September 11, 2020

What Future for the Kurds?

  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

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Water Diplomacy in Central Asia

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Bush Administration and the Arab-Israeli Conflict: The Record of Its First Four Years

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Moving From Salafi to Rationalist Education

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The Sickle and the Minaret: Communist Successor Parties in Yemen and Afghanistan After the Cold war

      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...]

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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

  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...]