2007

Library Update No. 123
December 25, 2007

1.
Inside Gaza: The Challenge of Clans and Families. A Middle East Report for the International Crisis Group (20 December 2007, No. 41; 32 pages).
http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?id=5234&l=1

2.
Incumbent Regimes and the "King's Dilemma" in the Arab World: Promise and Threat of Managed Reform. By Marina Ottaway and Michele Dunne for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.  (Middle East program, No. 88, December 2007; 21 pages).
http://www.carnegieendowment.org/publications/index.cfm?fa=view&id=19759&prog=zgp&proj=zme

3.
Pakistan - Conflicted Ally in the War on Terror. By Ashley J. Tellis for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. (Policy Brief No. 56, December 2007; 8 pages) .
http://www.carnegieendowment.org/publications/index.cfm?fa=view&id=19737&prog=zgp&proj=zsa

4.
A new issue of the Arab Reform Bulletin (December 2007) is available below.
http://www.carnegieendowment.org/publications/index.cfm?fa=view&id=19776&prog=zgp&proj=zdrl,zme

5.
The Portrait from Iraq: How the Press Has Covered Events on the Ground. A report by the Pew Research Center in their "Project for Excellence in Journalism" series. (December 19, 2007; 24 pages)
http://pewresearch.org/pubs/665/iraq-portrait-how-the-press-has-covered-events-on-the-ground

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Library Update No. 122
December 20, 2007

1.
Anatomy of a State Security Case. The 'Victorious Sect' Arrests. A report by Human Rights Watch. (December 2007, Vol.19, No.9(E); 84 pages)
http://hrw.org/reports/2007/egypt1207/

2.
Security Reform in the Arab Region: Challenges to Developing an Indigenous Agenda. A Thematic Paper by Yezid Sayigh for Arab Reform Initiative. (No.2, December 2007; 37 pages ).
http://www.arab-reform.net/spip.php?article1120

3.
The State of the Afghan Insurgency. A testimony by Seth Jones before the Canadian Senate National Security and Defense Committee on December 10, 2007.  Published by RAND. (CT-296, December 2007; 14 pages).
http://www.rand.org/pubs/testimonies/CT296/

4.
Georgia: Sliding Towards Authoritarianism?  A report for the International Crisis Group (ICG). (Europe Report N°189 ,19 December 2007; 36 pages).
http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?id=5233&l=1

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Library Update No. 121
December 10, 2007

Library Update No. 120
Novomber 28, 2007

1.
Shiite Politics in Iraq: The Role of the Supreme Council.  Middle East Report for the
International Crisis Group (ICG) (No. 70, 15 November 2007; 34 pages).
http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?l=1&id=5158

2.
Countering Violent Extremism: Lessons from the Abrahamic Faiths. A Policy Research Report
for the East-West Institute, October 2007 (92 pages)
The report is based on research and analysis of Christian extremism in the United States,
Jewish extremism in Israel and Muslim extremism in the United Kingdom,  deepens the
understanding of the risk factors of violent extremism, and offers specific policy
recommendations to combat this phenomenon.
The role of governments in preventing violent religious extremism is limited.  Religious
leaders, faith communities and civil society must do the heavy lifting to counter this
threat.  This is a key conclusion of this new publication from the EastWest Institute
(EWI) .
http://www.ewi.info/announcements/publications/index.cfm?title=Publications&view=detail&pubid=558&aid=6789&activityID=0
There is a summary at
http://www.ewi.info/announcements/news/index.cfm?title=News&view=detail&nid=626&aid=5287>http://www.ewi.info/announcements/news/index.cfm?title=News&view=detail&nid=626&aid=5287
3.
Darfur's New Security Reality.  An Africa Report for the International Crisis Group (ICG)
(No. 134, 26 November 2007; 32 pages)
http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?id=5180&l=1

4.
Migrants de retour au Maghreb : Reintegration et enjeux de developpement. A report for
the Robert Schuman Centre, MIREM, RSCAS/EUI. (Novembre 2007; 184 pages). English edition
will be available in mid-December.
The report includes separate and detailed articles on migrants returning to Algeria,
Tunisia and Morocco.
http://www.mirem.eu/recherche/rapports/global/rapport-global?set_language=fr

5.
The Kingdom of Bahrain and the World: Scenarios to 2025 - Executive Summary.  A report
for the World Economic Forum (WEF). (November 2007; 15 pages).
http://www.weforum.org/en/media/Latest%20Press%20Releases/scenarios_bahrain_20072

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Library Update No. 119
Novomber 20, 2007

1.
European Islam - Challenges for Public Policy and Society.  By Samir Amghar, Amel Boubekeur, Michael Emerson (Ed.)
Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS).  Published 16 November 2007; 225 pages.
http://shop.ceps.eu/BookDetail.php?item_id=1556

2.
On the Uses of Cultural Knowledge- Cultural Understanding as a Tool Against Counterinsurgency. By Sheila Miyoshi Jager. (November 2007; 30 pages).
http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pubs/display.cfm?pubID=817

3.
Radical Islam in the Caribbean Basin: A Local Problem or a Global Threat? An Occasional Paper by Moshe Terdman for PRISM. (November 2007, Vol.5, No.4; 13 pages)
PRISM no 4 vol 5 - The Caribbeans - Nov07.pdf

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Library Update No. 118
Novomber 14, 2007

1.
Prohibited Identities: State Interference With Religious Freedom in Egypt. A report for
Human Rights Watch, with EIPR (Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights). (November 2007,
Vol.19, No.7(E); 100 pages)
http://hrw.org/reports/2007/egypt1107/

2.
The 2007 Afghanistan Human Development Report: Bridging Modernity and Tradition - the
Rule of Law and the Search for Justice. A report by UNDP.  (2007; 198 pages)
http://hdr.undp.org/en/reports/nationalreports/asiathepacific/afghanistan/name,3408,en.html

3.
[Also available in full text on the UNDP website:]
The Egypt Human Development Report 2005.  (2005; 245 pages)
http://hdr.undp.org/en/reports/nationalreports/arabstates/egypt/name,3335,en.html

4.
Stealing the Sword: Limiting Terrorist Use of Advanced Conventional Weapons.  By James
Bonomo, Giacomo Bergamo, et al. for RAND Corporation under the sponsorship of the U.S.
Department of Homeland Security. (14 November 2007; 156 pages).
http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG510/

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Library Update No. 117
Novomber 8, 2007

