NEWS FROM THE GLORIA CENTER: 

Table of Contents for MERIA Journal Volume 9, Number 2 (June 2005): 
The June 2005 issue of MERIA Journal will be out shortly and sent to all subscribers. 
The following articles will appear:  
Revisiting the 1967 War
     John D. Ciorciari, "Saudi-US Alignment after the Six-Day War."
     Laura James, "Nasser and His Enemies: Foreign Policy Decision Making in Egypt on 
the Eve of the Six Day War."
     Sean Foley, "It Would Surely Be the Second: Lebanon, Israel and the Arab-Israeli
War of 1967."
     Ofira Seliktar, "Turning Water into Fire: The Jordan River as the Hidden Factor in
the Six-Day War."
     Michael Carroll, "From Peace (keeping) to War: The United Nations and the
Withdrawal of UNEF."
     
     Hayat Alvi, "The Human Rights of Women and Social Transformation in the Arab 
Middle East." 
     
     Rory Miller and Ashraf Mishrif, "The Barcelona Process and Euro-Arab Economic
Relations, 1995-2005."
     
     John Duffield, "Oil and the Iraq War: How the United States Could Have Expected to
Benefit, and Might Still."
  
     Panel Discussion, "Syria under Bashar; Lebanon after Syrian Withdrawal."

Read Barry Rubin's testimony to the Israeli Knesset on "Prospects for Israel-Palestinian Authority Cooperation," page 8.  March 8, 2005.
Available at: http://www.kfme.org./0305report.pdf.

A. Books

Daniel Bar-Tal and Yona Teichman, Stereotypes and Prejudice in Conflict: Representations of Arabs in Israeli Jewish Society. (Cambridge: Cambridge  University  Press, 2005). 483 pages-Hardback. Available at: http://http://www.cambridge.org/.  

Flynt Leverett, Inheriting Syria: Bashar's Trial by Fire (Brookings Institution Press, 2005). 286 pages. Price: $27.95. ISBN 0-8157-5204-0. Analyzing Syrian politics to present a new assessment of Syrian policymaking under President Bashar al-Asad. Available at: http://www.brook.edu/press/books/inheritingsyria.htm.  

Amin Malak, Muslim Narratives and the Discourse of English (State University of  New York Press, 2005). Examines novels and short stories by Muslim authors who write in English. Available at: http://www.sunypress.edu/details.asp?id=61047.  

Brendan O'Leary, John McGarry, and Khaled Salih, The Future of Kurdistan in Iraq (May 2005). 384 pages, 17 maps. HB: now $36.00 | £29.50. ISBN 0-8122-3870-2.
Available at: http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/book/14152.html.  

Marsha Pripstein Posusney, Michele Penner Angrist, editors, Authoritarianism in the Moddle East: Regim and Resistance (Lynne Reinner Publishers, Forthcoming July, 2005). 260 pages. HC: $55, ISBN: 1-58826-317-7. PB: $22.5, ISBN: 1-58826-342-8. Available at: http://www.reinner.com/.  

George S. Rentz, TheBirth of The Islamic Reform Movement in Saudi Arabia (Gazelle Book Services Ltd., February 2005). 320 pages. HB: £25. Available at: http://www.gazellebookservices.co.uk/.  

Barry Rubin & Ali Çarkoglu, Greek-Turkish Relations in an Era of Détente (Frank Cass, April 2005). Available at: http://www.cassbooks.com/. 

Sami Zubaida, Law and Power in the Islamic World (I.B Tauris Publications, Reprinted at 2005). 256 pages. Now: £10.45. ISBN 1 85043 934 6. Available at: http://www.ibtauris.com/.

Al Nakhlah, fall 2004 Issue. Is The Fletcher School's online journal on 
Southwest Asia and Islamic Civilization. Now available at: 
http://www.fletcher.tufts.edu/al_nakhlah.

Iranian Studies, March 2005 (vol 38, no. 1). The issue focuses on Iran Facing the New
Century. The journal can be accessed online (needs subscription) at:
http://taylorandfrancis.metapress.com/openurl.asp?genre=journal&eissn=1475-4819 .
Or: http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/carfax/cist/2005/00000038/00000001. 

Nonproliferation issues (NPI) is a Current Digest of Nonproliferation, Arms Control, and International Security Literature. See at: http://www.firstwatchint.org/.

The Common Ground News Service (CGNews) is distributing the enclosed articles to
promote constructive perspectives and dialogue about current Middle East issues. 
For the latest issue, subscription information and an archive of CGNews articles, 
visit: http://www.commongroundnews.org/.

Report on Israeli Settlement in the Occupied Territories is a Bimonthly Publication of the
Foundation for Middle East Peace. For Articles, reports, maps and pictures, 
visit: http://www.fmep.org/.

Europe in Israel is a Newsletter of the Delegation of the European Commission to the State of Israel. To read go to: http://www.eu-del.org.il/.

