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All material copyright MERIA. You must credit if quoting and ask permission to reprint. CONTENTS NEWS FROM THE GLORIA CENTER Barry
Rubin, The Long War for Freedom: The Arab Struggle for Democracy
in the Middle East (Wiley Press, November 2005). 304
pages. HB: £16.99 / €22.60. Barry Rubin and Judith Colp Rubin, Yasir Arafat: A Political Biography (Oxford University Press, 2003), forthcoming in Hebrew (Yediot Aharonot Publications). For info about the English version, visit: http://www.us.oup.com/us/catalog/general/subject/Politics/ComparativePolitics/MiddleEast/. The Middle East in Focus is a forthcoming series of books on Middle Eastern issues. For more info, visit: http://www.palgrave-usa.com/Series/serieslist.aspx?page=1&series=The%20Middle%20East%20in%20Focus. "Democracy in the Middle East- where do we stand?," a lecture by Barry Rubin to "Science Po. Paris," April 12, 2005. To read, visit: http://www.le-cercle.fr/?page=news&idn=20 , or http://www.le-cercle.fr/?page=news&idn=20&lang=_en. The Turkish Studies Institute at the GLORIA Center will be releasing an updated Global Directory of Scholars on Turkey. To see the current directory, visit: http://tsi.idc.ac.il/global_scholars/main_page.html. For more info, or for directory submissions, contact: mnahmiyaz@yahoo.com. Table of Contents for MERIA Journal Vol. 9, No. 3 (September 2005): The September 2005 issue of MERIA Journal will be out shortly and will be sent to all subscribers. The following articles will appear: Richard L. Russell, "China's WMD Foot in the Middle East's Door;" Elie Podeh, "Between Stagnation and Renovation: The Arab System in the Aftermath of the Iraqi War;" Abbas William Samii, "The Nearest and Dearest Enemy: Iran after the Iraq War;" Joshua Teitelbaum, "Terrorist Challenges to Saudi Arabian Internal Security;" Eyal Zisser, "Syria, the United States, and Iraq- Two Years after the Downfall of Saddam Hussein;" Nasuh Uslu, Metin Toprak, Ibrahim Dalmis, and Ertan Aydin, "Turkish Public Opinion toward the United States in the Context of the Iraq Question;" Panel Discussion, "The State of Democracy in Middle East States;" Michael Rubin, "Iraq since Saddam's Overthrow;" Ibrahim Al-Marashi, "Iraq's Constitutional Debate." 1. PUBLICATIONS OF INTEREST A. Books Alex De Waal, Islamism and its Enemies in the Horn of Africa (Hurst Publishing, 2004). 252pages. PB: £16.50. ISBN 1-85065-731-9. For info, visit: http://www.hurstpub.co.uk. Avi Jorisch, Beacon of Hatred: Inside Hizballah's al-Manar Television (Washington Institute, 2004). 106 pages. Price: $24.95. ISBN 0-944029-88-4. To order, go to: http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC04.php?CID=66. David L. Phillips, Unsilencing the Past: Track Two Diplomacy and Turkish-Armenian Reconciliation (New York: Berghahn Books, February 2005). 160 pages, index. HB: $39.95. ISBN 1-84545-007-8. An account of the efforts to bring together two nations amidst a conflict that has lasted for nearly one century. For info, go to: http://www.berghahnbooks.com. David Makovsky, Engagement through Disengagement: Gaza and the Potential for Renewed Israeli-Palestinian Peacemaking (The Washington Institute, 2005). 139 pages, with maps and appendix. Price: $19.95. ISBN 0-944029-97-3. To learn more, or order online, visit: http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC04.php?CID=221. Donal Cruise O’Brien, Symbolic Confrontations: Muslims Imagining the State in Africa (Hurst Publishing, 2003). 234 pages. PB: £16.50. ISBN 1-85065-699-1. For info, go to: http://www.hurstpub.co.uk. Ely Karmon, Coalitions Between Terrorist Organizations: Revolutionaries, Nationalists and Islamists (Brill Academic Publishers, 2005).426 pages. HB: EUR 125.00/US $179.00. ISBN 90 04 14358 0. This volume proposes theories on the conditions that favor the formation of coalitions between terrorist organizations, and how they function within the changing international system. Order online at: http://www.brill.nl/cart.asp?id=23797&action=add&return=product.asp. See also at: http://www.brill.nl/m_catalogue_sub6_id23797.htm. Elise
Massicard, L'autre Turquie: le mouvement aléviste et ses
territoires (Paris: Presses universitaires de France, 2005).
