Issue 10/August 2003 

Publisher and Editor, Prof. Barry Rubin 

Assistant Editors, Cameron Brown, Elisheva Rosman-Stollman, Joy Pincus, Ehud Waldoks

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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 NEWS: 

MERIA JOURNAL

The September 2003 issue of MERIA Journal will be out shortly and sent to all subscribers. The following articles will appear: Isabella Ginor, The Cold War's Longest Cover-Up: How and Why the USSR Instigated the Six-Day War; Michael Laskier, A Difficult Inheritance: Moroccan Society under King Muhammad VI; Nimrod Raphaeli, Economic and Social Performance under the Saudi Oligarchy; Robert Looney, Bean Counting in Baghdad: Debt, Reparations, Reconstruction, and Resources; Zach Levey, Israel's Entry to Cyprus, 1959-1963: Diplomacy and Strategy in the Eastern Mediterranean; Bessma Momani, Promoting Economic Liberalization in Egypt; Gokhan Cetinsaya, Essential Friends and Natural Enemies: A Glance at the Historical Roots of Turkish-Iranian Relations; Babak Rahimi, Cyberdissent: The Internet in Revolutionary Iran.

GLORIA BOOK

Coming this fall:  Barry Rubin and Judith Colp Rubin, "Yasir Arafat: A Political Biography" (Oxford University Press, 2003).  Yasir Arafat stands as one of the most resilient, recognizable and controversial political figures of modern times. The object of unrelenting suspicion, steady admiration and endless speculation, Arafat has occupied the center stage of Middle East politics for almost four decades. Yasir Arafat is the most comprehensive political biography of this remarkable man. U.S. orders:  ISBN:  0195166892.  $27.50 HB, Publication date:  September 15, 2003.  Preorder:   <http://www.oup-usa.org/search/jsp/docread.jsp?k2dockey=http://www.oup-usa.org/isbn/0195166892.html@oup&querytext=yasir+arafat>   Orders in the UK: Continuum Books:  ISBN 082647232X, £18.99 HB, Publication date: October 20, 2003 Preorder:  <LTaylor@continuumbooks.com>

GLORIA CONFERENCE

The Global Research in International Affairs (GLORIA) Center presents an international conference entitled:  Anti-Americanism.  The conference will be held from September 16 – 18 on the campus of the Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) in Herzliya, Israel.  Topics will include, among others: Anti-Americanism (AA) and Europe, AA and the Middle East, Uses, Roots and Branches of AA, and Regional Attitudes in Latin America, Russia and the Arab world.  There will be an opening banquet and reception on the first night, and the conference will open and conclude with open roundtable discussions.  Admission is free, please reserve your space.  For a full lineup of panelists, and to make your reservation, write to <gloria@idc.ac.il> or call 972 9 960 2736.

1. PUBLICATIONS OF INTEREST

A. Books

     H. G. Brauch, P. H. Liotta, , A. Marquina, P. F. Rogers, M. E.-S. Selim (eds.), Security and Environment in the Mediterranean Conceptualising Security and Environmental Conflicts (Springer Verlag, 2003). 1162 pp. 70 pounds (hardcover). ISBN: 3-540-40107-5. For further information: <http://www.afes-press.de/html/bk_book_of_year.html>. To order: <http://www.springer.de/cgi/svcat/search_book.pl?isbn=3-540-40107-5> .

     F. Behnam and K. Behrooz (eds.), Iran Almanac 2003 (Twenty Second Edition) (The Echo of Iran, 2003). 630 pp. $90. ISBN: 964-93833-8-7. For further information and to order: <support@iranalmanac.com>; <info@iranalmanac.com>.

     Mustafa Ozbilgin and Diana Woodward, Banking and Gender: Sex Equality in the Financial Services in Britain and Turkey (IB Tauris, 2003). ISBN: 1860649483. To order: <http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/1860649483/onthewebcom-21/202-8014427-3599005>     .

B. Journals, Newsletters. Papers

     Islamic Law and Society (Vol. 10, No. 2), is now available at: <http://www.ingentaselect.com/rpsv/cw/brill/09289380/v10n2/contp1-1.htm>.

     Die Welt des Islams (Vol. 43, No. 2), is now available at: <http://www.ingentaselect.com/rpsv/cw/brill/00432539/v43n2/contp1-1.htm>.

     The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), First Independent Review of Iraq Reconstruction, Requested by the Pentagon, Urges U.S. to Bolster Security and Accelerate Iraqi Role or Risk Losing the Peace (2003). Full text:  <http://www.csis.org> , <http://www.cfr.org>  or <http://www.unfoundation.org> .