1.
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the World: Scenarios to 2025 - Executive Summary. From
the World Scenario  Series by the World Economic Forum. (2007; 16 pages)
http://www.weforum.org/en/initiatives/Scenarios/GCCScenarios/KingdomofSaudiArabia/index.htm

2.
Ethiopia and Eritrea: Stopping the Slide to War. A Policy Briefing for the International
Crisis Group 9Afric Briefing No. 48, 5 November 2007; 12 pages).
http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?id=5136&l=1

3.
Global Competitiveness Report 2007-2008. Published by World Economic Forum.
http://www.weforum.org/en/initiatives/gcp/Global%20Competitiveness%20Report/index.htm 
On the same web site you may also access the full text for
The Arab World Competitiveness Report 2007.
http://www.weforum.org/en/initiatives/gcp/Arab%20World%20Competitiveness%20Report/index.htm

4.
The Eastern Dimension of America's New European Allies.  A monograph written by Janusz
Bugajski for the Strategic Studies Institute of the U.S. Army War College.  Analyzes the
necessity of a realistic prospect for NATO and EU accession for Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova
and Georgia as a counterweight against Russia's imperialist ambitions and their own
domestic instability.
(November 5, 2007; 196 pages)
http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pubs/display.cfm?pubID=813

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Library Update No. 116
Novomber 2, 2007

1.
Southern Thailand: The Problem with Paramilitaries. A report by the International Crisis Group (ICG).

Asia Report N°140 (23 October 2007; 37 pages).
http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?id=5132&l=1

2.
Occupied Palestinian Territories Torn Apart by Factional Strife.  A report by Amnesty International. (24 October 2007; 22 pages)
http://web.amnesty.org/library/print/ENGMDE210202007

3.
Lebanon - Exiled and Suffering: Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon.  A report by Amnesty International. (18 October 2007)
http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGMDE180102007

4.
Youth as Actors of Political Reform. The Case of Jordan, Syria and Lebanon. A research project done jointly by EUROMESCO and Lebanese Center for Policy Studies (LCPS). (September 2007; 42 pages)
http://www.euromesco.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=645&Itemid=48&lang=en

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Library Update No. 115
October 24, 2007

1.
No Room to Breathe : State Repression of Human Rights Activism in Syria.
A report by Human Rights Watch. (Vol.19, No. 6(E), October 2007; 44 pages)
http://hrw.org/reports/2007/syria1007/

2.
The Gertrude Bell Project . By the University of Newcastle.

The Gertrude Bell papers consist of about 1,600 detailed and lively letters to her parents, of her 16 diaries, which she kept while she was travelling, and of c.40 packets of miscellaneous items. There are also about 7000 photographs, taken by her c.1900-1918. Those of Middle Eastern archaeological sites are of great value because they record structures which have since been eroded or, in some cases, have disappeared altogether, while those of the desert tribes are of considerable anthropological and ethnographical interest.

The letters and diaries, but not the miscellaneous material, were transcribed in automated form between 1982 and 1988, and a catalogue of the photographs was published in 1982, with a second edition in 1985. 

The University of Newcastle upon Tyne Library has undertaken a 4 year project to check and complete the transcription of the manuscripts, to recatalogue and digitise the photographs, and to build a WWW for the finished archive.
www.gerty.ncl.ac.uk
3.
A new issue of POLICY REVIEW (October/November 2007; No. 145) by the Hoover Institution has appeared.  For entire journal, click below:
http://www.hoover.org/publications/policyreview/

Ariel Cohen, "Knowing the Enemy : How to Cope With Jihad" 
http://www.hoover.org/publications/policyreview/10185726.html

Dana Dillon, "The Civilian Side of the war on Terror"
http://www.hoover.org/publications/policyreview/10185936.html

4.
Globalization With Arab Characteristics. By Marcus Noland and Howard Pack for the Peterson Institute for International Economics.
[Reprinted from YaleGlobal Online] (October 22, 2007; 2 pages)

5.
Upgrading Authoritarianism in the Arab World.  An Analysis Paper by Steven Heydemann for The Saban Center for Middle East Policy.  (No. 13, October 2007; 44 pages)
http://www.brookings.edu/papers/2007/10arabworld.aspx

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Library Update No. 114
October 23, 2007

1.
America's Last Chance in Iraq: Changing U.S. Strategy to Meet Iraq's Real Needs.  A position paper by Anthony A. Cordesman for the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS).
(September 4, 2007 ; 13 pages)
http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_pubs/task,view/id,4022/type,1/

2.
Iraq's Forgotten Refugees.  A background paper for the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), prepared by Greg Bruno.
(October 16, 2007; 2 pages) 

Inside are links to important reports and documents on this issue.  For example, a link to an Amnesty International report from September 2007 entitled Millions in Flight: The Iraqi Refugee Crisis. (55 pages)
http://www.cfr.org/publication/14529/iraqs_forgotten_refugees.html?breadcrumb=%2Findex

3.
American and Iranian Public Opinion - The Quest for Common Grounds. An analysis prepared by RAND Corporation, also published in the Journal of South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, Spring 2007.  (24 pages;  Reprint Series 2007).
http://www.rand.org/pubs/reprints/2007/RAND_RP1261.pdf

4.
Six Years Later: Assessing Long-Term Threats, Risks and the U.S. Strategy for Security in a Post-9/11 World

By Jessica Tuchman Mathews
Testimony before the House Oversight Committee's National Security and Foreign Affairs Subcommittee, October 10, 2007

Written Testimony (5 pages)
Transcript (32 pages)
http://www.carnegieendowment.org/publications/index.cfm?fa=view&id=19637&prog=zgp&proj=zusr

5.
Countries at the Crossroads.  By Freedom House. An annual survey of government performance in 60 strategically important countries worldwide.  Including press release, charts and graphs, findings summaries and country reports. 
(25 September 2007)
http://www.freedomhouse.org/template.cfm?page=139&edition=8

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Library Update No. 113
October 14, 2007

1.
Negotiation in the New Strategic Environment: Lessons from Iraq.  Written by Mark Tressler for the Strategic Studies Institute (U.S. Army War College). (21 August 2007; 125 pages)
http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pubs/display.cfm?PubID=792

2.
A new, double  issue of the Muslim World Journal of Human Rights has appeared. Focus on The Transnational Muslim World, Human Rights, and the Rights of Women and Sexual Minorities.  (Vol.4, Nos.1&2, 2007 ; contains 14 articles).
http://www.bepress.com/mwjhr/