362 pages. Price: €28.00. ISBN 2130549470. Geoffrey
Aronson & Mohammad Muslih, Palestinian Refugees, Arab Host
Countries, and the Right of Return (June 2005). 175 pages. HB:
$49.95. ISBN 1-58826-318-5. Gilles Dorronsoro, Revolution Unending- Afghanistan: 1979 to the Present (Hurst Publishing, 2004). 370 pages. PB: £16.95. ISBN 1-85065-703-3. For information: http://www.hurstpub.co.uk. Gregory Hooker, Shaping the Plan for Operation Iraqi Freedom: The Role of Military Intelligence Assessments (The Washington Institute, 2005). 114 pages, with illustrations and appendices. Price: $19.95. ISBN 0-944029-98-1. To learn more or to order online, visit: http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC04.php?CID=222. Hamid
Enayat, Modern Islamic Political Thought (I.B. Tauris
Publications, 2005). Francois
Burgat, Face to Face with Political Islam (I.B. Tauris
Publications, 2005). Paul Dresch and James Piscatori, Monarchies and Nations: Globalisation and Identity in the Arab States of the Gulf (I.B. Tauris Publications, 2005). 320 pages. HB. Special offer: £31.50. ISBN 1-85043971-0. Rémy Leveau and Frederic Charillon, Les monarchies du Golfe, les micro-États de la Péninsule arabique (La Documentation Française, 2005). 144 pages. ISBN 1763-6191. For more info, visit: http://www.ladocumentationfrancaise.fr/catalogue/3303331952176/index.shtml. S. Frederick Starr and Svante E. Cornell, The Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan Pipeline: Oil Window to the West (Washington and Uppsala: CACI & SRSP, May 2005). 150 pages. For more info, go to: http://www.silkroadstudies.org/BTC.htm. Yaşar
Yaşer, Population Challenges, International Migration and
Reproductive Health in Turkey
and the European Union: Issues and Policy Implications Yeşim
Arat, Rethinking Islam and Liberal Democracy: Islamist Women in
Turkish B.
Journals, Newsletters. Papers Labyrinthe – Atelier interdisciplinaire is a French research review concerning literature, philosophy, humanities, and the social sciences. Its latest issue, “Community into pieces: Europe, Islam and elsewhere” is now available. For more info, go to: http://www.revuelabyrinthe.org/sommaire893.html. Macalester International, Vol. 15, "Hybrid Geographies in the Eastern Mediterranean: Views from the Bosphorus." For more information, contact: beegle@Macalester.edu. Nonproliferation issues (NPI), a Current Digest of Nonproliferation, Arms Control, and International Security Literature, May 31, 2005. To read, go to: http://www.firstwatchint.org/npi_050607.html. The Journal of Israeli History: Politics, Society, Culture, is a journal for scholars and students of Zionism and the history, society, and culture of Israel in particular, as well as Middle East studies and Jewish studies in general. To view an online sample copy, visit: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/onlinesamples.asp. Online access included with all institutional subscriptions. Adriana lins de Albuquerque, Michael O'Hanlon, and Amy Unikewicz, "The State of Iraq: An Update," New York Times, June 3, 2005. To read, visit: http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/03/opinion/03chart.html Aviezer Ravitsky, "The Future of the Jewish Settler Movement, Post-Disengagement." A Policy Forum, June 30, 