The Middle East Journal
Vol. LVIII      No. 3         Summer  2004

Contents

EDITOR'S NOTE 343
ARTICLES
Neither Islamist, Nor Liberal: Saudi Arabia's Emerging "Centrist" Trend
Stephane Lacroix
345
Princes and Parliaments in the Arab World
Michael Herb
367
Libya is Not Iraq: Preemptive Strikes, WMD, and Diplomacy
Ronald Bruce St John
386
Dissent in Iranian Elections: Reasons and Implications
Abbas William Samii
403
OPEC's Dominance of the Global Oil Market
Euclid Rose
424
Israel, Egypt, and Freedom of Passage Through the Suez Canal, 1957-60
Eitan Barak
444
CHRONOLOGY
BOOK REVIEWS
The Second Intifada: The Literature of Testimony
Review Article by Sabah I. Salih
495

ALGERIA

The Battlefield Algeria 1988-2000, by Hugh Roberts
Reviewed by Clement M. Henry
501

ARAB-ISRAELI CONFLICT

ARAB-ISRAELI CONFLICT Bethlehem Besieged: Stories of Desperation and Hope from the Holy Land, by Mitri Raheb
Reviewed by David Mack
502
The Missing Peace: The Inside Story of the Fight for Middle East Peace, by Dennis Ross
Reviewed by William B. Quandt
503
Track II Diplomacy: Lessons from the Middle East, by Shai Feldman, Ahmad Khalidi, and Zeev Schiff
Reviewed by Philip C. Wilcox, Jr.
506

EGYPT

Egyptian Politics: The Dynamics of Authoritarian Rule, by Maye Kassem
Reviewed by Jon B. Alterman
507
Islam Without Fear: Egypt and the New Islamists, by Raymond William Baker
Reviewed by Joel Gordon
508
Christians Versus Muslims in Modern Egypt: The Century-Long Struggle for Coptic Equality, by S.S. Hasan
Reviewed by Paul Sedra
510

KURDS

Great Powers, Oil, and the Kurds in Mosul: (Southern Kurdistan/Northern Iraq), 1910-1925, by Habibollah Atarodi
Iraqi Kurdistan: Political Development and Emergent Democracy, by Gareth R.V. Stansfield
Reviewed by Michael M. Gunter
511
The Kurdish Question in U.S. Foreign Policy: A Documentary Source Book, by Lokman I. Meho
Historical Dictionary of the Kurds, by Michael M. Gunter
Reviewed by Robert Olson
513

LIBYA

Uncle Sam in Barbary: A Diplomatic History, by Richard B. Parker
Libya and the West: From Independence to Lockerbie, by Geoff Simons
Reviewed by Ronald Bruce St John
514

MOROCCO

Morocco: From Empire to Independence, by C.R. Pennell
Reviewed by Moshe Gershovich
517

PAKISTAN

Pakistan: At the Crosscurrent of History, by Lawrence Ziring
Reviewed by Robert LaPorte, Jr.
518

PALESTINE AND PALESTINIANS

A History of Modern Palestine: One Land, Two Peoples, by Ilan Pappe
Reviewed by Charles D. Smith
520

SAUDI ARABIA

Religion und Staat in Saudi Arabien. Die wahhabitischen Gelehrten 1902-1953, by Guido Steinberg
Reviewed by Wolfgang G. Schwanitz
522

TURKEY

Suits and Uniforms: Turkish Foreign Policy Since the Cold War, by Philip Robins
Reviewed by Henri Barkey
523
Islamic Roots and Resurgence in Turkey: Understanding and Explaining the Muslim Resurgence, by Stephen Vertigans
Reviewed by Metin Heper
524
Islamic Political Identity in Turkey, by M. Hakan Yavuz
Reviewed by Meltem Turkoz

MODERN HISTORY AND POLITICS

Contemporary Arab Thought: Studies in Post-1967 Arab lntellectual History, by Ibrahim M. Abu Rabi`
Reviewed by Michaelle Browers
527
Gold, Bankiers und Diplomaten. Zur Geschichte der Deutschen Orientbank 1906-1946, by Wolfgang G. Schwanitz
Reviewed by Uwe Pfullmann
529
RECENT PUBLICATIONS 531
COMMUNICATIONS 537