3.
Pushback or Progress? Arab Regimes Respond to Democracy's Challlenge.  By Barry Rubin for the Washington Institute for Near East Policy. (Policy Focus No. 75, September 2007;  16 pages)
http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC04.php?CID=282

4.
The Threat of Maritime Terrorism to Israel. By Akiva J. Lorenz. For the Institute for Counter-Terrorism, Interdisciplinary Center (IDC), Herzliya. (September 2007; 50 pages).
http://www.ict.org.il/apage/16357.php

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Library Update No. 112
September 20, 2007

1.
INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM REPORT 2007. Released by the US Department of State. (14 September 2007)
http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2007/90080.htm

2.
The Reemergence of Hizballah in Turkey. Written by Rusen Cakir for The Washington Institute (Policy Focus # 74, September 2007; 20 pages)
http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC04.php?CID=281

3.
Deterring the Ayatollas - Complications in Applying Cold War Strategy to Iran. Edited by Patrick Clawson and Michael Eisenstadt for The Washington Institute. (Policy Focus # 72, July 2007; 40 pages)
http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC04.php?CID=280

4.
Darfur 2007: Chaos by Design; Peacekeeping Challenges for AMIS and UNAMID. 

A report by Human Rights Watch. 

Published 20 September 2007 (Volume 19, No. 15(A) ; 78 pages)
http://hrw.org/reports/2007/sudan0907/

5.
The MIT Electronic Journal of Middle East Studies  Spring 2007 (Vol. 7) is available for download.
Special issue on "Writing - A Tool for Change Abd al-Rahman Munif Remembered" + two articles:

Kirstin Scheid, The Agency of Art and the Study of Arab Modernity 
Frances S. Hasso, Culture Knowledge and the Violence of Imperialism: Revisiting the Arab Mind
http://web.mit.edu/cis/www/mitejmes/intro.htm

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Library Update No. 111
September 11, 2007

1.
Iraq: Time for a Change.  A Briefing by Daniel Serwer for the United States Institute of Peace (USIP). (September 2007; 6 pages)
http://www.usip.org/pubs/usipeace_briefings/2007/0909_iraq_change.html

2.
Why They Died - Civilian Casualties in Lebanon During the 2006 War.  A report by Human Rights Watch on military operations by Hezbollah and Israel and their results on civilian population in Lebanon . (September 6, 2007, Vol. 19, No. 5(E); 245 pages).
http://hrw.org/reports/2007/lebanon0907/

Executive Summary at
http://hrw.org/reports/2007/lebanon0907/lebanon0907sumandrecs.pdf

3.
Money in the Bank - Lessons Learned from Past Counterinsurgency (COIN) Operations.  An occasional paper for RAND National Defense Research Institute. Cases profiled in the paper are the Philippines (1899-1902), Algeria (1954-1962), Jammu and Kashmir (1947-present), and Colombia.   (No. 4, September 2007; 105 pages)
http://www.rand.org/pubs/occasional_papers/OP185/

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Library Update No. 110
September 3, 2007

1.
Civilians Under Assault: Hezbollah's Rocket Attacks on Israel in the 2006
War. A report by Human Rights Watch. (August 2007, Vol.19 No.3(E); 117 pages).
http://hrw.org/reports/2007/iopt0807/

2.
Reforming  Afghanistan's Police. A report by the International Crisis Group
(ICG). (Asia Report No. 138, August 30, 2007; 35 pages).
http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?id=5052&l=1

3.
La gestion des frontieres au Maroc. By Khadija Elmadmad. A Research Report
for the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies. (CARIM-RR 2007/04; 55
pages)
http://www.carim.org/index.php?areaid=8&contentid=63

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Library Update No. 109
August 30, 2007

1.
Ungoverned Territories - Understanding and Reducing Terrorism Risks.  A report by the RAND Corporation - Project Air Force.  (August 2007; 360 pages)

The Report deals in the first five chapters with ungovernable regions in general and does a comparative analysis of  the examined case studies.  In chapters 6-13 , the report presents the case studies, chapter by chapter: the Pakistani-Afghan Border (Chap. 6), The Arabian Peninsula (chapter 7), the East Africa Corridor, i.e. Sudan and Somalia (chapter 9),  West Africa (chapter 10), the North Caucasus (chapter 11).  Other chapters are on South America and South Asia.

The entire report may be downloaded from the below link. The relevant chapters have been printed for the library, stored in the files and are accessible through the Aleph catalog and data base.
http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG561/

2.
No One Is Safe: Insurgent Attacks on Civilians in Thailand's Southern Border Provinces.  A report by Human Rights Watch. (August 2007, Vol.19, No.13(C); 104 pages)
http://hrw.org/reports/2007/thailand0807/

3.
The Changing Challenges of U.S. Defense Spending. Anthony H. Cordesman and Ionut C. Propescu. A Report for  the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). (August 23, 2007; 43 pages)
http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_pubs/task,view/id,4013/type,1/

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Library Update No. 108
August 21, 2007

1.
After Gaza.  A report by the International Crisis Group (2 August 2007, No. 68; 46 pages)
http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?id=4975&l=1

2.
Rethinking Economic Reform in Jordan: Confronting Socioeconomic Realities. Written by Sufyan Alissa. A Carnegie Paper for the Carnegie Endowment. (Carnegie Middle East Center, July 2007, No.4; 24 pages).
http://www.carnegieendowment.org/publications/index.cfm?fa=view&id=19465&prog=zgp&proj=zme

3.
Turkey and Europe; The Way Ahead.   A report by the International Crisis Group. (Europe Report No. 184, 17 August 2007; 54 pages)
http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?id=4992&l=1

4.
Syrian Public Opinion: Pioneering New Survey of Syria.  A report by Terror Free Tomorrow (July 2007; 36 pages).
http://www.terrorfreetomorrow.org/articlenav.php?id=5#top

5.
A new issue of Strategic Insights , a special edition on WMD Proliferation  --  Terrorism, Transnational Networks, and WMD Proliferation in an Era of Globalization by the Center for Contemporary Conflict (U.S. Naval Postgraduate School) has been published. (August 2007, Vol.6, No.5)

Link to Andrea Plebani, "Attractiveness of WMD for Radical Islamist Movements: Ideological Constraints, Black-Spots, and Failed Weak States"    http://www.ccc.nps.navy.mil/si/2007/Aug/plebaniAug07.asp

