TY  - BOOK
AU  - Lennon,Alexander T.J.
TI  - The epicenter of crisis: the new Middle East 
T2  - A Washington quarterly reader
SN  - 9780262622165 (pbk. : alk. paper)
AV  - JQ1758.A58 E65 2007
U1  - 956.05/4 22
PY  - 2007///
CY  - Cambridge, MA
PB  - MIT Press
KW  - Islam and politics
KW  - Middle East
KW  - Political science
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - 21st century
N1  - 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
UR  - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip081/2007039856.html
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