Content Type: Working Paper / Political Geography: Arabia / Topic: Security

Publication Date:: 07-2002
Content Type:: Working Paper
Institution:: International Crisis Group
Abstract:: President Bush, announcing U.S. policy towards the Israeli-Palestinian conflict on 24 June 2002, has set the terms of the international response to the conflict for the immediately foreseeable period. Before peace can be negotiated the violence has to stop. If the Palestinians are to have their own state – and the clear message is that they should – it must be one based on the principles of democracy, transparency and the rule of law. For that to happen the current leadership needs to go. The logic is sequential: political progress is conditional on a new security environment, institutional reform and, in effect, on regime change.
Topic:: Security, Human Rights, and Politics
Political Geography:: United States, Middle East, Israel, Palestine, and Arabia

Author:: Bruce D. Jones
Publication Date:: 05-2002
Content Type:: Working Paper
Institution:: The Carter Center
Abstract:: As we enter 2003, the Israeli-Palestinian context is defined by a series of inter- related phenomena: a continuing loss of Israeli and Palestinian lives; political turbulence (and some convergence) in Israel; progress, after much debate, on the question of reform and Chairman Arafat's leadership; a factional struggle for dominance of Palestinian popular politics; devastation of the Palestinian economy, and a lesser but still damaging corrosion of the Israeli economy; and public attitudes on both sides defined by the concept of “tactical hawks, strategic doves”—but with trends showing a worrying erosion of support for peaceful solutions. The international context is defined by growing consensus on substantive issues among international, Arab, and some U.S. officials; some remaining tactical and presentational differences within this group; a rise of anti-Semitic and anti-Arab attitudes; and uncertainty about the consequences of regime change in Iraq. The combination—alongside President Bush's decision to publish the Road Map following the confirmation of the new Palestinian Cabinet—potentially represents a turning point.
Topic:: Conflict Resolution, Security, and Terrorism
Political Geography:: United States, Israel, Palestine, and Arabia

Author:: Anthony H. Cordesman
Publication Date:: 01-2002
Content Type:: Working Paper
Institution:: Center for Strategic and International Studies
Abstract:: This draft analysis is be circulated for comment as part of the CSIS “Saudi Arabia Enters the 21 st Century Project.” It will be extensively revised before final publication.
Topic:: Security and Defense Policy
Political Geography:: United States, Middle East, and Arabia

Author:: Anthony H. Cordesman
Publication Date:: 06-2001
Content Type:: Working Paper
Institution:: Center for Strategic and International Studies
Abstract:: This draft analysis is be circulated for comment as part of the CSIS “Saudi Arabia Enters the 21 st Century Project.” It will be extensively revised before final publication.
Topic:: Security and Defense Policy
Political Geography:: United States, Middle East, Arabia, and Saudi Arabia

Author:: Roberto Aliboni
Publication Date:: 02-2001
Content Type:: Working Paper
Institution:: Istituto Affari Internazionali
Abstract:: The southern shore of the Mediterranean region is an area with very high population growth. National economies haven't - but for Israel - the strength and vitality of northern-shore states. On the southern shore the state has generally a pervasive role in the society. Inefficient state-owned industries and subsidised agriculture give way to products that are scarcely competitive on the world market. Weak southern Mediterranean economies, that could somehow get along with a stable population, risk the failure in trying to keep pace with the ongoing population boom and with globalisation. For this reason, on the southern shore of the Mediterranean resource disputes have emerged, especially since the seventies, as an area of contentions between states. The latter more and more is perceived as a dangerous and hardly manageable issue.
Topic:: Security and Environment
Political Geography:: Middle East and Arabia

Author:: Edward Rhodes, Jonathan DiCicco, Sarah Milburn, and Tom Walker
Publication Date:: 01-2000
Content Type:: Working Paper
Institution:: Center for Global Security and Democracy
Abstract:: The United States has a range of tools at its disposal with which to shape the international environment in ways favorable to U.S. interests and global security. Shaping activities enhance U.S. security by promoting regional security and preventing or reducing. . . [a] wide range of diverse threats.... These measures adapt and strengthen alliances and friendships, maintain U.S. influence in key regions and encourage adherence to international norms.... The U.S. military plays an essential role in...shaping the international environment in ways that protect and promote U.S. interests. Through overseas presence and peacetim e engagement activities such as defense cooperation, security assistance, and training and exercises with allies and friends, our armed forces help to deter aggression and coercion, promote regional stability, prevent and reduce conflicts and threats, and serve as role models for militaries in emerging democracies. . . .
Topic:: Security, International Organization, and International Trade and Finance
Political Geography:: United States, Europe, Middle East, and Arabia

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