Link to Ryan Carr, "Understanding Iran's Motivations in Iraq: The Cost Calculus of External Support"
http://www.ccc.nps.navy.mil/si/2007/Aug/carrAug07.asp

Link to the entire Issue:
http://www.ccc.nps.navy.mil/si/

6.
Iraq Trip Report by Michael O'Hanlon and Kenneth Pollack of the Brookings Institution. (August 2007; 13 pages).
http://www.brookings.edu/fp/research/2007august_iraqreport.htm

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Library Update No. 107
July 19, 2007

1.
Why the Iraqi Resistance to the Coalition Invasion Was So Weak.  By Stephen T. Hosmer for the RAND Corporation, Project Air Force.  (Monograph, 2007; 175 pages)
http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG544/

2.
Moderate Islamists as Reform Actors : Conditions and Programmatic Change. By Muriel Asseburg (Ed.)  Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP) Research Paper (2007/RP 04, April 2007, 98 pages)

The contributions in this volume look at the cases of Iran, Turkey, Iraq, Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt and Palestine analyzing the questions: What are the priorities of Islamist actors? What do their reform agendas look like? To what extent have the agendas of Islamists changed over the course of participation in parliament or through taking on (shared) responsibility of government? Does the integration of Islamists lead to a stabilization of authoritarian rule or does it promote political opening?
http://www.swp-berlin.org/en/produkte/swp_studie.php?id=7199&PHPSESSID=d30b396065e66a0f88e5c6086234f0de

3.
Slick Connections: U.S. Influence on Iraqi Oil. By Erik Leaver and Greg Muttitt for the Foreign Policy in Focus. (July 17, 2007; 6 pages)
http://www.fpif.org/fpiftxt/4399

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Library Update No. 106
July 15, 2007

1.
Rethinking Western Strategies Toward Pakistan - An Action Agenda for the United States and Europe. By Frederic Grare for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.  (July 2007; 60 pages)
http://www.carnegieendowment.org/publications/index.cfm?fa=view&id=19422&prog=zgp&proj=zsa

2.  
Women in Islamist Movements: Toward an Islamist Model of Women's Activism. By Omayma Abdellatif and Marina Ottaway. For the Carnegie Middle East Center, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. (June 2007, No. 2; 20 pages)
http://www.carnegieendowment.org/publications/index.cfm?fa=view&id=19423&prog=zgp&proj=zme

3.
Bangladesh 2007: The New Order and Islamism.  By Maneeza Hossain for the Hudson Institute. (White Paper, Spring 2007; 10 pages)
http://www.hudson.org/

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Library Update No. 105
July 5, 2007

1.
Laws Without Justice - An Assessment of Sudanese Laws Affecting Survivors of Rape.  Written by Adrienne L. Fricke and Amira Khair for Refugees International. (June 2007; 21 pages)
http://www.refugeesinternational.org/content/publication/detail/10070

2.
Caught in the Whirlwind - Torture and Denial of Due Process by the Kurdish Security .  A report by Human Rights Watch on the Security Forces that operate in the Kurdistan region of Iraq.  (July 2007, No. 19/2 (E);
http://hrw.org/reports/2007/kurdistan0707/

3.
Indiscriminate Fire - Palestinian Rocket Attacks on Israel and Israeli Artillery Shelling in the Gaza Strip.  A  report by Human Rights Watch. (July 2007, No.19/1 (E); 147 pages).
http://hrw.org/reports/2007/iopt0707/

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Library Update No. 104
July 2, 2007

1.
Where Is Iraq Heading? Lessons From Basra.  A Report for the International Crisis Group (ICG). (25 June 2007, No. 67; 26 pages)
http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?id=4914&l=1

2.
Challenges and Opportunities - The Population of the Middle East and North Africa. A report for the Population Reference Bureau (PRB) by Farzaneh Roudi-Fahimi and Mary Mederios Kent. (June 2007; 26 pages).
http://www.prb.org/Publications/PopulationBulletins/2007/ChallengesOpportunitiesinMENA.aspx

3.
Museum of Islamic Art -- Museum With No Frontiers (MWNF) A virtual Museum of Islamic Art through the Ages,  with breathtaking paintings, art, handicrafts and more, in color.
http://www.discoverislamicart.org/home.php

4.
Studying the American Way - An Assessment of American-Style Higher Education in Arab Countries. By Shafeq Ghabra with Margreet Arnold.  For The Washington Institute for Near East Policy. (Policy Focus No. 71, June 2007; 34 pages)
http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC04.php?CID=276

5.
Arab Scholarship on Israel: A Critical Assessment. By Hassan Barari for the United States Institute of Peace (USIP).  An Assessment of the status of Israeli Studies in the Arab World since the Establishment of Israel in 1948. Barari asserts that Arab Scholars' writing on Israel is  a means of struggle against Israel rather than a tool for understanding.
The link below leads to a Project Report Summary. 
http://www.usip.org/fellows/reports/2007/0502_barari.html
The full text is available only in audio form,  linked from the summary.

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Library Update No. 103
June 25, 2007

1.
Iraq's Displacement Crisis: The Search for Solutions. A Special Issue of Forced Migration Review by the Refugees Studies Center at Oxford. Focusing on the different angles of the worsening humanitarian crisis in Iraq.
(June 2007; 53 pages)
http://www.fmreview.org/iraq.htm

The Arabic version will soon be available at www.hijra.org.uk/iraq.htm

2.
Public Opinion in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict. From Geneva to Disengagement to Kadima to Hamas. By Jacob Shamir. U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP), (Peaceworks, No. 60, June 2007; 72 pages) 
http://www.usip.org/pubs/peaceworks/pwks60.pdf

3.
The Failed States Index 2007.  By the Fund for Peace and Foreign Policy.
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/story/cms.php?story_id=3865

4.
The Arc - A Formal Structure For A Palestinian State . By Doug Suisman, Steven N. Simon Glenn E. Robinson, C. Ross Anthony and Michael Schoenbaum for RAND Corporation. (April 2007; 103 pages)
http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG327-1/

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Library Update No. 102
June 12, 2007

1.
In the Name of Prevention: Insufficient Safeguards in National Security Removals -  France .  A report by Human Rights Watch on the French Policy of forcible removal of terrorism suspects from France. (June 2007, Vol.19, No.3(D); 68 pages)
http://hrw.org/reports/2007/france0607/

