (translated, edited, and with a critical
introduction by Mahmoud Sadri and Ahmad Sadri). (Oxford University
Press, 2000).
Parvin Alizadeh, ed. "The Economy of Iran: The Dilemmas of an
Islamic State" I.B. Taurus, St. Martin's Press.
B. Journals, Newsletters, Papers
Michael Eisenstadt "Russian Arms and Technology Transfers to
Iran: Challenges for the United States" in the March 2001 issue of Arms
Control Today, <http://www.armscontrol.org/ACT/March01/eisenstadt.html>.
The Journal of Iranian Research and Analysis's current issue
includes Scott Harrop "R. K. Ramazani: Life, Work, and Legacy"; Daniela
Meier "A 'Neutral Perspective': Switzerland's Role in the Iranian Oil
Crisis (1951-1953)"; Hossein Shahidi "The BBC Persian Service,
1940-1953, and the Nationalization of Iranian Oil"; Hassan A. Ronaghy
"Major Source of Air Pollution in Iranian Cities"; Bahareh Sharghi
"Iranian-American Adolescents' Self-Concept". The issue also includes
numerous book reviews, including John Limbert, Henry Precht, Gary Sick,
and Hamid Zangeneh on Massoumeh Ebtekar, Takeover in Tehran: The Inside
Story of the 1979 US Embassy Capture. To order
<http://www.muse.widener.edu/~hxz0001/JIRA_list.html>
<kdadkhah@lynx.dac.neu.edu>
Recent publications by the Western Policy Center
<http://www.westernpolicy.org> include: Harry Dinella, "Imia, NATO, and
Alpha Centauri"
<http://www.westernpolicy.org/publications/reports/2001/b/standpoint.asp>
and Paul Glastris "Turkey's Armenian Quagmire: The Campaign on Genocide"
<http://www.westernpolicy.org/publications/reports/2001/b/inside_track.asp>.
Latest developments on Southeastern Europe in "Strategic Regional
Report"
by Susan Spencer, and economic developments in the "Regional Integration
Index" <http://www.westernpolicy.org/publications/reports/2001/b/rii.asp>
There is a transcript of the October 2000 conference on
"Greece-U.S. Relations: The Generation Ahead"
<http://www.westernpolicy.org/programs/forums/20001013/index.asp>,
and
the March 2, 2000 conference "Greece in Southeastern Europe: The New
Century,"
<http://www.westernpolicy.org/programs/forums/new_century/index.asp>
The Political Studies and Public Administration Dept. At the
American University of Beirut has abstracts for the following research
projects conducted by various faculty: The applicability of the
Ombudsman institution in Lebanon, Local government and municipal reform
in Lebanon, Administrative ethics and morality in Lebanon, Environmental
laws and regulations in Lebanon, Options for administrative reform in
Lebanon, Contribution to the theories of administrative disruption, The
future of Islamic movements in Lebanon, The Ahbash of Lebanon: a Sufi
response to political Islam, The role of Hizbullah in conflict
management within Lebanon's Shi'ite community, and more.
<http://www.aub.edu.lb/aub-online/research/as/pspa_projects.html>
2. WEBSITES/GROUPS ONLINE
A. General:
Journal of Arabic and Islamic Studies: <http://www.uib.no/jais/jais.htm>
or
<http://enlil.ff.cuni.cz/jais/jais.htm>
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) site highlighting
civil rights abuses:
<http://www.cpj.org/attacks00/pages_att00/country_index.html>
There is
also an overview of Middle East:
<http://www.cpj.org/attacks00/mideast00/mideast.html>
Regional map and maps on individual countries, includes links and
statistics: <http://www.graphicmaps.com/webimage/countrys/me.htm>
Al-Bawaba, a Bi-Lingual Middle Eastern portal, includes news
items and an online information database: <http://www.albawaba.com>
Official UN mission for the referendum in Western Sahara, incl.
stats, background, etc.
