Published by the GLORIA Center,Interdisciplinary Center, Herzliya Volume 9, No. 1, Article 7 - March 2005 What Future for the Kurds? By Khaled Salih What will the January 2005 Iraqi elections and dramatic events elsewhere in the Middle East mean for the Kurds? This article reviews the current situation and likely future scenarios for the Kurds in … [Read more...]
Returning Exiles to Iraqi Politics
By March 6, 2021
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Water Diplomacy in Central Asia
By March 5, 2021
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Bush Administration and the Arab-Israeli Conflict: The Record of Its First Four Years
By March 4, 2021
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Moving From Salafi to Rationalist Education
By March 3, 2021
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The Sickle and the Minaret: Communist Successor Parties in Yemen and Afghanistan After the Cold war
By March 2, 2021
By John Ishiyama This paper examines the evolution of the only two former ruling Marxist-Leninist parties in the Islamic world--the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan/Watan Party (PDPA) in Afghanistan and the Yemeni Socialist Party (YSP)--following the collapse of the Soviet Union. It considers these parties' historic development and how they adjusted to the changed circumstances of the post-Cold War world. The YSP has fared much better than its Afghan … [Read more...]
By March 1, 2021
VOL. 9 No. 1 - March 2005 Published by the GLORIA Center, Interdisciplinary Center, Herzliya Volume 9, No. 1 - March 2005 Editor and Publisher: Professor Barry RubinAssistant Editors: Cameron Brown, Joy Pincus MERIA Journal Previous Issues Get the Acrobat Format of MERIA Cover Page … [Read more...]
Hizballah Rising: The Political Battle for the Loyalty of the Shi’a of Lebanon
By March 1, 2021
Published by the GLORIA Center,Interdisciplinary Center, Herzliya Volume 9, No. 1, Article 1 - March 2005 Hizballah Rising: The Political Battle for the Loyalty of the Shi'a of Lebanon By Rodger Shanahan The 2004 municipal elections in Lebanon highlighted the competition between Amal and Hizballah for the political loyalty of the Shi'a of Lebanon. The decision by … [Read more...]
