Volume 6, No. 1 – March 2002 UNDERWRITING PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST: U.S. FOREIGN POLICY AND THE LIMITS OF ECONOMIC INDUCEMENTS By Scott Lasensky The United States has invested huge amounts of financial capital in the Middle East and has used “check-book” diplomacy as a key instrument for protecting its interests and promoting […]
The Terror And the Pity: Yasir Arafat and The Second Loss Of Palestine
Volume 6, No. 1 – March 2002 THE TERROR AND THE PITY: YASIR ARAFAT AND THE SECOND LOSS OF PALESTINE As has so often happened before, some observers have underestimated Yasir Arafat’s ability to survive political or military disasters partly of his own making. Others have overestimated Yasir Arafat’s willingness to make peace or […]
Arafat’s Dueling Dilemmas: Succession and the Peace Process
Volume 6, No. 1 – March 2002 ARAFAT?S DUELING DILEMMAS: SUCCESSION AND THE PEACE PROCESS By Lenore Martin This article analyzes the intersecting dilemmas involved in the succession to Yasir Arafat. Succession theory explains the first dilemma: Arafat?s refusal to designate his successor for fear of usurpation encourages a succession struggle. The smooth transition […]
The United States Government: Patron of Islam?
Volume 6, No. 1 – March 2002 By Daniel Pipes and Mimi Stillman The U.S. government has, almost without realizing it, developed a position toward the religion of Islam, not in theological terms but regarding such issues as Islamism and terrorism in the name of Islam. Whether Republican or Democrat, the leaders’ statements defend […]
Changes and Continuities in Jordanian Foreign Policy
Volume 6, No. 1 – March 2002 Changes and Continuities in Jordanian Foreign Policy By Brent E. Sasley Studies of Jordanian foreign policy have most often focused on that country?s small size and geographical location-and consequently external and material factors-as constraining and shaping Jordan?s foreign policy. While this approach is certainly valid, it has […]
Twins or Enemies: Comparing Nationalist and Islamist Traditions in Turkish Politics
TWINS OR ENEMIES Volume 6, No. 1 – March 2002 Twins or Enemies: Comparing Nationalist and Islamist Traditions in Turkish Politics By Birol Akgun In the last decade, fragile Turkish democracy has witnessed the rise of the two dynamic movements: Right-wing nationalism and religious revivalism. In a comparative perspective, this paper analyzes and explores underlying […]