Following are two reports by the International Crisis Group (ICG) on the Conflict in the Western Sahara:
2.
Western Sahara: Out of the Impasse. A report for the International Crisis Group (ICG). (11 June 2007, No. 66; 32 pages)
http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?id=4893&l=1

3.
Western Sahara: The Cost of the Conflict.  A report for the International Crisis Group (ICG). (11 June 2007, No. 65; 28 pages)
http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?id=4892&l=1

4.
Iraqi  Refugees in the Syrian Arab Republic: A Field-Based Snapshot. An Occasional Paper for the Brookings Institution and the University of Bern. Written by Ashraf al-Khalidi, Sophia Hoffman and Victor Tanner. (June 2007;  54 pages)
http://www.brookings.edu/fp/projects/idp/200706iraq.htm

5.
Arab Insight  a new quarterly journal produced by the Cairo office of the World Security Institute, contains articles originally written in Arabic and translated into English from Arab scholars and experts across the Middle East. Not funded by U.S. government interests, nor by any of the associated governments of the Arab world.  Each journal will be thematic, with a handful of articles addressing the theme from a different perspective. 
Arab Insight, Vol. 1, No. 1, Spring 2007:
Islam, Political Islam and America
http://www.worldsecurityinstitute.org/temp/ArabInsightVol1No1.pdf.

For more Information:
 www.taqrir.org
www.worldsecurityinstitute.org

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Library Update No. 101
June 5, 2007

1.
Sri Lanka's Muslims: Caught in the Crossfire. A report by the International Crisis Group (ICG) (Asia Report No. 134, 29 May 2007; 34 pages)
http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?id=4868&l=1

2.
Afghanistan: All Those Who Are Not Friends, Are Enemies: Taleban Abuses Against Civilians.  A Report by Amnesty International.  (ASA 11/001/2007, 19 April 2007; 49 pages)
http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGASA110012007

3.
The Best of Bitterlemons: Five Years of Writing from Israel and Palestine. Edited by Yossi Alpher, Ghassan Khatib and Charmaine Seitz for bitterlemons.org.  A Collection of some 100 articles published online during the last 5 years: (Jerusalem 2007; 139 pages)
http://www.bitterlemons.org/newbook/newbook.php

4.
Turkei: Islam und Laizismus zwischen Staats-, Politik- und Gesellschaftsinteressen  (Turkey: Islam and Secularism Between State, Political and Social Interests).   A report by Cemal Karakas for the Hessische Stiftung Friedens- und Konfliktforschung (HSFK). (HSFK-Report 1/2007; 49 pages)
http://www.hsfk.de/fileadmin/downloads/report0107.pdf

5.
The Doctrine of Mahdism: In the Ideological and Political Philosophy of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Ayatollah Mesbah-e Yazdi. A paper by Ayelet Savyon and Y. Mansharof for MEMRI. (Inquiry & Analysis, No. 357, May 2007; 10 pages).
http://www.memri.org/publicdocs/doctrine_of_mahdism.pdf

6.
"People Make the City "  Executive Summary - Joint Urban Operations, Observations and Insights from Afghanistan and Iraq.  A study conducted by RAND Corporation  and for the United States Joint Forces Command  and written by Russell W. Glenn, Christopher Paul, Todd C. Helmus and Paul Steinberg.  This executive summary provides public access to material from a document not available to the general public (2007; 62 pages).
http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG428.2/

7.
Rethinking Insurgency. A monograph by Steven Metz for the Strategic Studies Institute. On new perspectives to be adopted by the U.S. military and national security community to affect American stategy and military doctrine.
(June 5, 2007; 62 pages).
http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pubs/display.cfm?pubID=790

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Library Update No. 100
May 28, 2007

1.
The Uncertain "Metrics" of Afghanistan (and Iraq) . A report by Anthony
Cordesman for the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS).
(May 18, 2007; 9 pages)
http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_pubs/task,view/id,3890/type,1/

2.
Pakistan - The Threat From Within. Written by Pervez Hoodbhoy for the
Pakistan Security Research Unit (PSRU)  (23 May 2007; 16 pages).
http://spaces.brad.ac.uk:8080/display/ssispsru/Publications

3.
Fighting on Two Fronts: Secular Parties in the Arab World.  By Marina
Ottaway and Amr Hamzawy for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace,
Carnegie Papers. (Middle East Program, No. 85, May 2007; 34 pages)
(includes Morocco, Egypt, Yemen and Kuwait)
http://www.carnegieendowment.org/publications/index.cfm?fa=view&id=19172&prog=zgp&proj=zme

4.
Countering the Terrorist Mentality.  E-Journal USA. Published by the U.S.
Department of State. (May 2007; 56 pages) .
(Includes a chapter on : The Mythology of Martyrdom in Iraq)
http://usinfo.state.gov/journals/itps/0507/ijpe/ijpe0507.htm>http://usinfo.state.gov/journals/itps/0507/ijpe/ijpe0507.htm

5.
The Effects of Youth Bulge on Civil Conflicts .  By Lionel Beehner for the
Council on Foreign Relations (CFR). (27 April 2007; 4 pages)
http://www.cfr.org/publication/13093/effects_of_youth_bulge_on_civil_conflicts.html

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Library Update No. 99
May 15, 2007

Library Update No. 98
May 13, 2007

1.
Indonesia: Jemaah Islamiyah's Current Status. An Asia Briefing by the International Crisis Group. (No. 63, 3 May 2007; 16 pages)
http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?id=4792&l=1

2. 
Reneging on Reform: Egypt and Tunisia. A report by Jeffrey Azarva for the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research - Middle Eastern Outlook. (No. 2, April 2007; 8 pages)
http://www.aei.org/publications/pubID.25873,filter.all/pub_detail.asp

3.
Battling the Lion of Damascus. By Seth Wikas for the Washington Institute for Near East Policy. (Policy Focus No. 69,  May 2007; 43 pages)
http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC04.php?CID=272

4.
The Challenge of Economic Reform in the Arab World: Toward More Productive Economies. By Sufyan Alissa. For the Carnegie Endowment, Carnegie Middle East Center. (Carnegie Papers, No. 1, May 2007; 14 pages)
http://www.carnegieendowment.org/files/cmes_1_econ_reform_final.pdf

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Library Update No. 97
May 1, 2007

1.
Through the Veil. The Role of Broadcasting in U.S. Public Diplomacy toward Iranians. By Mehdi Khalaji for the Washington Institute. (Policy Focus No. 68, April 2007; 21 pages)
http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC04.php?CID=271

