Scholarly Journals

Uzi Rabi has published an article in the British Journal of MIddle Eastern Studies dealing with the history of Abu Dhabi before and after the discovery of oil, which helps to explain tribal-state relations in Gulf societies.

Prof. Bruce Maddy-Weitzman writes in the "Journal of North African Studies" of the contemporary processes of globalization and how they have stimulated and reinforced a specific Berber/Amazigh ethno-political identity.

MDC Senior Research David Menashri examines the relationship between Israel and Iran against the backdrop of the wider Middle East conflict.

Uzi Rabi has published an article in the peer-reviewed journal Middle Eastern Studies, which examines the history of Great Britain in the Persian Gulf.

Uzi Rabi has published an article in the peer-reviewed Israel Affairs, which examines Oman's historical and present position towards Israel.

MDC Principal Research Fellow Dr. Bruce Maddy-Weitzman examines Moroccan Islamism.

In the British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies, Paul Rivlin examines the political economy of inflation control in Turkey between 1980 and 2001 and Israel between 1980 and 1985.

This study of Palestinian and Israeli intellectuals was conceived during more optimistic times. It was based on the premise that they had contributed in some way to what was hopefully an "irreversible" peace process, and would play significant roles in shaping longer term political and social processes subsequent to the apparently imminent final status accord. The failure of the peace negotiations and the renewed descent into violence in September 2000 forced a reevaluation but did not alter my belief that the activities of thinkers, writers and educators of the two adversarial communities remained worthy of study. The anger and frustration voiced by each side's intellectuals towards the other's during the last two years confirmed that they themselves believed that their actions still counted for something, their lack of military divisions notwithstanding.