Prologue: Dueling Oppression Internally and Externally [DEATILS.......]
Introduction: Clash of Civilizations or Dialogue of Civilizations.

The Iraqi-American Crisis

1. The Iraqi-American Crisis: The Road to War
Forms of American Escalation
Moves and Positions of the Iraqi Opposition
International Attempts to Contain American Escalation
Regional Interventions
Resolution 1441 and the Return of the Inspectors

2.The Case of U.S. Military Intervention in Iraq [DETAILS.....]
Towards a Conceptual Change
The Report of the International Committee on Intervention and State Sovereignty
A Critique of American Foreign and Defense Policies
The Road to American Military Intervention in Iraq
Preparations for a Military Operations Against Iraq
American Military Buildup in the Gulf
The Iraqi Defense Strategy

3. Military Operations: Stages, Obstacles, and Consequences [DETAILS....]
Bombardment and the Initiation of the War
Iraqi Resistance and the Obstruction of Infantry Troops
Prepartions for the Battle for Baghdad
The Principal Features of the American Operation on Iraq
The Principal Features of the Iraqi Defense Strategy
The Political and Military Consequences of the War

4. The Anti-War Movement
The Battle within the United Nations
Multiple Forms of Popular and Religious Opposition to the War
The Opposition of Arab and Islamic States
American Public Opinion Opposes the War on Iraq
American Civil Society and the War on Iraq

5. Egypt and the Iraqi-American Crisis [DETAILS...]
Egyptian Diplomacy and Moves by the American Administration Against Iraq
The Egyptian Position towards the Anglo-American Aggression
The Position of Opposition Parties and Public Opinion Towards the Anglo-American Aggression
The Position of Religions Institutions

6. Regional Positions Towards the Iraqi-American Crisis
The Turkish Position: Refusing Military Participation in the War
Iran: From Policies of Active Neutrality to Positive Neutrality
Israel and the War on Iraq


International Relations

1. American Policies in the Grip of the Political and Religious Right
Elements of the Neo-Conservative Vision
The New Conservative Political Right
The Practices of the Bush Administration

2. Setbacks in Afghanistan and an Asian Strategy to Confront Terrorism
Problems with State-Building in Afghanistan
The War on Terrorism in South East Asia
The Case of Kashmir and Indo-Pakistani Relations

3. Intellectual Discourses and Questions about the War on Terror
American Intellectuals between Support and Opposition
German Intellectuals
The Discourses of Saudi Intellectuals between Dialogue and Extremism
America's Response to the Saudi Discourse

4. Global Economic Decline: the Cases of Argentina and Brazil
The Continent of Debt
Argentina: The Mother of All Crises
Brazil: Between Rising Expectations and a Bitter Reality

Regional Relations

1. Iran's Arab and Regional Interactions
Domestic Developments
Iran's External Interactions

2. Turkey: Domestic Developments and Regional Interactions
Domestic Developments
Turkey's Regional Interactions

3. The Horn of Africa: Regional : Domestic Developments and Regional Dynamics
International Ramifications in the Horn of Africa
Bilateral Relations
Domestic Transformations

4. Development and Poverty Alleviation in Africa
Indicators of Development Setbacks in the African Continent
Development Efforts in Africa
A New Partnership Initiative For African Development (NIPAD)

The Arab Israeli Conflict

1. The Context of the Arab-Israeli Conflict: Dramatic Transformations
The Center of Interaction Moves to the Gulf Region
The Collapse of the Negotiation Process Between Israelis and Palestinians
The Beginnings of a New Regional Order in the Middle East

2. Political Parties and Elections in Israel…the Collapse of Labor and the Hegemony of the Right
The Major Parties…Multi-dimensional Problems
The Likud and the Internal General Elections
The Elections of January 2002: Results and Significance

3. The Intifada and the Israeli Invasion…The Challenges of the Israeli War on the Palestinians
The Political Context before the Israeli Invasion
The Ramifications of the Israeli Invasion
The Political Reform Debate
The Cairo Dialogue

The Arab Regional Order

1. The Arab League Performance [DETAILS....] ............[RELATED ARTICLE......]
Arabs and Iraqi Crisis .. The Arab Summit in Sharm El Sheikh[DETAILS...]
The Failure of the Initiative to Reform the Arab League

2. Political Development in the Arab World [DETAILS...] ...............[ RELATED ARTICLE....]
Constitutional Reforms
Arab Elections
Civil Society

3. Arab Issues and Crises
I. The Sudanese Crisis: An American Role Towards a Comprehensive Resolution
The Machakos Protocol and the Right of Self-Determination
Negotiations On the Three Regions…a Parallel Track to the IGAD Initiative
The Carn Negotiations on the Marginalized Regions
II. Algeria…Elections Reinforce Political Stability
Recognizing the Amazigh as a National Language
Legislative Elections
III. The Sahara Question and the Crisis of the Maghrebi Union
The Conflict of the Island of Laila
European-American Competition and its Effects on the Maghrebi Union
IV. Saudi Defense Policy
Saudi Arabia's Strategic Environment
The Pillars of Saudi Defense Policy
The Structural Development of Saudi Armed Forces
Saudi Defense Policy and the War on Iraq

The Arab Republic of Egypt

1. The Performance of State Institutions
The Presidency and National Priorities [DETAILS...]
The Performance of Parliament
The Egyptian Judiciary and Corruption

2. Political Parties…Limited Movement to Confront Major Stagnation
I. The National Democratic Party [DETAILS....]
The 8th Party Congress…New Thinking
II. The Moslem Brotherhood and the Beginning of a New Era [DETAILS...]
The Brotherhood Between Division and cohesion

3. Civil Society…The Case of Professional Syndicates [DETAILS.....]
The Performance of Syndicates
The Performance of Syndicates and Weak Influence

4. The Performance of the Egyptian Economy and the Crisis of the Role of the Central Bank
Performance of Egyptian Economy in 2002 [DETAILS...]
The Crisis of Egyptian Banks… Towards Limiting the Role of the Central Bank
The Economic Crisis…Background to the Proposed Law
Debating the Articles of the Proposed Banking Law
Towards Fundamental change in Economic Policy
Needed Amendments that were Delayed or a New Law?