<http://www.un.org/Depts/DPKO/Missions/minurso/minurso.pdf>
B. Democracy and Constitutions
LibanVote, a detailed Lebanese election archive including data
since the first Lebanese Parliament (1927):
<http://libanvote.com/lebanese9296/>
Election Resources on the Internet, with links to relevant sites
throughout the world: <http://electionresources.org>
University of Wuerzburg, Germany, Index to Israel's Basic
(Constitutional) Laws: <http://www.uni-wuerzburg.de/law/is__indx.html>
Basic Guidelines of the new Israeli Government:
<http://www.us-israel.org/jsource/Politics/2001guide.html>
Law Library of Congress - Israel links:
<http://memory.loc.gov/glin/israel.html>
Law Library of Congress - Egypt
<http://memory.loc.gov/glin/egypt.html>
The Egyptian 2000 parliamentary elections:
<http://www.ahram.org.eg/weekly/archives/2000elec/index.htm>
C. Persian Gulf
A recently declassified CIA study of the 1980 CIA operation to
smuggle out of Iran six U.S. embassy employees who had been hiding in
the Canadian embassy:
<http://www.cia.gov/csi/studies/winter99-00/art1.html>.
The Iranian, an interesting daily newspaper:
<http://www.iranian.com>
Gulf States Newsletter (subscription only, but has some free
information, including basic economic, political, geographical and
social data): <www.gulfstatesnews.com>
Guide to Bahrain - including Government and Politics:
<http://www.albahrain.net>
History of the Kuwait-Iraq Border Dispute:
<http://www.kuwait-info.org/Home/fact_sheets/Kuwait_s_Border_with_Iraq/
kuwait_s_border_with_iraq.html>
Saudi Arabia's Foreign Ministry: <http://www.mofa.gov.sa>
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kuwait: <http://www.mofa.org>
The Kuwait Information Office, Washington DC, includes Current
Issues, Newsroom, FAQs, Factsheets, The Gulf War POWs, Scholars
Corner: <http://www.kuwait-info.org>
Kuwaiti National Assembly: <http://www.kna.org.kw>
Emirates News Agency (English):
<http://www.wam.org.ae/e_main.htm>
Saudi Press Agency (Arabic): <http://www.spa.gov.sa>,
English
press releases:
<http://www.spa.gov.sa/html/sps_enews.htm>
Links to various Saudi institutions:
<http://www.spa.gov.sa/html/spa_esites.htm>
D. Israel and the Palestinians
Israel Insider, news and opinion pieces by rightwing, leftwing,
religious and secular authors: <http://www.israelinsider.com>
American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise (AICE), Myths & Facts
Online -- A Guide to the Arab-Israeli Conflict:
<http://www.us-israel.org/jsource/myths/mftoc.html>.
Site on the city of Ramallah, with links to its history, council,
culture, resort, and more. <http://www.ramallah-city.org/index.html>
Jerusalem Archives, covers 1838-1967, includes maps and
documents. <http://www.jerusalem-archives.org/index1.html>
Al Quds Open University (QOU)
<http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Parthenon/7692/index1.html>
Palestinians links: <http://www.arabji.com/Palestine/govt.htm>
YAP - Young Arab Programme: <http://www.theyap.org>
3. FREE SUBSCRIPTIONS TO E-MAIL PUBLICATIONS
EurasiaNet provides news about the Central Asian and the
Caucasus. Exclusive analysis articles are posted every day on the
website, providing insight into key issues, such as the Islamic
insurgency in Central Asia, drug trafficking originating in Afghanistan
and the ongoing efforts to develop natural resources and build pipelines
in the Caspian Basin. EurasiaNet also covers developments in Iran,
Mongolia and Turkey. Go to EurasiaNet's homepage and type your email
address into the subscriber box. As a subscriber, you will be sent
automatically a weekly update of all news and analysis articles posted
on EurasiaNet. <http://wwweurasianet.org>
4. FUNDING/SCHOLARSHIPS/FELLOWSHIPS/WRITING OPPORTUNITIES
Middle East Institute of Columbia University (the home of Gulf
2000) has compiled a list of internships, summer jobs, and employment
opportunities for students of the Middle East.
<http://sipa.columbia.edu/REGIONAL/mei/internships.shtml>.
To list your
organization, write <ggs2@columbia.edu>
The Center for Middle Eastern Studies at Harvard invites
applications for the Ehsan Yarshater Visiting Fellowship in Iranian
Studies, established to promote research in Iranian languages,
literatures, religions, history, sociology, anthropology, art, and
archaeology. The fellowship is to encourage scholars from Iran who are
several years beyond the Ph.D. There is a stipend of $40,000 for the
2001-2002 academic year. Deadline: April 30, 2001.
