Search

The article presents a chronology of events that took place during April 16 – August 15, 2019 in Middle East including Israeli government's reduction of the permitted fishing zone in the Gaza Strip and Arab League's agreement to pay 100 million U.S. dollars to the Palestinian Authority.

This article argues that part of the reason why some Middle Eastern states remain democratically challenged is the emergence, operation, and political influence of "security networks" and "deep states" -- informal actors in the area of national security. The article explains what these actors are, situates them in a broad theoretical and comparative perspective, assesses their impact on democratic development, and provides examples from Turkey, Lebanon, Israel, and Egypt. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article offers a critical examination of the vocabulary associated with the study of 'sectarianism' in the Middle East. It surveys Arabic- and English-language works on 'sectarianism' to illustrate how the term's lack of definition has allowed it to be used in contradictory ways that render it, not simply meaningless, but distortive to our understanding of the region. In addition, the term 'sectarianism', with its inescapably negative connotations, has been used as a tool to neutralize political dissent and stigmatize people's religious identity and otherwise legitimate acts of expression and mobilization. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article examines the interaction between territory, sovereignty, and statehood in the Middle East and North Africa. Various groups have aspired -- and have failed -- to become states since the contemporary regional system's inception after World War I. Since the 2011 uprisings, movements claiming territory and sovereignty have emerged or become more viable throughout the region, including the Islamic State in Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), Rojava, Cyrenaica, Azawad, and the Kurdistan Regional Government. Each poses different challenges to the regional system and holds out different hopes for rectifying historical missteps in state-building. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article presents a timeline of political, violent, religious and social events affecting the Middle East between January 15, 2014 and April 15, 2014, with topics including the Arab-Israeli conflict, Central Asia and the Caucasus, Afghanistan, Egypt, Iran, and Iraq.

The article evaluates several games relating to conflict in the Middle East including Persian Incursion by Clash of Arms Games, Battle for Baghdad by MCS Group, and Labyrinth: The War on Terror, 2001--? by GMT Games.

Brief summaries of news items from April to July 2010 related to the Middle East and surrounding regions are presented. Topics discussed include developments in the Arab-Israeli peace process, politics and government in Central Asia and the Caucasus, events in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, and others.

The article lists brief descriptions of political events across the greater Middle East from January 16 through April 15, 2010, including incidents related to the Arab-Israeli conflict, Central Asia and the Caucasus, and numerous individual countries in the region.

The article presents a detailed chronology of various sociopolitical and military events which occurred in the Middle East from July 16, 2007 to October 15, 2007, as excerpted from various news agencies, publications and broadcasters. Included are events related to the Arab-Israeli conflict, regional affairs, Central Asia and the Caucasus, Palestinian affairs, the petroleum industry, Afghanistan, Algeria, Iran, Jordan and other Middle East countries, the Iraq war, and U.S. military operations in Iraq.

The article presents a chronology of political developments in the Middle East from April 16 to August 15, 2007. On April 30, retired judge Eliahu Winograd released the findings of the investigation regarding the Israel-Hizbullah war in summer 2006. On May 24, political leaders in the West Bank including Palestinian Authority (PA) Education Minister Nasser Shaer was arrested by the Israeli Army. On August 9, several government structures in the Ma'arib region was attacked by a group armed with machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades.

The article presents a list of books related to politics and government in the Middle East, including "The Palestine Israel Conflict: A Basic Introduction," by Gregory Harms and Todd M. Ferry, "Israel and Settler Society," by Lorenzo Veracini, and "Iraq Ablaze: Inside the Insurgency," by Zaki Chehab.

Presents several books on politics and economics in the Middle East. "Making Cairo Medieval," edited by Nezar Alsayyad; "The Future of Kurdistan in Iraq," edited by Brendan O'Leary; "The Kurdish Question and the 2003 Iraqi War," edited by Mohammed M. A. Ahmed; "Civil and Uncivil Violence in Lebanon," by Samir Khalaf.

Presents chronology of events related to the political and economic situations in the Middle East.

Chronicles the political events in the Middle East for the year 2001. Management of conflict between Israel and Palestine; Developments on technology; Administration on petroleum negotiations with other countries.

Presents a calendar of events concerning issues in politics and the economy in the Middle East, as of April 16 to July 15, 2001. Arab-Israeli conflict; Central Asia and the Caucasus; Information technology in the Middle East; Issues concerning petroleum; Palestinian political affairs.

Reports political and economic developments in the Middle East as of June 2000. Inclusion of the development of information technology opportunities in Jordan; Announcement on the rise in oil production levels in Iran; Postponement of the peace talks between Israel and Syria

Presents a transcript of a keynote address on Islamic politics delivered at the 52nd Annual Conference of the Middle East Institute in Washington, D.C. on October 16, 1998. American scholarship on contemporary Islam prior to the Iranian Revolution of 1979; Islamic political theory; Devolution of religious authority; Future of Islamic politics.

