Anti-Semitism and US-Israel Relations: Trouble for Middle East Specialists — and Their Critics
In: The Middle East journal, Band 58, Heft 4, S. 7-14
ISSN: 1940-3461
In: The Middle East journal, Band 58, Heft 4, S. 7-14
ISSN: 1940-3461
In: https://doi.org/10.7916/tpxg-v120
It is a "well-known secret" in Israel that scholars of Middle Eastern studies are heavily involved with military intelligence: they serve their reserve duty there, provide research services for it, and when they are interviewed in the media, they speak with the authority of those "in the know." The fact that such relations exist, therefore, is well known and in itself is not the problem this article sets out to investigate. My question is rather about the causes and significance of this phenomenon: why did academics, who are supposedly committed to disinterested research, become involved in military intelligence work? And why did military intelligence, this most hardheaded and secretive of government agencies, come to draw upon the expertise of historians and philologists? Finally, what are the consequences of such "dangerous liaisons" between military intelligence and Middle Eastern studies?
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In: Current history: a journal of contemporary world affairs, Band 33, Heft 195, S. 272-276
ISSN: 1944-785X
In: Middle East Studies Association bulletin, Band 22, Heft 1, S. 19-27
American Academic Exchange with the Middle East through the Fulbright Program is nearly as old as the U.S. government fellowship program itself. Yet even now, after nearly four decades of exchange, there remain many obstacles to academic exchange with the Middle East. For example, during the past three years there has been a declining interest on the part of American scholars in Middle East Fulbright sojourns. This lack of interest is found not only among scholars in disciplines unrelated to the Middle East but among Middle East specialists as well. American scholars seem to look more toward the rest of the world than the Middle East when considering a Fulbright experience.
In: Middle East Studies Association bulletin, Band 3, Heft 2, S. 1-13
A concern on the part of Middle East specialists with an examination of political parties and groupings and related political processes represents a comparatively recent development. It is a development, of course, which has lagged behind the study of parties and political processes in the United States and Europe, although even there the subject largely was neglected until a quarter of a century ago.
In: China international relations series
In: China International Relations
Written by leading researchers and Middle East specialists at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), this book examines China's relationship with the nations of the Middle East. It is a timely contribution to the study of the Middle East, as China's presence in the region becomes more apparent. The book begins by examining the historical relations between China and the Middle East; the shared experiences and cultural affinity of these ancient civilizations. It then goes on to examine military exchanges between China and the region, with particular emphasis on exchanges with Iran. Many
Daniel Pipes has collected some of his sharpest and most prescient writings from the quarter century 1989-2014. In them, he addresses a range of current topics, from the origins of the civil war in Syria to denying the Islamic factor in terrorism, to the way to resolve the Arab-Israeli conflict. Pipes pursues two themes in particular: the internal instability of Muslim-majority countries, in which nothing abides, and the expression of Muslims' drive to apply Islamic law. Pipes' interests concentrate on the Middle East as understood from a historical point of view and on the role of Islam in politics. Divided into five thematic sections, this work addresses the Arab-Israeli conflict, Middle Eastern politics, Islam in modern life, Islam in the West, and individuals connected to American Islam. Pipes' deep knowledge, gained over forty-five years of study, combined with incisive writing and a well-regarded courage to speak out on controversial topics make Nothing Abides a compelling read for Middle East specialists, students, and the interested public.
In: Middle East Studies Association bulletin, Band 23, Heft 1, S. 1-8
Is The Cold War finally coming to an end, as some would have us believe? And if so, what does this mean for the Middle East? These are questions that will be with us for some time. They do not lend themselves to clear answers, but they nonetheless demand our attention.For students of the contemporary Middle East, these questions pose special analytical problems—how can one best assess the relationship between the area that we study and the broader currents of international politics? Middle East specialists are rightly skeptical of efforts to analyze their region of study from a "globalist" perspective. Most of us have little patience with theorizing that fails to take into account that which is distinctive in the cultures, politics, and societies of the Middle East. We have even less use for crude empiricism which tries to reduce the complexities of the Middle East to quantifiable events or entries in simplistic classification schemes.
In: Scottish religious cultures historical perspectives
Provides an up-to-date study of the life of George Strachan (1572-1635), early 17th century Scottish Humanist scholar, Orientalist and traveller.
In: International studies review, Band 11, Heft 1, S. 27-45
ISSN: 1468-2486
The total volume of work on the economies of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region remains low in comparison to other "developing" regions of the world, but it has been growing since the 1990s. This growth is due in part to the opportunities for students from the region to receive doctoral degrees in the United States and other Western countries and in even greater measure to the dedication of resources by international agencies and organizations to the cultivation of MENA economists. However, the process entails more of a penetration by Western neoclassical economic ideas and modeling techniques into work in and on the region than it does a meeting of the minds between economists and Middle East area studies specialists. By way of introduction, this chapter reviews the reasons for the weak links between the fields of economics and Middle East studies (MES) in the United States. It then examines the growth of the economics profession and its work in the Middle East and the shaping of this work by international and regional organizations, especially the Middle East Economic Association (MEEA) and the Economic Research Forum for the Arab World, Turkey, and Iran (ERF). The chapter concludes by considering the contested boundaries between economics and MES and how the political uprisings of 2011 were both affected by and affect the work of economists in the region, as painful economic reality and the contest of economic ideas quietly underlay the louder and more dramatic political turmoil of 2011–13.
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In: Review of Middle East Studies, Band 9, Heft 3, S. 8-16
ISSN: 2329-3225
It is not easy to present a summary of Middle East studies in France. Traditionally located in several important institutions—Collège de France, School of Applied Higher Studies (EPHE), National School of Oriental Languages—they have burst out of these walls over the past two decades. Many courses on the Middle East are now given in the Universities of Paris and the provinces. The new organization of higher education created after the crisis of May 1968 was guided by a spirit of university autonomy and thus makes any general summary even more difficult. Several universities have often been created in the same city and specialists have been split up among them rather than remaining together.
In: Politics and Economics of the Middle East Ser.
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1 -- Assessing U.S. Policy Priorities in the Middle East( -- Statement of Ms. Catalano Ewers, Adjunct Senior Fellow, Middle East Security Program, Center for a New American Security -- Prepared Statement by Elisa Catalano Ewers, Adjunct Senior Fellow, Center for a New American Security, before the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Sub-Committee on the Middle East, North Africa, and International Terrorism, Hearing on Assessing U.S. P... -- What the United States Contends with Today in the Middle East -- Why Does It Matter Anyway? -- Where Is U.S. Policy Today? -- Recommendations for Where Policy and Congress Could Go -- Statement of Mr. Benaim, Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress -- Prepared Testimony Daniel Benaim, House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee, on the Middle East, North Africa, and International Terrorism, "Assessing U.S. Policy Priorities in the Middle East," April 3, 2019 -- Regional Trends -- Iraq and Eastern Syria: Mission Incomplete -- Regional Partnerships: Reassurance and Responsibility -- Iran: Choices Ahead -- Investing in Diplomacy and Development Tools and Championing Human Rights -- Policy Recommendations -- Statement of Ms. Pletka, Senior Vice President, Foreign and Defense Policy Studies, American Enterprise Institute -- House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on the Middle East, North Africa and International Terrorism, on Assessing US Policy Priorities in the Middle East, Danielle Pletka, Senior Vice President, Foreign and Defense Policy, April 3, 2019 -- What Should Our Policies Be? -- Appendix. Subcommittee Hearing Notice, Committee on Foreign Affairs, U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, DC 20515-6128 -- Committee on Foreign Affairs.