Critical Assessments

Fall 1998

Middle East Report 208 analyzes US policy toward the region halfway through the second term of the Bill Clinton administration.

Starter

From the Editor (Fall 1998)

The Editors

Up Front

So No One Can Say "We Didn't Know"

Robert Fisk

Up Front

Rebels and Martyrs

Paul Silverstein

Up Front

The Political Roots of Famine in Southern Sudan

Jeff Drumtra

Articles

Al Miskin

(Author not identified)

Articles

The Rise and Fall of the "Rogue Doctrine"

Michael Klare

Articles

The Containment Myth

Stephen Hubbell

Articles

"Praise God and Pass the Ammunition!"

Phyllis Bennis

Articles

Oil and the Middle East

Simon Bromley

Articles

Arab Perspectives on US Hegemony in the Middle East

Georges Corm

Articles

Between Clash and Cooptation

Steve Niva

Articles

Points of Difference, Cases for Cooperation

Volker Perthes

Articles

Short-Circuiting the Media/Policy Machine

Sam Husseini

Special Reports

Protesting Sanctions Against Iraq

Jillian Schwedler

Special Reports

From Alliance to the Brink of All-Out War

Dan Connell

Reviews

Historical Road Maps for the "New World Order"

Chris Toensing

Reviews

Editor's Picks (Fall 1998)

(Author not identified)

Middle East Research and Information Project

Critical Coverage of the Middle East Since 1971

Critical Assessments

Fall 1998

Table of Contents

From the Editor (Fall 1998)

So No One Can Say "We Didn't Know"

Rebels and Martyrs

The Political Roots of Famine in Southern Sudan

Al Miskin

The Rise and Fall of the "Rogue Doctrine"

The Containment Myth

"Praise God and Pass the Ammunition!"

Oil and the Middle East

Arab Perspectives on US Hegemony in the Middle East

Between Clash and Cooptation

Points of Difference, Cases for Cooperation

Short-Circuiting the Media/Policy Machine

Protesting Sanctions Against Iraq

From Alliance to the Brink of All-Out War

Historical Road Maps for the "New World Order"

Editor's Picks (Fall 1998)