| Srl | Item |
| 1 |
ID:
095363
|
|
|
|
|
| Publication |
2010.
|
| Summary/Abstract |
This article analyzes the conditions that might facilitate the long awaited diplomatic breakthrough in the relationship between Israel and the Palestinians in the Obama presidency. In order to identify ten specific factors, the article relies on the rich historical record of peace negotiations, particularly since 1967. The analysis indicates that, despite the presence of a number of the factors which have facilitated past agreements, there are others which militate against excessive optimism.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 2 |
ID:
095361
|
|
|
|
|
| Publication |
2010.
|
| Summary/Abstract |
This article discusses the emergence, ideology, and activities of the Saudi Shi'a opposition group Hizbullah al-Hijaz and its clerical wing, the Tajamu' 'Ulama' al-Hijaz. The group has played a significant but little known role in Saudi-Iranian relations since 1987 following its creation as a rival to the other Saudi Shi'a opposition group, the Islamic Revolution Organization. Hizbullah al-Hijaz was pro-Iranian and followed the Marja'iyya of Ayatollahs Khomeini and Khamene'i. Although it officially denounced any engagement with the Saudi leadership, it profited from a general amnesty in 1993. After it was blamed for the Khobar Towers bombing in 1996, most of its members were arrested and its organization dismantled.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 3 |
ID:
095365
|
|
|
|
|
| Publication |
2010.
|
| Summary/Abstract |
he recent veneration of the Iraq sanctions program as having prevented Saddam Husayn from obtaining Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) obscures important lessons regarding the program's political failures. Through an examination of factors such as Iraq's rationing system and flaws in the sanctions' design, this article shows how the imposition of sanctions strengthened rather than weakened Husayn's government. An analysis of the case of Iraq also may provide insights on how other governments have been able to survive lengthy international sanctions or trade embargos.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 4 |
ID:
095362
|
|
|
|
|
| Publication |
2010.
|
| Summary/Abstract |
For policy makers and scholars to understand the objectives that Islamist activists hold and the policies that they are likely to pursue, they must first understand who Islamists are and what they do. This article puts forth a definition of Islamism that focuses on discursive and institutional change as central Islamist ends, using episodes of Islamist activism in Lebanon and Yemen to illustrate important variation in the pursuit of these goals. Arguing that Islamist reforms both expand and contract the terms of national debate, the article cautions against exclusionary responses to Islamist activism, which can encourage the encroachment of authoritarianism.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 5 |
ID:
095364
|
|
|
|
|
| Publication |
2010.
|
| Summary/Abstract |
Literature on Turkey's 2001 civil code amendment, which expanded women's rights, is limited to reports on the code's achievements and failings. This article examines the parliamentary debates behind the amendment to shed light on the contemporary Islamist-secularist polarization in Turkey. It shows that women's rights are still a means to pursue the goals of secularist modernization. They shape the power struggle over what the role of religion in public life should be and what secularism should entail.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|