2. 
The Arab World Competitiveness Report 2007
http://www.weforum.org/en/initiatives/gcp/Arab%20World%20Competitiveness%20Report/index.htm

3.
Darfur: Revitalizing the Peace Process. By the International Crisis Group. (Africa Report No. 125, 30 April 2007; 31 pages)
http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?id=4769&l=1

4.
Country Reports on Terrorism 2006 - U.S. Department of State. 

U.S. law requires the Secretary of State to provide Congress, by April 30 of each year, a full and complete report on terrorism with regard to those countries and groups meeting criteria set forth in the legislation. This annual report is entitled Country Reports on Terrorism. Beginning with the report for 2004, it replaced the previously published Patterns of Global Terrorism.
http://www.state.gov/s/ct/rls/crt/2006/

5.
Winograd Commission Interim Report - 30 April 2007 (in English - from the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs)

http://www.israel-mfa.gov.il/MFA/Government/Communiques/2007/Winograd+Inquiry+Commission+submits+Interim+Report+30-Apr-2007.htm?DisplayMode=print

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Library Update No. 96
April 14, 2007

1.
Restarting Israeli-Syrian Negotiations.  Middle East Report No. 63, for the International Crisis Group (ICG). (April 10, 2007; 45 pages)
http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?id=4758&l=1

2.
Secularism and Foreign Policy in Turkey. By Soner Cagaptay. For the Washington Institute. (Policy Focus No. 67, April 2007; 42 pages)
http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC04.php?CID=268

3.
Engaging the Muslim World - A Communication Strategy to Win the War of Ideas. By Hady Amr and P.W. Singer. For Opportunity 08, The Brookings Institution. (April 2007; 18 pages)
http://www.opportunity08.org/Issues/OurWorld/43/r1/Default.aspx

 4.
UNITED NATIONS Interim Report on Sudan/Darfur
Interim report of the Panel of Experts established pursuant to resolution 1591 (2005) concerning the Sudan, submitted pursuant to resolution 1713 (2006) (April 18, 2007; 44 pages; contains photographs and case studies).
http://www.nytimes.com/packages/html/world/20070417SUDAN.doc

5.
The Human Cost. The Consequences of Insurgent Attacks in Afghanistan. A report by Human Rights Watch. (April 2007; 129 pages)
http://www.hrw.org/reports/2007/afghanistan0407/

6.
Following are 2 Briefing Papers for the United States Institute of Peace (USIP)
Syria's Relations with Iraq. By Mona Yacoubian. (20 April 2007; 4 pages)
http://www.usip.org/pubs/usipeace_briefings/2007/0403_syria_iraq.html

Who Rules Ahmadinejad's Iran? By Hesham Sallam, Andrew Mandelbaum and Robert Grace. (April 2007; 3 pages)
http://www.usip.org/pubs/usipeace_briefings/2007/0412_ahmadinejad_iran.html

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Library Update No. 95
April 14, 2007

1.
USAID Funding of Palestinian University with Terror Branches in Violation of US Law. A special report for the Palestinian Media Watch by Itamar Marcus and Barbara Crook. (March 5, 2007; 10 pages)
http://www.pmw.org.il/USAID.html

2.
Advancing Freedom in Iran. A background paper by Steven Groves for The Heritage Foundation. (29 March 2007; No. 2019; 10 pages)
http://www.heritage.org/Research/WorldwideFreedom/bg2019.cfm

3.
Building an Army of Believers: Jihadist Radicalization and Recruitment. Testimony before the House Homeland Security Committee, presented on April 5, 2007 by Brian Michael Jenkins, Senior Advisor to the president of RAND Corporation. (13 pages)
http://www.rand.org/pubs/testimonies/CT278/

4.
A New System for K-12 Education in Qatar. A Research Brief by RAND-Qatar Policy Institute. Written by Dominic J. Brewer, et al. (April 5, 2007; 5 pages).
http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9248/

5.
Following are 3 Briefing Papers for the Oxford Research Group:

Would Air Strikes Work? Understanding Iran's Nuclear Programme and the Possible Consequences of a Military Strike. A Briefing Paper by Frank Barnaby, with a foreword by Hans Blix, for Oxford Research Group.
(March 2007; 43 pages)
http://www.oxfordresearchgroup.org.uk/publications/briefing_papers/airstrikes.php

A Semi-Permanent Conference Table. A Process for Sustainable Peace in the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict. By Gabrielle Rifkind for Oxford Research Group. (March 2007; 10 pages) 
http://www.oxfordresearchgroup.org.uk/publications/briefing_papers/semipermanentconferencetable.php

Voices of Aggression: Exploring Israeli-Iranian Rhetoric. By Farhan Jahanpour for Oxford Research Group. (March 2007; 8 pages).
http://www.oxfordresearchgroup.org.uk/publications/briefing_papers/voicesofaggression.php

6.
Iraqi Refugees in Jordan: Cause for Concern in a Pivotal State. By Nathan Hodson for the Washington Institute. (Research Notes, No. 13, April 2007; 8 pages)
http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC04.php?CID=269

7.
Iraq's Sectarian and Ethnic Violence and its Evolving Insurgency - Developments Through Spring 2007. A report by Anthony H. Cordesman for the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). (April 2, 2007; 125 pages)

http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_pubs/task,view/id,3806/type,1/   

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Library Update No. 94
April 1, 2007

1.
Pakistan: Karachi's Madrasas and Violent Extremism . A report by the
International Crisis Group (Asia Report No. 130, March 29, 2007; 27 pages)
http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?id=4742&l=1

2.
Is the United States Losing Turkey? A report by Rajan Menon and S. Enders
Wimbush for the Hudson Institute. (25 March 2007; 43 pages)
http://www.hudson.org/

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Library Update No. 93
March 28, 2007

1.
From Nationalist Battle to Religious Conflict: New 12th Grade Palestinian Schoolbooks Present a World Without Israel by Itamar Marcus and Barbara Crook. A report for the Palestinian Media Watch. (February 2007; 35 pages)
http://www.pmw.org.il/

2.
"It Was Like Suddenly My Son No Longer Existed" - Enforced Disappearances in Thailand's Southern Border Provinces. A report by Human RIghts Watch (March 2007, Vol.19, No.5(C); 72 pages)
http://hrw.org/reports/2007/thailand0307/

3.
After the Surge: The Case for U.S. Military Disengagement from Iraq". Written by Steven S. Simon for the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) (February 2007; 64 pages)
http://www.cfr.org/publication/12172/after_the_surge.html

