The epicenter of crisis : the new Middle East / edited by Alexander T.J. Lennon.

Contributor(s): Lennon, Alexander T. J, 1969-Material type: TextTextSeries: Publisher: Cambridge, MA : MIT Press, c2007Description: xi, 363 p. : ill., map ; 23 cmISBN: 9780262622165 (pbk. : alk. paper); 0262622165 (pbk. : alk. paper)Other title: New Middle EastUniform titles: Washington quarterly reader. Subject(s): Middle East -- Politics and government -- 21st century | Islam and politics -- Middle East | Political scienceDDC classification: 956.05/4 LOC classification: JQ1758.A58 | E65 2007Online resources: Table of contents only
Contents:
Introduction : The epicenter of crisis / Alexander T.J. Lennon -- Saudi Arabia -- Rethinking religion : the legacy of the U.S.-Saudi relationship / Rachel Bronson -- Al Qaeda and the House of Saud : eternal enemies or secret bedfellows? / John R. Bradley -- The irony of islah (reform) / Gwenn Okruhlik -- Syria -- Bashar Al-Assad : in or out of the new world order? / Eyal Zisser -- U.S. policy toward a weak Assad / Dennis Ross -- Confronting Syrian-backed terrorism / Daniel Byman -- Hizballah and Syria : outgrowing the proxy relationship / Emile El-Hokayem -- Iraq -- The critical battles : political reconciliation and reconstruction in Iraq / Carols Pascual Kenneth M. Pollack -- Is the media being fair in Iraq? / Michael O'Hanlon Nina Kamp -- After Zarqawi : the dilemmas and future of Al Qaeda in Iraq / Brian Fishman -- Iran -- A win-win U.S. strategy for dealing with Iran / Michael McFaul, Abbas Milani, Larry Diamond.
The Hizballah-Iran connection : model for Sunni resistance / Graham E. Fuller -- Understanding Iran's new authoritarianism / Elliot Hen-Tov -- How relevant is the Iranian street? / Karim Sadjadpour -- Afghanistan -- Poppies for peace : reforming Afghanistan's opium industry / Peter van Ham Jorritt Kamminga -- Afghanistan : when counternarcotics undermines counterterrorism / Vanda Felbab-Brown -- Pakistan -- When $10 billion is not enough : rethinking U.S. strategy toward Pakistan / Craig Cohen Derek Chollet -- U.S. strategy : assisting Pakistan's transformation / Ashley J. Tellis -- What if Pakistan fails? India isn't worried ... yet / C. Raja Mohan -- The role of Islam in Pakistan's future / Husain Haqqani.
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Text originally published in the Washington quarterly.

Includes bibliographical references.

Introduction : The epicenter of crisis / Alexander T.J. Lennon -- pt. 1. Saudi Arabia -- Rethinking religion : the legacy of the U.S.-Saudi relationship / Rachel Bronson -- Al Qaeda and the House of Saud : eternal enemies or secret bedfellows? / John R. Bradley -- The irony of islah (reform) / Gwenn Okruhlik -- pt. 2. Syria -- Bashar Al-Assad : in or out of the new world order? / Eyal Zisser -- U.S. policy toward a weak Assad / Dennis Ross -- Confronting Syrian-backed terrorism / Daniel Byman -- Hizballah and Syria : outgrowing the proxy relationship / Emile El-Hokayem -- pt. 3. Iraq -- The critical battles : political reconciliation and reconstruction in Iraq / Carols Pascual and Kenneth M. Pollack -- Is the media being fair in Iraq? / Michael O'Hanlon and Nina Kamp -- After Zarqawi : the dilemmas and future of Al Qaeda in Iraq / Brian Fishman -- pt. 4. Iran -- A win-win U.S. strategy for dealing with Iran / Michael McFaul, Abbas Milani, and Larry Diamond.

The Hizballah-Iran connection : model for Sunni resistance / Graham E. Fuller -- Understanding Iran's new authoritarianism / Elliot Hen-Tov -- How relevant is the Iranian street? / Karim Sadjadpour -- pt. 5. Afghanistan -- Poppies for peace : reforming Afghanistan's opium industry / Peter van Ham and Jorritt Kamminga -- Afghanistan : when counternarcotics undermines counterterrorism / Vanda Felbab-Brown -- pt. 6. Pakistan -- When $10 billion is not enough : rethinking U.S. strategy toward Pakistan / Craig Cohen and Derek Chollet -- U.S. strategy : assisting Pakistan's transformation / Ashley J. Tellis -- What if Pakistan fails? India isn't worried ... yet / C. Raja Mohan -- The role of Islam in Pakistan's future / Husain Haqqani.

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