William B. Quandt

A sense of siege : the geopolitics of Islam and the West

* Introduction * Western Historical Perceptions of Islam and Their Geopolitical Legacy * The Muslim Historical and Psychological Perception of the West * Contemporary Dilemmas Posed to the West by the Islamic World * Contemporary Dilemmas Posed to the Islamic World by the West * The Religious Dimension * Solidarity and Coexistence * The Geopolitical Dimension * The Strategic Dimension * Conclusions

Sovereign creations : pan-Arabism and political order in Syria and Iraq

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Parliamentary politics in revolutionary Iran : the institutionalization of factional politics

A study of the Iranian parliament, analyzing the rivalry between competing factions and the political battles that have set the tone for many key policy developments in Iran. It also examines how elections are organized, how candidates are approved and how parliament is structured.

After the Storm: The Changing Military Balance in the Middle East

Weighing the military balance in the Middle East arms transfers to the Middle East trends in the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction trends in the military balance and arms sales in North Africa trends in the military balance and arms sales in the Arab-Israel confrontation trends in the military balance and arms sales in the Northern Gulf states trends in the military balance and arms sales in the Southern Gulf states trends in the military balance and arms sales in the Red Sea and the Horn of Africa strategic interest, arms control and regional stability - conflict or synergy?.

Spokesmen for the Despised: Fundamentalist Leaders of the Middle East

Behind the bloody acts of terrorism, the mobs chanting with upraised fists, the backroom and front-page politics in the Middle East, stand powerful religious leaders cloaked in mystery and fanaticism. This book seeks to lifts the veils, presenting eight vivid portraits of fundamentalist leaders who have turned their charismatic religious authority to powerful political ends. The deeds of the men profiled in this book make history and headlines, whether through the anti-American rhetoric of the late Iranian revolutionary Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini; the violent acts of Hizbullah; or the group of Jewish rabbis who appear to have inspired the assassination of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. The biographies include interviews with true believers and bitter opponents, and in a number of cases with the subjects themselves, placing the lives of these leaders in the contexts of their religious traditions and their varied social, political, and religious settings.

Kuwait : the transformation of an oil state

History the oil economy Kuwaiti society political institutions and processes foreign policy the invasions aftermath.

Oman and the World: The Emergence of an Independent Foreign Policy

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The Islamist dilemma : the political role of Islamist movements in the contemporary Arab world

This series is intended to included works that deal with the politics, international relations and political economy of Middle Eastern countries or regional organizations. Also of interest to the series are works on social forces, ideological discourses and strategic affairs pertaining to the Middle East.

The warriors of Islam : Iran's Revolutionary Guard

The guard as revolutionary institution the political environment the resiliency of the revolutionary guard the guards organizational complexity the guards political autonomy guard factionalism conclusions and prospects.

The Electoral Cycle and the Conduct of Foreign Policy

Two-hundred years ago, when the Constitution was taking shape, the conduct of the new nations foreign affairs was not central to the concerns of the Founders. Once independence was achieved, it was widely believed, the United States would be able to remain comparatively uninvolved with the rest of the world. A wide ocean separated it from the messy politics of Europe and permitted the first president to imagine the United States could remain unentangled in the affairs of the rest of the world. The Founders did, of course, make passing reference to the division of powers between the executive and the legislature in such matters as negotiating and ratifying treaties with foreign powers and with raising an army and a navy and directing them in time of war. As elsewhere in the Constitution, on these matters one sees the determination to prevent too much power from being concentrated in any one part of the federal government. 1 Divided responsibility was the key to avoiding abuses of power, and in the domestic arena the wisdom of this philosophical bent has been widely applauded. In the conduct of foreign policy, however, it is much more difficult to argue that the virtues of divided responsibility enhance the common defense or promote the general welfare. Still, even the most ardent proponent of strong presidential leadership in foreign policy would have a difficult time arguing that the specific provisions of the Constitution regarding foreign policy are at the root of our contemporary prob-