New Issue of Middle East Review of International Affairs Journal
Volume 16, No. 3-4 - Fall 2012, Total Circulation: 36,743
THE BATTLE FOR THE SOUL OF SHI'ISM
By Phillip Smyth
This
piece will examine the strategies utilized by radicals within the Shi’i
clerical realm, namely those who push wilayat al-faqih, the politicized
Iranian conception of Shi’ism, on more traditionalist forms of Shi’i
Islam. In addition, a look at efforts by those traditionalists to
counter Iran’s and their allies’ tactics will be presented with an
assessment on how these factors
RUSSO-TURKISH DIVERGENCE (PART II): THE ENERGY DIMENSION
By Younkyoo Kim and Stephen Blank
Energy
issues figure prominently in the Russo-Turkish relationship. Their
impact is not nearly as clear-cut as are the Iranian and Syrian issues.
Turkey and Russia have a complex, evolving relationship characterized by
mutual dependencies in the oil and gas spheres
WOMEN IN AFGHANISTAN: A HUMAN RIGHTS TRAGEDY A DECADE AFTER 9/11
By Hayat Alvi
Over
a decade after the September 11, 2001, attacks in the United States and
the military campaign in Afghanistan, there is some good news, but
still much bad news pertaining to women in Afghanistan. The patterns of
politics, military operations, religious fanaticism, patriarchal
structures and practices, and insurgent violence continue to threaten
girls and women in the most insidious ways
SYRIAN REGIME STRATEGY AND THE CIVIL WAR
By Jonathan Spyer
The
Asad regime has always suffered from a legitimacy deficit. When an
uprising against it began in March 2011, the regime possessed few
options other than brute force. Following a few desultory attempts at
offering cosmetic reforms, the regime declared war against the
insurgency in June 2011, seeking to crush it by force
VIOLENCE IN IRAQ
By Aymenn Jawad Al Tamimi
This
article discusses general trends as regards violence in Iraq as well as
the important question of the total number of violent civilian deaths
since 2003. In addition, the operations of active militant groups and
exacerbating factors for violence are examined
THE ARAB SPRING AND THE PROSPECTS FOR GENUINE RELIGIOUS AND POLITICAL REFORMS
By Elie Elhadj
There
is a guarded optimism that the Arab Spring could result in genuine
religious and political reforms. This optimism is grounded in the belief
that for the new governments to be reelected, they must reduce
unemployment and poverty quickly and convincingly. Dogmatic posturing
produces neither jobs nor prosperity. Islamists, Salafists, and
jihadists–with Wahhabi inspiration and cash–will assail the new policies
as un-Islamic. The confrontation could marginalize Islamist and other
extremists, cement democratic governance, reform Shari’a laws, and lead
to the evolution of a more tolerant, peaceful Islam
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