     Foreign Policy.com: From Victory to Success: Afterwar Policy in Iraq (Carnegie Foundation for International Peace, 2003). (PDF): <http://www.foreignpolicy.com/issue_julaug_2003/afterwar.pdf>.

     The National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (also known as the 9-11 Commission), first interim report (July 8, 2003). (PDF): <http://www.9-11commission.gov/press/report_2003-07-08.pdf>. The Commission has since held its third public hearing on "Terrorism, Al Qaeda, and the Muslim World" (July 9, 2003, Washington, DC): <http://www.9-11commission.gov/hearings/hearing3.htm>.

     International Atomic Energy Association (IAEA), Implementation of the NPT Safeguards Agreement in the Islamic Republic of Iran (June 6, 2003, De-Restricted June 18, 2003). (PDF): <http://www.iaea.org/worldatom/Documents/Board/2003/gov2003-40.pdf>.

     James Jay Carafano, After Iraq: Learning the War's Lessons (Heritage Backgrounder #1664, Heritage Foundation, July 2003.) (HTML): <http://www.heritage.org/Research/MiddleEast/bg1664.cfm>.

     Jim Dobbins (ed.), America's Role in Nation-Building: From Germany to Iraq (RAND, 2003). 266 pp. (paper), ISBN 0-8330-3460-X. To download: <http://www.rand.org/publications/MR/MR1753/> .

     Martin Ortega (ed.), The European Union and the crisis in the Middle East (Chaillot Paper 62, July 2003). To download (PDF): <http://www.iss-eu.org/chaillot/chai62e.pdf> .

     Khalil Shikaki, director of the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research (PSR), talk based on three comprehensive surveys of 4,500 refugee families in Lebanon, Jordan, and the West Bank and Gaza (PDF): <http://www.brookings.edu/fp/saban/events/20030716.htm>.

2. WEBSITES/GROUPS ONLINE

A.General:

     York University Libraries Films & Video Recordings on the Middle East. Catalogue and details for borrowing for academic use: <http://www.info.library.yorku.ca/depts/smil/filmographies/middle_east.htm>.

     Arabic Software & Technology at Stanford, Language Lab Resource Materials (at Meyer Library). Includes information on audio and video tapes and coputer programs: <http://www.stanford.edu/class/arabic/resources/>.

     New Site For The Egyptian Community Association in Britain. Includes links to official Egyptian sites, media, universities, business sites, Islamic and Coptic sites, etc.: <http://www.egyptiancommunity.co.uk>.

     The U.S.-Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) Political Reform Programs, Coalition Building and Management Training for Political Parties, Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO) and Civil Society Organizations (CSO): <http://www.state.gov/p/nea/rt/mepi/c9740.htm>; Economic Reform Programs: <http://www.state.gov/p/nea/rt/mepi/c9741.htm>; Education Reform Programs

<http://www.state.gov/p/nea/rt/mepi/c9742.htm>.

     US Department of State updated reports on the Middle East (July 2003): <http://fpc.state.gov/c6694.htm>.

     Homs online's list of Syrian links. Includes links to Syrian cities, media. Government, education and culture: <http://www.homsonline.com/Syrian_links.htm>.

     Associate Parliamentary Group on Sudan, Visit to Sudan 7th - 12th April 2002, report in PDF. Includes maps, pictures, bibliography and contact details: <http://www.sloughlibdems.org.uk/jenny/sudan.pdf>.

     Givat Haviva, Winner of the 2001 UNESCO Prize for Peace Education, updated site (English, Hebrew, Arabic). Includes links, publications, as well as background on the project. Note that some of the links are broken or under construction: <http://www.dialogate.org.il>.

B. Iraq

     The Saddam Hussein family tree. Names are hyperlinked to profiles of each member. Also includes related articles: <http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/stories/iraq/family.html>.

     The English-language Baghdad Bulletin discusses the current state of new Iraqi newspapers: <http://www.baghdadbulletin.com/pageArticle.php?article_id=72&cat_id=1&PHPSESSID=ca3fda51b67d6bcfc6222f0f824b2473> .

     Interviews with leading Iraqi oppositionists in Youth Today, a 20-page PDF magazine for Shiite youth in the UK: <http://nooryouth.co.uk/mags/4/issue%204%20final.pdf>.

     Imam Ali Foundation site, site of Ayatollah al-Sistani. Includes information on his books, ask the imam. Site is in English, French and Arabic:  <http://www.najaf.org/English/HomePage/Index.htm>.
 

3. FREE SUBSCRIPTIONS TO E-MAIL PUBLICATIONS

     Givat Haviva mailing list.  To subscribe: <Givat-Haviva-subscribe@yahoogroups.com> or through the Givat Haviva site: <http://www.dialogate.org.il/peace/default.asp> (bottom of left sidebar).

