Table of Contents

Current Issues; The Middle East In Perspective; The Middle East in 1997: Soft Coups for Hard Times; ( Martin Kramer); International Regional And Palestinian Affairs; The United States and the Middle East; (Barry Rubin. ); Western Europe, Russia, and the Middle East ( Dan Eldar ); The Arab-Israeli Peace Process; ( Kenneth W. Stein); Inter-Arab Relations; (Bruce Maddy-Weitzman. ); The Dynamics of Retreat and Change in Political Islam (Esther Webman. ); Palestinian Affairs; (Elie Rekhess and Meir Litvak. ); Middle East Economic And Demographic Issues; Economic Developments in the GCC States since 1990; (Paul Rivlin. ); Demographic Developments and Population Policies in Oman During the Oil Era; (Onn Winckler. ); Country-by-Country Survey; Middle East Countries: Social and Economic Indicators; Algeria; (Meir Litvak. ); Bahrain; (Joshua Teitelbaum. ); Egypt; (Meir Hatina. ); Iran; (David Menashri. ); Iraq; (Ofra Bengio. ); Israel; (Leslie Susser and Elie Rekhess); Jordan; (Asher Susser. ); Kuwait; (Joseph Kostiner. ); Lebanon; (William W. Harris. ); Libya; (Yehudit Ronen. ); Morocco; (B. Maddy-Weitzman. ); Oman; (Joshua Teitelbaum. ); Qatar; (J. Teitelbaum. ); Saudi Arabia; (J. Teitelbaum. ); Sudan; (Y. Ronen. ); Syria; (Eyal Zisser. ); Tunisia; (Daniel Zisenwine. ); Turkey; (Paul Bessemer. ); United Arab Emirates; (J. Teitelbaum. ); Yemen; (J. Kostiner.)

About the Author

Bruce Maddy-Weitzman is senior research fellow at the Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies, Tel Aviv University.