Jonathan D. Halevi, "Undermining Mahmud Abbas: The "Green Revolution" and the Hamas Strategy to Take Over the Palestinian Authority". Jerusalem Issue Brief, Vol. 4
No. 21 – 14 April 2005. Available at: http://http://www.jpdme.org/. 

Michael Jacobson," Country Reports on Terrorism 2004: The State Department assesses 
the broadening Global Jihadist reach," Policy Watch #989, Analysis of Near East Policy
from the Scholars and Associates of the Washington Institute, April 29, 2005.
http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC05.php?CID=2305.

Michael Makinsky, "Tehran-Ankara: empires or partners?"Outre Terre, N°10
March 2005. This paper (in French) deals with Iran-Turkey relationship. 
See at: http://www.edition-eres.com/, or e-mail: eres@edition-eres.com.

Tamara Cofman Wittes, "A Better Model than Beirut," The Washington Post, 
March 31. See at: http://www.brook.edu/views/op-ed/fellows/wittes20050331.htm. 

Shibley Telhami, "The Iraq War Has Only Set Back Middle East Reform," NPR.org, March 14. See at: http://www.brook.edu/views/op-ed/fellows/wittes20050331.htm. 

Spring Issue, 2005 of The Washington Quarterly is now available at: 
http://www.twq.com/currentissue/index.cfm.

Peter W. Singer, "Tragic Challenge of Child Soldiers," USA Today, March 30.
See at: http://www.brook.edu/views/op-ed/fellows/wittes20050331.htm. 

A Newsletter of the Intelligence and  Terrorism Information Center. A UN report regarding the investigation of Rafik Hariri's assassination. Available at: http://www.intelligence.org.il/eng/default.htm

"The Road Ahead: Middle East Policy in the Bush Administration's Second Term,"
Policy Planning Papers by, Flynt Leverett, Kenneth Pollack, James Steinberg, Shibley Telhami, Martin Indyk and Tamara Cofman Wittes. The Saban Center commissioned its experts to write a series of policy planning papers critiquing the Bush Administration's first-term performance and outlining alternative approaches for the next four years. See at:http://www.brook.edu/fp/saban/analysis/20050325roadahead.htm.
See also the transcript of the March 24 press briefing by the authors:
http://www.brook.edu/comm/events/20050324middleeast.htm.

Christopher M. Blanchard, "The Islamic Traditions of Wahhabism and Salafiyya."  
Library of Congress Congressional Research Service, February 10, 2005.  
 To read go to:http://www.au.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/crs/rs21695.pdf.   

Michael B. d'Arcy and Michael A. Levy, "Project on U.S. Policy towards the Islamic
World Analysis." Saban Center  Analysis. Paper #8, April 2005. 
To read go to: http://www.brook.edu/fp/saban/analysis/darcy20050419.htm.

Olivier Da Lage, "Saudia Arabia and the Smaller Gulf States: The Vassals Take their 
Revenge." Now available on line: http://www.ceri-sciences-po.org/archive/fev05/artodl.pdf.

Toby Dodge, "Iraq's future: the aftermath of regime change." Published by the International Institute for Strategic Studies and Routledge, April 28, 2005.
For more info, contact: t.dodge@qmul.ac.uk.

Mark Gorwitz, "Saudi Arabian Nuclear Science Bibliography: Open Literature Citations." FAS Project on Government Secrecy, Volume 2005, Issue No. 43, May 4, 2005. Available at: http://www.fas.org/nuke/guide/saudi/biblio.pdf. 

Mark Gorwitz, "Syrian Nuclear Science Bibliography: Open Literature Citations."
FAS Project on Government Secrecy, Volume 2005, Issue No. 43, May 4, 2005. Available at: http://www.fas.org/nuke/guide/syria/biblio.pdf. 

Daniel Keohane, "A French lesson for Europe? A guide to the Referenda on the EU 
Constitutional Treaty." To access the latest briefing note: 
http://www.cer.org.uk/pdf/briefing_keohane_referenda_april05.pdf.

Nathan Brown of  George Washington University had just completed a short paper
analyzing debates over Islam and Islamic law in current Iraqi politics. The piece can be
viewed at: http://www.carnegieendowment.org/files/PO13.Brown.FINAL.pdf. 

2. WEBSITES/GROUPS ONLINE

A.General:

B. Iraq
Thread 3: David Phillips of the Council on Foreign Relations has written a special report on Power-Sharing in Iraq. See at: http://cfr.org/publication.php?id=8033q.

c. Iran:
Bill Samii of RFE/RL has written a useful guide to the candidates in the forthcoming
Iranian presidential elections. See at: http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2005/05/5af23203-3393-460d-a5a5-535c957c3aa5.html.

For Iranian bloggers' comments about the comming election see http://www.opendemocracy.net/blogs/page/Iran.

For a good site about Iran, see: http://www.iranwatch.org/.

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