Middle East
Richard N. Haass and Martin Indyk, eds.
The Brookings Institution and the Council on Foreign Relations have teamed up to propose a Middle East policy for the new administration, including suggested U.S. approaches to Iraq, Iran, nuclear proliferation, the Arab-Israeli conflict, Middle East economic and political development, and counterterrorism.
David B. Ottaway
The veteran Washington Post journalist Ottaway uses Bandar's flamboyant diplomatic career to provide an informative history of U.S.-Saudi relations over the past three decades.
Kepel frames this account in terms of two concurrent, contending "grand narratives" -- the Bush administration's "global war on terror" and al Qaeda's global jihad. Both professed a utopian aspiration.
After setting out the main lines of Shiite history, Louër presents the quite different histories of her chosen countries and the Shiite ideologies and political movements found in each, tracing a move away from a more transnational orientation to one accepting national identity.
Davidson offers a detailed historical and topical study of the Dubai phenomenon, including due attention given to "the vulnerability of success."
