Critical Issues Facing the Middle East

1. Introduction

1. Introduction
James A. Russell

2. Long-Term Sources of Instability in the Middle East
Alan Richards

3. Reforming the Rentier State: The Imperatives for Change in the Gulf
Robert Looney

4. Oslo’s Success, a Militarized Resistance: Changing Opposition Tactics in the Palestinian Territories
Anne Marie Baylouny

5. Islamization and American Policy
Barak A. Salmoni

6. Democratic Nation Building in the Arc of Crisis: The Case of the Presidential Election in Afghanistan
Thomas H. Johnson

7. The Arab-Israeli Conflict and Regional Stability
Ellen Laipson, Emile Hokayem

8. Iraq and the New Regional Security Dynamic
Judith S. Yaphe

9. Strategy, Policy, and War in Iraq: The United States and the Gulf in the Twenty-First Century
James A. Russell

Keywords: Political Science and International Relations, Middle Eastern Politics, Political Science, International Relations