4. FUNDING/SCHOLARSHIPS/FELLOWSHIPS/WRITING OPPORTUNITIES     

First International Conference on Women's Studies will be held April 29-30, 2004, in Famagusta, Cyprus. Deadline for abstracts (150-200 words):  November 20, 2003. Abstracts should be submitted together with the application form provided at: <

http://cws.emu.edu.tr>.

For further information: Eastern Mediterranean University

Center for Women's Studies,

Gazimagusa (Famagusta)

Mersin-10 Turkey. Fax: + 90-392-365-1604. <http://cws.emu.edu.tr>, <gul.celkan@emu.edu.tr> .

 
     Turkish Studies (GLORIA/Frank Cass) is calling for papers for a themed issue on Turkish culture. Articles should be up to 7,500 words. Deadline: 1 January, 2004. Turkish Studies is a refereed journal. For further information or to submit an article: <http://www.frankcass.com/jnls>; <profbarryrubin@yahoo.com> .

5. RESEARCH QUERIES-PLEASE HELP 

6. SCHOLAR'S AND AUTHOR'S ALERTS (writers report on their books, articles, and activities)     

Ada Aharoni,  Women Creating a World Beyond War and Violence (Micha Lachmann, Haifa, 2003).  ISBN 965-7204-00-3. for further information: <ada33@bezeqint.net>, <http://www.ada.up.co.il> .

     James Russell, Occupation of Iraq: Geostrategic and Institutional Challenges (Center

for Contemporary Conflict, 2003): <http://www.ccc.nps.navy.mil/rsepResources/si/aug03/middleEast2.asp>.

     M. Fatih Tayfur, Semiperipheral Development and Foreign Policy The Cases of Greece and Spain (Ashgate, July 2003). 270 pp. (hardcover) 49.95 pounds. ISBN 0-7546-1964-8. To order: Ashgate Publishing Direct Sales, Bookpoint Limited, 130 Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon, OX14 4SB, UK. Tel.: +44(0)1235-827730; Fax: +44(0)1235-400454; <ashgate@bookpoint.co.uk> ; <http://www.ashgate.com> . Please quote reference number

30FL1543. This book contributes to the comparative study of foreign policy making in regard to Spain and Greece, and to the application of world systems theory to the field of international relations. Tayfur illustrates how an intermediate position in the world economy shapes not only economic but also political relations.

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.]

     October 9-11, 2003. Bursa, Turkey. Fourth IFLAC Pave Peace Conference: Ataturk  Peace Culture. The central theme is "Building Bridges through Culture, Conflict Resolution, Communication, and Literature". Registration: $100 (includes participation in all lectures, roundtables and workshops, a Tour of Bursa, and IFLAC membership for 2004). For further information, program, registration form: <http://iflac.up.co.il>, <http://www.iflacturkey.org>.

     October 20-22, 2003. Sussex, UK. The Center for Strategic International Studies (CSIS) and Foreign and Commonwealth Office. 724th Wilton Park Conference titled: US-European Relations After Iraq: redefining the transatlantic dialogue, to be held in Wilton Park, Wiston House, Steyning, Sussex BN44 3DZ, UK. For further information: <lorraine.jones@wiltonpark.org.uk> ; <http://www.wiltonpark.org.uk> .
     November 4-7, 2003. Lisbon. 9th International Culture and Power Conference. For further information: <http://www.mundiconvenius.pt/en/conferences.asp> .

     January 23, 2004. London. SOAS workshop titled: Iran and History from Below. The Workshop will devote its attention to attempting to reconstruct the experience of "subalterns", that is, various subordinate social groups, in Iran, focusing particularly but not exclusively on periods of political upheaval and social crisis. The Brunei Gallery, SOAS, Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1, UK. For further information: <sc45@soas.ac.uk> .
     April 29-30, 2004.  Famagusta, Cyprus. First International Conference on Women's Studies. For further information: Eastern Mediterranean University

Center for Women's Studies,

Gazimagusa (Famagusta)

Mersin-10 Turkey. Fax: + 90-392-365-1604. <http://cws.emu.edu.tr>.

MERIA is indexed in Cambridge University's Index Islamicus. 

Staff: Publisher and Editor: Barry Rubin; Assistant Editors: Cameron Brown, Elisheva Rosman-Stollman, Joy Pincus, Ehud Waldoks. London representative: Lawrence Joffe. Canadian representative: Brent Sasley. Turkish representative: Ozgul Erdemli.

MERIA offers you discounts on books and publications. We welcome special arrangements for our readers. To propose articles, items for publication, give others free subscriptions, or other correspondence, write: gloria@idc.ac.il 

 

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