<mideast@fas.harvard.edu>
The Carnegie Council on Ethics and International Affairs will
sponsor up to five non-residential Fellows for the program year
September 2001 - June 2002. The program is open to junior scholars,
educators, writers and policy practitioners engaged in work related to
the moral dimensions of international affairs. All fellows must be
fluent in English. Fellowship proposals must show a clear linkage to one
of the Carnegie Council's ongoing research themes: Human Rights,
Environmental Values, The Future of Conflict Prevention, Justice and the
World Economy, History and the Politics of Reconciliation. Deadline:
March 30, 2001. For further information, and to download applications:
<http://www.carnegiecouncil.org/programs/callfellows.html>
or e-mail:
<fellows@cceia.org>.
The Mediterranean Programme of the Robert Schuman Centre for
Advanced Studies <lotta.svantesson@iue.it>
<http://www.iue.it/RSC/MED>
announces: 1) the Third Mediterranean Programme Summer School that will
be held in Florence, 9-19 July, 2001. Deadline for Applications: April
29, 2001. <http://www.iue.it/RSC/MED/Med-summer2001.htm>
2) The Third
Mediterranean Social and Political Research Meeting will be held in
Florence 20-24 March, 2002. Deadline for Applications: June 8, 2001
<http://www.iue.it/RSC/MED/meeting2002/Welcome.html>
The Council for International Exchange of Scholars announces the
March 1, 2001 opening of the competition for Fulbright Scholar awards
for university lecturing and advanced research during the 2002-03
academic year. Awards are available for U.S. citizens who are college
and university faculty or practicing professionals for projects in most
countries of the Middle East and North Africa. Deadline for receipt of
applications: August 1, 2001. For further information:
<http://www.cies.org> or contact Gary L. Garrison; Assistant Director,
Asia/Middle East; Council for International Exchange of Scholars; 2007
Tilden St., NW; Washington, DC 20008; tel: 202-686-4019;
<ggarrison@cies.iie.org>.
Fulbright competition for 2002-03 for scholars from the Gulf
states conducting research in the US each year. Scholars can be placed
at any university in the US, travel to give presentations or participate
in conferences during their stay in the US will receive funding. Also
available, the Fulbright Senior Specialist Program Short-Term
Opportunities for U.S. Scholars and Professionals. Short-term Fulbright
grants of two to six weeks, and the ability to undertake different types
of activities. For further information:
<http://www.iie.org/cies/vs_scholars/vs_dir.htm>
<fulspec@cies.iie.org>
First call for papers for the Second Annual Conference of the
Central Eurasian Studies Society, October 11-14, 2001 to be held at the
University of Wisconsin-Madison. Call is for the submission of paper
proposals, and proposals for pre-organized panels, that concern Central
Asian and Central Eurasian studies. These include: history, languages,
cultures, and modern states and societies of the Turkic, Mongolian,
Iranian, Caucasian, Tibetan and other peoples of the Black Sea region,
the Crimea, the Caucasus, the Middle Volga region, Central and Inner
Asia and Siberia, and teaching and research about these topics and area.
Abstracts of 150-250 words and conference registration must be submitted
by May 15, 2001. <http://www.wisc.edu/creeca>
<creeca@intl-institute.wisc.edu>
or <sosabol@newmail.uncc.edu>.
For
Abstracts from 2000 Conference <http://www.fas.harvard.edu/cess>
The British Society for Middle Eastern Studies (BRISMES) is
offering an annual MA scholarship for taught Master's study at a UK
institution. The MA program can be in any discipline but should include
a majority component specifically relating to the Middle East.
Preference will be given to candidates resident in the European Union,
and to institutions who are members of BRISMES (academic institutional
membership can be obtained for 150 pound sterling). Deadline: 30 June
2001. For more info and application <g.nonneman@lancaster.ac.uk>
5. RESEARCH QUERIES-PLEASE HELP
Oliver Martin <ojbmartin@hotmail.com>
is looking for a guide of
resources for the relationship between the EU and the State of Israel.
