The Arabian Peninsula

Fall 1997

Middle East Report 204 surveys key developments inside the countries of the Arabian Peninsula as well as in the subcontinent’s international relations.

Starter

From the Editors (Fall 1997)

Sheila Carapico

Articles

Oil, Gas and the Future of Arab Gulf Countries

Fareed Mohamedi

Articles

Arms Supplies and Military Spending in the Gulf

F. Gregory Gause

Articles

The Closing of the Arabian Frontier and the Future of Saudi-American Relations

Robert Vitalis

Articles

A Clash of Fundamentalisms

Shelagh Weir

Articles

Arabia Without Sultans Revisited

Fred Halliday

Articles

The Romance of Tahliyya Street

Lisa Wynn

Articles

"This Is the Bride"

Janine A. Clark

Articles

Bahrain's Crisis Worsens

Joe Stork

Articles

Bringing the Peninsula In from the Periphery

Gwenn Okruhlik

Special Reports

A New Strategy for the Palestinian "Minority" in Israel

Hatim Kanaaneh and Rhoda Kanaaneh

Special Reports

"Nothing More to Lose"

Karim El-Gawhary

Special Reports

M-I-C K-E-Y S-A-'-U-D

(Author not identified)

Reviews

History as Social Critique in Syrian Film

Robert Blecher

Reviews

Letters

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Reviews

Editor's Picks (Fall 1997)

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Middle East Research and Information Project

Critical Coverage of the Middle East Since 1971

The Arabian Peninsula

Fall 1997

Table of Contents

From the Editors (Fall 1997)

Oil, Gas and the Future of Arab Gulf Countries

Arms Supplies and Military Spending in the Gulf

The Closing of the Arabian Frontier and the Future of Saudi-American Relations

A Clash of Fundamentalisms

Arabia Without Sultans Revisited

The Romance of Tahliyya Street

"This Is the Bride"

Bahrain's Crisis Worsens

Bringing the Peninsula In from the Periphery

A New Strategy for the Palestinian "Minority" in Israel

"Nothing More to Lose"

M-I-C K-E-Y S-A-'-U-D

History as Social Critique in Syrian Film

Letters

Editor's Picks (Fall 1997)