Published by the GLORIA Center,Interdisciplinary Center, Herzliya Volume 10, No. 4, Article 6/7 - December 2006Total Circulation 23,500 ISHTAR: DOCUMENTING THE CRISIS IN THE ASSYRIAN IRANIAN COMMUNITYEden Naby* The dwindling of the Middle East's non-Muslim population is nowhere more clearly observable than among Assyrians, the last substantive Aramaic speaking population of the world. With the establishment of Iran's Islamic Revolution, the Assyrian … [Read more...]
BRITAIN AND THE OCCUPIED TERRITORIES AFTER THE 1967 WAR
This article discusses the change in British policy towards Israel following Israel's victory in the 1967 War. It examines how prior to the Six Day war Britain and Israel enjoyed a friendly relationship characterized by the former's absolute commitment to maintaining stability in the Middle East. Britain supplied Israel with arms and gave political support in the United Nations as well as in the international forums. The article studies how following the war, Harold Wilson's government sought … [Read more...]
British Middle East Policy: The Counterterrorism Dimension
Published by the GLORIA Center,Interdisciplinary Center, Herzliya Volume 10, No. 4, Article 3/7 - December 2006Total Circulation 23,500 BRITISH MIDDLE EAST POLICY: THE COUNTERTERRORISM DIMENSIONIsaac Kfir* The emergence of Islamist terrorism has had a tremendous impact on the United Kingdom. The British government has pursued controversial domestic and foreign policies. This paper reviews some of the key measures and also the British involvement in Iraq … [Read more...]
Table 3: Iranian oil production, consumption, and exports, 1995-2005 (mb/d)
Iran's Energy Vulnerability Published by the GLORIA Center, Interdisciplinary Center, Herzliya Volume 10, No. 4, Article 7/7 - December 2006 Total Circulation 23,500 … [Read more...]
Why Syria Matters

Published by the GLORIA Center,Interdisciplinary Center, Herzliya Volume 10, No. 4, Article 2/7 - December 2006Total Circulation 23,500 WHY SYRIA MATTERSBarry Rubin* The emergence of the HISH alliance (Hizballah, Iran, Syria, Hamas) has changed the direction of the Middle East in several respects. This group has formulated a new ideology merging Arab nationalism and Islamism, which can be called 'National Islamism.' It has sought hegemony in Lebanon and … [Read more...]
The Seven Deadly Sins of Failure in Iraq: A Retrospective Analysis of the Reconstruction
Published by the GLORIA Center,Interdisciplinary Center, Herzliya Volume 10, No. 4, Article 1/7 - December 2006Total Circulation 23,500 THE SEVEN DEADLY SINS OF FAILURE IN IRAQ:A RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS OF THE RECONSTRUCTIONKenneth M. Pollack* *This article will appear in Barry Rubin (ed.), Iraq After Saddam (Sharpe, 2007). To order, please contact gloria@idc.ac.il. This article examines the course of the disastrous U.S. reconstruction of Iraq from the … [Read more...]