6. SCHOLAR'S AND AUTHOR'S ALERTS (writers report on their books, articles,
and
activities)
Leonard Stone, "The International Politics of Central Eurasia"
has been published on the internet. The book covers developments in
Eurasian studies, the roles of Russia, the West, Iran, and Turkey in the
region, the Caucasus and Central Asia, the various conflicts in the
region (Armenia-Azerbaijan, Chechnya), Central Asia, and Theorizing
Eurasia. <http://leonardstone.8m.com>
<la_stone99@yahoo.com>
Turkish Jewish Encounters: Studies on Turkish Jewish Relations
Through the Ages, Edited by Mehmet Tutuncu, ISBN 90-804409-4-9, approx.
350 pages. $45 + $10 postage. From the first meeting in the start of the
dark Middle Ages where the Turkish Khazar Kaghans converted to Judaism
into modern times Turks and Jews have enjoyed periods of remarkable
close ties. This multi-faceted relationship is the subject of the
studies in this book. These relations were always a contrast to the
experience of Jews in Western Europe. Five facets of Turkish Jewish
interactions are explored: Khazar Myth and Realities, Karaims and
Crimea, Ottoman Empire, Sabbatean Experience, World War II. For more
info, see <http://www.euronet.nl/users/sota/turkjew.htm>
To order
<sota@wanadoo.nl>
Lorne Shirinian, "Survivor Memoirs of the Armenian Genocide"
(Reading, England: Taderon Press, 1999) ISBN 0-9535191-4-7; "Quest for
Closure: The Armenian Genocide and the Search for Justice in Canada"
(Kingston, Ontario: Blue Heron Press, 2000), ISBN 0-920266-16-9;
"Writing Memory: The Search for Home in Armenian Diaspora Literature as
Cultural Practice" (Kingston, Ontario: Blue Heron Press, 2001) ISBN
0-920266-22-3; Titles can be seen and purchased through:
<http://www.blueheronpress.ca>
Daniel Brumberg, "Reinventing Khomeini: The Struggle for Reform in Iran" (University
of Chicago Press). Deploying the analytical tools of new
institutionalist analysis, the book traces the "deep" ideological and
symbolic roots of the reform movement in Iran. For more information
<brumberg@georgetown.edu>
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.]
April 18. A Conversation with Mr. Ahmad Al-Kibsi, visiting
diplomat from the Foreign Ministry of Yemen about "The Developing
Democractic Process in Yemen" (in Arabic).
<http://www.alhewar.com/newevents.html>
<alhewar@alhewar.com>
April 25. A Conversation with Mr. Mazhar Samman, Vice President
of the National US-Arab Chamber of Commerce about "How to Energize the
Arab Common Economy" (in Arabic).
<http://www.alhewar.com/newevents.html>
<alhewar@alhewar.com>
April 27-28, 2001. Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey. Conference
on "Political Parties, Civil, Society, and Democracy." Co-sponsored by
the journal Turkish Studies (Editor: Professor Barry Rubin) and the
Center of Turkish Politics and History at Bilkent University (Director:
Professor Metin Heper). Speakers include: Metin Heper, Barry Rubin,
Birol Yesilada, Feride Acar, Alev Cinar, Ersin Kalaycioglu, Umit Cizre,
Ayse Gunes-Ayata, C.H.Dodd, Canan Aslan, Ayse Kadioglu, Ayse Bugra,
Nukhet Sirman, Fuat Keyman, Nukhet Sirman, Ahmet Icduygu. Conference
Room 130, Faculty of Economics, Administrative, and Social Sciences,
Bilkent University, 06533 Bilkent, Turkey. For further information:
Professor Metin Heper. Tel.+(90-312) 290-1929; 0 532 255 8166; Fax:
+(90-312) 290-2742; email: <heper@bilkent.edu.tr>.
May 1-2, 2001. A conference on Iranian Foreign Policy in the
Era of Detente at the Centre for Iranian Studies (CMEIS) University of
Durham. <Ali.Ansari@durham.ac.uk>
October 12-14, 2001. Wilton Park, Wiston House hosts a conference
on "Iran: future policies" <www.wiltonpark.org.uk>
<isobelle.jaques@wiltonpark.org.uk>
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in Cambridge University's Index Islamicus. Staff: Editor: Barry Rubin; Assistant Editors: Cameron Brown, Elisheva Rosman-Stollman. London
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