Presents the dates and sequence of political events that took place in the Middle East between October 16th, 1997 and January 15th, 1998. Details on the Arab-Israeli conflict; Announcement of statement by the United States, Turkey and Great Britain on the sponsored peace initiative between Iraqi Kurdish factions; Meeting between Manama's Foreign Minister Shaykh Muhammad bin Muburak bin Hamad al-Khalifa and Iran's Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi.

Provides information on news briefs relating to political issues in the Middle East. When Israeli cabinet voted to approved the Israeli-Palestinian agreement on Hebron; Information on the inauguration of the world's largest liquified gas export, Qatar Liquified Gas on February 24, 1997; Details on the peace conference sponsored by the United Nations in Tehran.

Presents a chronology of political news and developments in the Middle East from April 16 to July 15, 1996. Includes news about the Arab-Israeli conflict; Petroleum industry affairs; Military activities in Palestine.

Postulates that political scientists in the United States have made little progress in understanding and explaining Middle East political systems from 1946-1996. Factors affecting the understanding of Middle East politics; Impact of the inadequacy of training and research tools; Tension between field researchers and theoreticians.

Presents political developments in the Middle East as of January 16- April 15, 1994. Chronological listing of political events.

Discusses Russia's reassessment of its post-Soviet role in the Middle East. Focus on foreign policy motivations; Russian policy analysts on policy shifts in the Middle East; Analysis of Russian thinking; Political power in the Middle East; Emergence of `Islamic extremism'.

Discusses the domination in international relations in the Middle East by the United States, European Union and various components of an increasingly divided Middle East. Relationship of United States and Europe with the Middle East; Problems of the European Union; Policy trends lines; Work with the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC); Positive direction; Middle East development; Islamic revival.

Presents a review of Middle East news for the period January 16, 1993 to April 15, 1993. Topics; Sources.

Discusses the long-term prospects for the development of a civil society in the Middle East. Pressures for change reflecting global trends; Pan-arabism and Islamist movements; Associations as political outlets of free expression; Statist economies and Islamist intolerance; Government as referee, rule-maker and regulator; Interface of cooperation rather than conflict.

Analyzes the historical development, organization, and political activism of the Islami Jami`at-i Tulaba, the student wing of the Jama`at-i Islami, Pakistan's leading Islamic party. The assertion that Jami`at has played a central role in the incremental Islamization of Pakistan since that country's creation in 1947; The historical development of Jami`at; The Bhutto period, 1971-77; The Zia period, 1977-1989; Social bases and their socio-political significance.

Presents a chronological listing of relevant Middle East events from April 16 to July 15, 1991 as carried by six leading American and global periodicals and news services. Arab-Israeli conflict; Petroleum affairs; Regional affairs; Iran-Iraq war; Persian Gulf crisis; Specific Middle East states and regions.

Discusses democratization and Islam in the Middle East after the Gulf War. Muslim's parliamentary experience; Compatibility of Islam and democracy; Differences between Western notions of democracy and Islamic traditions; Social and economic conditions; Political participation and institutionalization of pluralism.

Recounts important events in the Middle East that occurred between September, 16, 1990 and January 15, 1991. News on the Israeli-Arab conflict; Petroleum industry affairs; Persian Gulf crisis; Egypt; Iran; Iraq; More.

Focuses on the topics connected with democratization and the building of the institutions of civil society in the Middle East. Details on the longstanding pressures for democratization in the region; Accounts on the problem of free elections; Emphasis on the complex nature of developing pluralistic politics in the region.

Introduces articles in the Winter 2005 issue of "The Middle East Journal" concerning democratization in the Middle East. Weapons of mass destruction program of Syria; Experience of Parliaments, political parties and press under the Iraqi monarchy; Ethnicity and civil society in Afghanistan.

Introduces articles in the March 2003 issue of the 'Middle East Journal.' Reform of the Palestinian Authority; Turkey's attempt to balance national security with political life; Regime survival strategies in Jordan; Role of the Egyptian military in political life. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article presents an introduction to the issue in which the editor discusses articles within the issue, including "Saddam and the Islamists" by Samuel Helfont, an article on the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) by Sherko Kirmanj, an article on the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development (KFAED) by Benyan Turki.

An introduction to the journal is presented in which the editor discusses various articles published within the issue on topics including narcotics trafficking in Turkey, society in post-civil war Lebanon, and the role of the World Bank in the Iranian oil crisis of the 1950s.

An introduction to the issue is presented, with reference to articles by the pseudonymous John C. Shenna, Ray Takeyh, April Longley Alley, and others.