2005. To read a rapporteur's summary: http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC07.php?pf=1&CID=2337. Dennis Ross, "U.S. Policy toward a Weak Assad," The Washington Quarterly, (Summer 2005). To read, go to: http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC06.php?CID=834. Edward J. Erickson, "Bayonets on Musa Dagh: Ottoman Counterinsurgency Operations – 1915," The Journal of Strategic Studies, Vol. 28, No. 3 (June 2005), pp. 527-46. Fore more info, contact: eerick@norwich.net. John R. Bradley and Rachel Bronson, "Saudi Monarchy: Part of the Problem or Part of the Solution?" A Policy Forum, July 7, 2005. To read a rapporteur's summary, go to: http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC05.php?CID=2339. Matthew
Levitt, "Countering the Theological Case for 'Economic Jihad'
Is Vital.". RUSI/Jane's Homeland Security and Resilience
Monitor, July 2005. Matthew Levitt and Jamie Chosak, "Freezing U.S. Assets of Syrian Officials." A policy watch, July 13, 2005. See at: http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC05.php?CID=2341. Matthew Levitt, "Hezbollah: Financing Terror through Criminal Enterprise." A congressional testimony, May 25, 2005. To read Dr. Levitt's prepared remarks, go to: http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC07.php?CID=238. Michael Eisenstadt, "Iraq and After: Taking the Right Lessons for Combating Weapons of Mass Destruction," Center for the Study of Weapons of Mass Destruction. Occasional Paper No. 2, May 2005. To read, visit: http://www.ndu.edu/WMDCenter/docUploaded/OP2%20Iraq%20and%20After.pdf or: http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/opedsPDFs/42cea1fc429f3.pdf. Michael Knights, "Battle for Iraq Lies in the South." Jane's Intelligence Review, June 2005. To read, go to: http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC06.php?CID=837. Michel Makinsky, "L'Iran entre brouillards et tempêtes," Cahiers d'Etudes sur la Méditerranée Orientale et le Monde Turco Iranien (CEMOTI). For the latest issue, visit: http://ceri-sciences-po.org/publica/cemoti/presente.htm. Muhamad Mugraby, "Lebanese Judicial Reform is an Absolute Priority," The Daily Star. To read, go to: http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_ID=1&article_ID=16500&categid=2#_ Muhamad Mugraby, "Nothing Changed!" For more info, visit: http://www.combar.info/news/07052005.asp. Richard L. Russell, "Iraq's Chemical Weapons Legacy." Middle East Journal, Vol. 59, No. 2 (Spring 2005). To read a summary of the article, visit: http://www.mideasti.org/programs/programs_journal_current.html. Soner
Cagaptay and Ambassador Mark Parris, "The State of U.S.-Turkish
Relations." A congressional testimony, May 11, 2005. To read
Dr. Cagaptay' s testimony, visit: http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC07.php?CID=241. Stephen S. Lanier and Bobak Roshan, "Low Intensity Conflict and Nation-Building in Iraq: A Chronology." Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), May 13, 2005. To read in PDF format (40 pages), go to: http://www.csis.org/features/iraq_lowintensity.pdf. The
U.S. Institute of Peace has published a special report entitled
"Turkey and Iraq: The Perils (and Prospects) of
Proximity." To read, go to: 2. WEBSITES/GROUPS ONLINE A.