4.
U.S. Interests in Central Asia and the Challenges to Them. A monograph by Stephen Blank for the Strategic Studies Institute. (March 2007; 53 pages).
http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pubs/display.cfm?pubID=758

5.
Inside the Ivory Tower. A survey of opinions of international relations scholars at 1,199 colleges and universities in the U.S. on foreign policy issues.  By Foreign Policy (March/April 2007; 7 pages)
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/story/cms.php?story_id=3718&fpsrc=ealert070326

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Library Update No. 92
March 15, 2007

1.
 Iran: Ahmadi-Nejad's Tumultuous Presidency. A report by the International Crisis Group, Tehran/Brussels, (February 6, 2007 ; 28 pages)
 http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?id=4647&l=1

2.
From the website of the Strategic Studies Institute, the following papers may be freely downloaded: 

The New Totalitarians: Social Identities and Radical Islamist Political Grand Strategies. Written by Douglas J. MacDonald. (January 2007; 92 pages)
http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pubs/display.cfm?PubID=753

Understanding Indian Insurgencies: Implications for Counterinsurgency Operations in the Third World.  Written by Durga Madhab (John) Mitta.  (February 2007; 84 pages)

The Iraq War: Learning from the Past, Adapting to the Present, and Planning for the Future. Written by Thomas R. Mockaitis. (February 2007; 72 pages)

3.
Insecurity, Migration and Return: The Case of Lebanon following the Summer 2006 War. Written by Gita Hourani and Eugene Sensenig-Dabbous for the Robert Schuman Institute and CARIM. (March 2007; 40 pages).
http://www.carim.org/index.php?areaid=8&contentid=63

4.
The Center for Contemporary Conflict publishes its new Strategic Insights issue, Vol. 6, No.2, March 2007, a special edition dedicated to the Iraq Study Group Report: The Way Forward or Backward?  The articles may be downloaded from below address:
 http://www.ccc.nps.navy.mil/si/

Following is a Table of Contents:
Introduction to the Special Edition of Strategic Insights on the Iraq Study Group
by Robert Looney

Diplomacy and the Iraq War
by John Tirman

Saudi Arabia: Iraq, Iran, the Regional Power Balance, and the Sectarian Question
by F. Gregory Gause, III

Israel and the Iraq Study Group Report
by Jonathan Spyer

Iraqs Future 101: The Failings of the Baker-Hamilton Report
by Brendan OLeary

Shi`i Perceptions of The Iraq Study Group Report
by Abbas Kadhim

Strategic Insecurity After Saddam: Whither Regional Security in a World Turned Upside Down?
by James Russell 

Beyond the Iraq Study Group: The Elusive Goal of Sustained Growth
by Robert Looney

It's Now 2007: So Where are We in the Long War?
by John Mills

Cultural Understanding within Context as a Tool for Countering Irregular Threats and as a Force for Peace
by Kathleen M. Meilahn

The Evolution of Arab Conceptions of the Crusades
by John "Garick" Chamberlin

Also included in the issue are :
Conference Report: The Militarization of Energy Security
by James A. Russell and Trisha Bury

A Student Thesis entitled The Resiliency of Terrorist Havens: A Social Mobilization Theory Approach by Robert W. Johnston (December 2006; 89 pages)

5.
Stuck in Change: Faith-Based Peace Building in Sudan's Transition. A report by Ulrich Mans and Osman Mohamed Osman Ali for the Netherlands Institute of International Relations 'Clingendael'. (October 2006; 74 pages).
http://www.clingendael.nl/publications/2006/20061000_cru_occ_sudan.pdf

6.
Islam and Identity in Germany. A report for the International Crisis Group (ICG). (Europe Report No. 181; 14 March 2007; 43 pages). 
http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?id=4693&l=1

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Library Update No. 91
March 6, 2007

1.
Expanding the Jihad: Hizb'alla's Sunni Islamist Network. By Bilal Y. Saab and Bruce O. Riedel, for The Brookings Institution (February 2007; 7 pages).
http://www.brookings.edu/views/papers/saabriedel_20070223.htm

2.
USINFO is produced by the Bureau of International Information Programs, U.S. Department of State. Web site: http://usinfo.state.gov)
 

Intelligence Officials Target Terrorist Safe Havens :

Al-Qaida,s next generation training in Iraq, Afghan-Pakistan Region, Africa. By David McKeeby, USINFO Staff Writer (27 February 2007; 2 pages)
http://usinfo.state.gov/xarchives/display.html?p=washfile-english&y=2007&m=February&x=20070227174142idybeekcm0.12138

http://www.dni.gov/testimonies/20070227_transcript.pdf (PDF, 63 pages) of the hearing and the http://www.dni.gov/testimonies/20070227_testimony.pdf (PDF, 23 pages) of McConnell's prepared statement are available on the Web site of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.

3.
After Mecca - Engaging Hamas. Middle East Report No. 62 for the International Crisis Group. (28 February 2007; 45 pages).
http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?id=4677&l=1

4.
Ghost Prisoner - Two Years in Secret CIA Detention: The Case of Marwan Jabour. Contains detailed description of a secret CIA prison from a Palestinian former detainee. A Report by Human Rights Watch. (February 2007, Vol.19, No. 1(G); 50 pages)
http://hrw.org/reports/2007/us0207/

5.
Back to Balancing in the Middle East : A New Strategy for Constructive Engagement. Martin Indyk and Tamara Coffman Wittes write for Opportunity 08 - Brookings Institution. (March 2007; 18 pages)
http://www.opportunity08.org/Issues/OurWorld/22/r1/Default.aspx

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Library Update No. 90
February 28, 2007

1.
The Calm Before The Storm - The British Experience in Southern Iraq . Written by Michael Knights and Ed Williams for the Washington Institute. (Policy Focus No. 66, February 2007; 41 pages.)
http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC04.php?CID=267

2.
Al Qaeda: Statements and Evolving Ideology. By  Christopher Blanchard for the Congressional Research Service (CRS). (24 January 2007; 18 pages)
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/terror/RL32759.pdf

3.
Pushing Toward Party Politics? Kuwait's Islamic Constitutional Movement. A Carnegie Paper by Nathan J. Brown, written as part of the Middle East Series for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. (January 2007, No.79; 22 pages)
http://www.carnegieendowment.org/publications/index.cfm?fa=view&id=19016&prog=zgp&proj=zdrl,zme

