New Issue of MERIA Journal: Syria, Tunisia, Hizballah, Turkish-Israel Relations
We’ve published the first four (of seven) articles of the MERIA Journal, Volume 16, No. 1 - March 2012. To see them all go here:
http://www.gloria-center.org/category/2012-03-14-04/
HIZBALLAH AND THE ARAB REVOLUTIONS: THE CONTRADICTION MADE APPARENT?
By Jonathan Spyer
Since the 1990s, Hizballah has defined itself along a number of parallel lines, each of which prior to 2011 appeared to support the other. The movement was simultaneously a sectarian representative of the Lebanese Shi’a, a regional ally of Iran and Syria, a defender of the Lebanese against the supposed aggressive intentions of Israel, and [...]
UNDERSTANDING THE “ISLAMIST WAVE” IN TUNISIA
By Anna Mahjar-Barducci
On October 23, 2011, Tunisia held the first free and democratic elections in the country’s history. Tunisian voters were called upon to elect 217 members of the National Constituent Assembly (NCA), whose task was to appoint an interim government and to draft a new constitution within one year, and to prepare the country for general [...]
TURKISH-ISRAELI RELATIONS IN THE SHADOW OF THE ARAB SPRING
By Barry Rubin
This article is a short analysis of how Turkey changed under AKP rule so that the regime no longer wished to have an alignment with Israel but, on the contrary, needed to treat Israel as an enemy. In order to understand the initial reasons behind the creation of the Turkish-Israeli alliance, one must also recognize [...]
SYRIA’S 31 PERCENTERS: HOW BASHAR AL-ASAD BUILT MINORITY ALLIANCES AND COUNTERED MINORITY FOES
By Phillip Smyth
As the Syrian revolution against Bashar al-Asad’s rule enters its first year, Asad appears to have a good command over Syria’s large and fractious minority community. Three of the most prominent minority groups include the Christians, Druze, and Kurds. Asad’s control of these groups was not happenstance but the result of a number of hard- [...]
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