General: The
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace will be releasing an
updated edition of their volume on WMD proliferation, "Deadly
Arsenals," in July. To see the announcement of the new edition,
visit: http://www.carnegieendowment.org/publications/index.cfm?fa=view&id=16650&prog=zgp&proj=znpp To
see recent articles, reports, maps, and pictures on the Foundation
for Middle East Peace website, go to: http://www.fmep.org. The Washington Institute for Near East Policy has launched their new website. Visit the site at: www.washingtoninstitute.org. To visit the Association for Israel Studies (AIS) website for new updates and recent announcements, go to: http://www.aisisraelstudies.org/. The University of Michigan, School of Education has published an Earth Odysseys Algerian Guide (Winter 2005). For more info, go to: http://kawa.soe.umich.edu/2005/winter/ody/teachers_guide_w05.pdf. To view the findings of a recent public opinion survey conducted by the Infakto Research Workshop for the ARI Movement, entitled "Turkish Public Opinion on the Americans and the U.S," visit: www.ari.org.tr. B.
Iraq: To see Iraq's ongoing process for a constitution, visit: http://www.carnegieendowment.org/files/PO19Brown.pdf. c.
Iran: To read
the Iranian reformist newspaper Rooz, which has become
the first such publication to have a site in English, visit: http://roozonline.com//11english. The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace essay, "Changing Iran's Nuclear Interests" (May 2005) is available at: http://www.carnegieendowment.org/publications/index.cfm?fa=view&id=16965 or at: http://www.carnegieendowment.org/files/PO16.perkovich.FINAL2.pdf (full 12 page report). To see an updated chapter on Iran in The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace’s June edition, visit: http://www.iranwatch.org/privateviews/CEIP/perspex-ceip-deadlyarsenals-ch15-060102.pdf. A handy reference on the Iranian nuclear program can be found at the NTI website: http://www.nti.org/e_research/profiles/Iran/index.html. To see the Congressional Research Service (CRS) report on the topic: "Iran's Nuclear Program: Recent Developments," go to: http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/nuke/RS21592.pdf. D.
Lebanon 3. FREE SUBSCRIPTIONS TO E-MAIL PUBLICATIONS 4. FUNDING/GRANTS/FELLOWSHIPS/WRITING AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES Funding/Grants/
Fellowships and Employment Writing
Opportunities The Robert Schuman Center for Advanced Studies (RSCAS) at the European University Institute is calling for papers on the topic: "Regionalism and Regionalization in the Middle East", for a conference to be held in 2006. For more info, visit: http://www.iue.it/RSCAS. Transnational Broadcasting Studies (TBS) the biannual e-journal of the Adham Center at the American University in Cairo is calling for papers for future issues. An upcoming TBS issue will be a hard copy to be co-published and peer-reviewed by the Middle East Centre at St. Antony's College, University of Oxford. Contributions are welcome from Middle East scholars who look at mass media in general and Arab satellite broadcasting in particular from the perspective of established academic disciplines such as anthropology, sociology, history, political science, language studies, and media studies. For more info on TBS, contact: tbs@aucegypt.edu. For more general info, visit: http:// www.tbsjournal.com. The Public Sphere, The Tel Aviv Journal of Political Science at the Tel Aviv University, is calling for papers for a new Hebrew political science journal which will come out beginning next fall. The topic for the first issue: relations between the duties and rights of citizenship. Articles on other topics will be considered for future issues. English submissions will be considered for future issues. E-mail submissions to: pjournal@post.tau.ac.il. Scholars
for Peace in The Middle East (SPME) is accepting submissions for an
edited book, Psychotherapy in a Turmoil Region: Reconciliation
between Palestinians and Israelis from a Psychological Perspective.
The book will deal with psychological issues in Palestinian and
Israeli society related to the populations or the conflict and is
intended to create better mutual understanding of both societies. The International Society for Iranian Studies (ISIS), Iran Heritage Foundation (IHF), and the London Middle East Institute (LMEI) welcome paper proposals in all fields of Iranian studies, especially new areas of investigation and/or novel approaches to traditional fields. The papers will be presented at the Sixth Biennial Conference on Iranian Studies to be held at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, August 3-5, 2006. For more info, visit: http://www.iranianstudies.net/ and www.iranheritage.org. 5. RESEARCH QUERIES-PLEASE HELP 6. SCHOLAR'S AND AUTHOR'S ALERTS A.