4.
Requiem for Palestinian Reform - Clear Lessons From a Troubled Record. A Carnegie Paper by Nathan  J. Brown, written as part of the Middle East Series for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. (February 2007, No.81; 18pages)
http://www.carnegieendowment.org/publications/index.cfm?fa=view&id=19031&prog=zgp&proj=zme

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Library Update No. 89
February 19, 2007

1.
Islamist Terrorism in Northwestern Africa - A 'Thorn in the Neck' of the United States? by Emily Hunt. For the Washington Institute for Near East Policy. (Policy Focus #65, February 2007; 20 pages).
http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC04.php?CID=266

2.
The Israel Security Agency's 2006 Report  (Shabak)
The Israel Security Agency's 2006 report asserts that Hamas has taken over the Gaza Strip with the support of Hezbollah and Iran  (February 10, 2007 ;

http://www.ict.org.il/apage/9927.php

3.
An Assessment of Growth, Distribution and Poverty in Egypt: 1990/91-2004/5 - Is Poverty Declining in Egypt? By Hanaa Kheir El-Din and Heba El-Laithy. A research paper for the Egyptian Center for Economic Studies (ECES) and Global Development Network (GDN).  (December 2006; 36 pages)
http://www.gdnet.org/middle.php?oid=237&zone=docs&action=doc&doc=11170

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Library Update No. 88
February 1, 2007

1.
Egypt's Sinai Question. A report by the International Crisis Group (ICG) (Middle East/North Africa Report , No.61; 37 pages)
http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?id=4635&l=1

2.
Iran: Profile and Statements of president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. By Hussein D. Hassan, for the Congressional Research Service (CRS), The Library of Congress. (January 16, 2007; 4 pages)
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/mideast/RS22569.pdf

3.
Public Opinion in Iran and America on Key International Issues. A Poll conducted by Steven Kull for World Public Opinion and Search for Common Ground on topics such as Islam and the West, US-Iran Relations, the nuclear issue and global integration and democracy. (January 24, 2007; 37 pages) The entire survey and its results at:
http://www.worldpublicopinion.org/pipa/articles/home_page/313.php?nid=&id=&pnt=313&lb=hmpg1

A summary to be found below, at same address; click on "Iranians Overwhelmingly Reject Bin Laden"
http://www.worldpublicopinion.org/pipa/articles/home_page/313.php?nid=&id=&pnt=313&lb=hmpg1

4.
From Rejection to Acceptance - Israeli National Security Thinking and Palestinian Statehood. A special report by Shlomo Brom for the United States Institute of Peace (USIP). (February 2007, No. 177; 20 pages).
http://www.usip.org/pubs/specialreports/sr177.html

5.
Iraq's  New Political Map. A special Report by Phebe Marr for the United States Institute of Peace (USIP). (January 2007, No. 179; 24 pages)
http://www.usip.org/pubs/specialreports/sr179.html

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Library Update No. 87
January 30, 2007

1.
A Balancing Act: Anti-Terror Financing Guidelines and Their Effects on Islamic Charities . A Thesis written by Patricia Rodriguez-Rey for the Naval Postgraduate School at Monterey, CA. (December 2006; 99 pages)
http://www.ccc.nps.navy.mil/research/theses/rodriguez-rey06.pdf

2.
In Their Own Words: Hizbollah's Strategy in the Current Confrontation. Written by Amal Saad-Ghorayeb with an  editor's note by Marina Ottaway.  For the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Democracy & Rule of Law Program. (January 2007, No.32; 14 pages)
http://www.carnegieendowment.org/publications/index.cfm?fa=view&id=18962&prog=zgp&proj=zme

3.
Hizbollah and Its Changing Identities. by Amal Saad-Ghorayeb and Marina Ottaway. A Policy Paper for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Democracy & Rule of Law program. (January 2007, No.34; 4 pages).

4.
Roots of Radical Islam in Central Asia. Written by Martha Brill Olcott for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.  A Carnegie Paper , in the Russian and Eurasian Program (January 2007, No. 77; 40 pages)
http://www.carnegieendowment.org/publications/index.cfm?fa=view&id=18967&prog=zru

5.
Things Fall Apart : Containing the Spillover From an Iraqi Civil War. An Analysis Paper, written by Daniel L. Byman and Kenneth M. Pollack for the Saban Center for Middle East Policy at The Brookings Institution. (January 2007, No. 11; 141 pages)
http://www.brookings.edu/printme.wbs?page=/fp/saban/analysis/jan2007iraq_civilwar.htm

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Library Update No. 86
January 10, 2007

1.
Monopolizing Power. Egypt's Political Parties Law. A Briefing Paper by Human Rights Watch, released on January 4, 2007. (No.1; 17 pages)
http://hrw.org/backgrounder/mena/egypt0107/

2.
They Came Here to Kill Us. Militia Attacks and Ethnic Targeting of Civilians in Eastern Chad. A report by Human Rights Watch ( January 2007,  Volume 19, No. 1(A); 73 pages)
http://hrw.org/english/docs/2007/01/08/chad14982.htm

3.
Unjust, Restrictive, and Inconsistent.

The Impact of Turkey's Compensation Law with Respect to Internally Displaced People. A Briefing Paper by Human Rights Watch (December 2006, No.1; 42 pages)

 http://hrw.org/backgrounder/eca/turkey1206/

4.
The Politicization of Islam in Azerbaijan. Written by Svante E. Cornell for the Central Asia - Caucasus Institute / Silk Road Studies Program . (Silk Road Paper, October 2006; 75 pages)
http://www.cacianalyst.org/  Click on 2nd item.

5.
Establishment Ulama and Radicalism in Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Jordan

Written by Shmuel Bachar, Shmuel  Bar, Rschel Machtiger and Yair Minzili for the Center on Islam, Democracy, and the Future of the Muslim World / Hudson Institute (December 27, 2006 ; Research Monographs on the Muslim World Series No. 1 Paper No. 4 ; 43 pages)
http://www.futureofmuslimworld.com/research/pubid.61/pub_detail.asp

6.
'Non-Combatants' in Muslim Legal Thought. 
Written by Ella Landau-Tasseron for the Center on Islam, Democracy, and the Future of the Muslim World / Hudson Institute (December 2006; Research Monographs on the Muslim World Series No. 1 Paper No. 3 ; 24 pages)
http://www.futureofmuslimworld.com/research/pubID.60/pub_detail.asp