Bogomolov, S. Danylov, I. Semyvolos, G. Yavorska, Islamic
identity in Ukraine (Kiev: AMES Publishers, 2005).130
pages. PB. In Ukrainian. ISBN 966-95507-2-6. Uri Bialer, Cross on the Star of David: The Christian World in Israel’s Foreign Policy, 1948–1967 (Indiana University Press, 2005). Price: $39.95. ISBN 0-253-34647-9. Investigates the attitudes and events that shaped Israeli foreign policy toward the Christian world during the state’s formative years. For more info, contact: iupress@indiana.edu. Ofra Bengio, Changing Ties of Middle Eastern Outsiders (Palgrave Macmilian, May, 2004). 256 pages. HB: $59.95. ISBN: 1-4039-6589-7. The book examines the historic, geo-strategic, and political-cultural roots of the Turkish-Israeli relationship from the 1950s until today. Linking the relationship's evolution to the complexities of Turkey's historical ties with the Arab world, and to changing domestic, regional, and global conditions, the book traces the ebb and flow of the curious ties between the two countries. http://www.palgrave-usa.com/Search/QuickSearchResults.aspx?searchby=a&searchfor=bengio 7.
ANNOUNCEMENTS OF MEETINGS, CONFERENCES, LECTURES September 26-29, 2005. Amman, Jordan. The United Religions Initiative-Middle East and North Africa Region (URI-MENA) invites participants to its upcoming Annual Regional Conference. The theme will be "Charity," a concept that invites the meeting of the spiritual, social, and economic, and questions the notion of ownership rights. Application deadline: August 20, 2005. Conference fee: $200 U.S., including registration, accommodation, transportation, and participation in social and cultural activities. Some partial and full scholarships are available, with priority going to MENA citizens, URI CC activists, and new initiators- on need basis. For more info, contact: mmosaad@uri.org and ystolov@uri.org. October 1-3, 2005. Stanford, California, USA. The second annual gathering of young Iranian scholars of North America organized by the Iranian Studies Program and the Persian Students Association at Stanford University, in collaboration with the Iranian Studies Group at MIT and the Iran Research Committee at the University of California-Berkeley, invites paper submissions. The conference will be hosted by Stanford University and seeks to bring together promising young Iranian scholars residing in North America who research various issues related to Iran and Iranian societies worldwide. For any questions on the conference, and the submission process, contact: amilani@stanford.edu or: nayeri@mit.edu. February 27-28, 2006. Tehran, Iran. The Institute for Political & International Studies (IPIS) is calling for papers for the 16th International Persian Gulf Conference. The topic will be: "The Persian Gulf: An emerging security structure." For more info and paper guidelines contact: pgcnf16th@yahoo.com or persiangulf@ipis.ir, or visit the website: www.ipis.ir. March 22-26, 2006. Florence and Montecatini Terme, Italy. The seventh Mediterranean Social and Political Research Meeting (MSPRM) is calling for papers for a workshop: the Economic and Social Role Played by Information and Communication Technology in the MENA Region. Contributions from the technical, communication, finance, law, international development, economics, and sociology fields of research are welcome. For info on proposals and the workshop, go to: http://www.iue.it/RSCAS/Research/Mediterranean/mspr2006/pdf/WS13.pdf. For general info about MSPRM 2006 and conditions of participation, go to: http://www.iue.it/RSCAS/Research/Mediterranean/mspr2006/Index.shtml. April 27-28, 2006. Famagusta, North Cyprus. The Second International Women's Studies Conference of the Center for Women's Studies (CWS) of Eastern Mediterranean University, "Breaking the Glass Ceiling." For further queries, contact: gul.celkan@emu.edu.tr, or visit: http://cws.emu.edu.tr. MERIA Journal Staff MERIA is indexed in the SOAS Library in London's Index Islamicus and CSA Worldwide Political Science Abstracts. MERIA
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