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1996 Seminar
The Foreign Policies of Arab States
Appendices
LECTURE PROGRAM
DAY ONE: Monday, December 9th
8:30-9:30 Registration and Group Photographs
9:30-11:00 Opening Remarks and Introduction
Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi - Head of PASSIA
11:30-13:00 The State in the International System- Alternative Theoretical Frameworks
Dr. Rosemary Hollis - "Chatham House", London
15:00-16:15 The Arab States in the Regional and International System: I. Foundations
Dr. Bahgat Korany - University of Montreal, Canada
16:30-18:00 Decision-Making Theory: Three Approaches
Dr. Rosemary Hollis
DAY TWO: Tuesday, December 10th
9:00-10:30 The Arab States in the Regional and International System: II. Evolution
Dr. Bahgat Korany
11:00-13:00 The Arab States in the Regional and International System:
III. Contemporary Concerns
Dr. Bahgat Korany
15:00-16.15 Second Track- The Multilateral Talks of the Middle East Peace Process
Dr. Joel Peters - Reading University
16.30-18:00 Country Profiles: a) Basic Data (size, population, resources, political system)
b) policy making institutions/processes
Presentation by the Participants
DAY THREE: Wednesday, December 11th
9:00-10:30 Defining the National Interest
Dr. Rosemary Hollis
11:00-13:00 The Arab League and the Arab-Israeli Conflict
Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi
15:00-18.00 Country Policy Positions: a) General Priorities and Positions
b) Positions on the Arab-Israeli Conflict and the Peace Process.
Presented by the Participants; with Dr. R. Hollis
DAY FOUR: Thursday, December 12th
9:00-10:30 Egypt's Regional Role and Foreign Policy Imperatives
H.E. Ahmad Kamal - Egyptian Diplomat
11:00-13:00 Syria: National Security and State-Building
Dr. Volker Perthes - Institute for International Politics and Security, Ebenhausen
15:00-16:15 Syrian Interests and Role in Lebanon
Dr. Volker Perthes
16:30-18:00 Arab States, the Arab-Israeli Conflict and the Peace Process: Some Comparisons and Contrasts. - Discussion with lecturers
DAY FIVE: Friday, December 13th
9:00-10:30 The Maghreb States: Foreign Policy Priorities
Dr. Claire Spencer - The Centre for Defence Studies, King's College, London
11:00-13:00 The Maghreb States, the Arab-Israeli Conflict and the Peace Process
Dr. Claire Spencer
15:00-16:15 The Arab States and Jerusalem
H.E. Faisal Husseini - Orient House, Jerusalem
16:30-18:00 Writing Position Papers
Dr. Rosemary Hollis
DAY SIX/SEVEN: Saturday/Sunday, December 14th-15th: WEEKEND
DAY EIGHT: Monday, December 16th
9:00-13:00 External Powers & the Arab States: Positions on the Arab-Israeli Conflict
I: The US, Its Allies and Antagonists
H.E. Edward Abington, US Consul General, Jerusalem
II: Europe, the Arab-Israeli Conflict and the Peace Process
H.E. Richard Dalton, British Consul General, Jerusalem
15:00-18:00 Exercise: Lobbying the External Powers
with Dr. Rosemary Hollis
DAY NINE: Tuesday, December 17th
9:00-10:30 Resources Scarcity as the New Regional Imperative
Dr. Rosemary Hollis
11:00-13:00 War and Its Impact on Foreign Policy
Dr. Yezid Sayigh
14:30-16:15 Film: "Palestine - The Story of a Land" (Followed by a discussion)
DAY TEN: Wednesday, December 18th
9:00-10:30 The Evolution of Palestine
Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi
11:00-13:00 The PLO's Foreign Policy
Dr. Yezid Sayigh
15:00-18.00 Jordan's Foreign Policy
Dr. Yezid Sayigh
DAY ELEVEN: Thursday, December 19th
9:00-10:30 Political Islam in the Arab World
Sheikh Jamil Hamami - Director, Islamic & Cultural Society, Jerusalem
11:00-13:00 Foreign Policy Imperatives for Saudi Arabia
Dr. Rosemary Hollis
15:00-16:15 Exercise: Responding to a Regional Crisis as Policy-Makers for the Arab States
With Dr. Rosemary Hollis
DAY TWELVE: Friday, December 20th
9:00-10:30 Policy Imperatives for Palestine - View from the PNA
Dr. Sami Musallam - Director of the President's Office, Jericho
11:00-13.00 Policy Imperatives for the Palestinians - Participants' Views
15.00-16.15 Lebanon's Place in the Region
Dr. Basma Kodmani-Darwish, IFRI, Paris
16:30-18:00 Concluding Session/Round-up: Discussion & Feedback
LECTURERS
DR. ROSEMARY HOLLIS
Head of the Middle East Programme at the Royal Institute for International Affairs (Chatham House) in London.
DR. MAHDI ABDUL HADI
Head and founder of the Palestinian Academic Society for the Study of International Affairs (PASSIA), Jerusalem.
DR. VOLKER PERTHES
Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP), Research Institute for International Politics and Security, Ebenhausen, FRG
DR. YEZID SAYIGH
Centre for International Studies, Cambridge University, UK
PROF. BAHGAT KORANY
University of Montreal, Canada
DR. CLAIRE SPENCER
The Centre for Defence Studies, King's College, London.
DR. JOEL PETERS
Reading University, UK
DR. SAMI MUSALLAM
Director, President's Office, Jericho
SHEIKH JAMIL HAMAMI
Director, Society of the Islamic & Cultural Committee, Jerusalem
H.E. AHMAD KAMAL
Egyptian Diplomat
H.E. EDWARD ABINGTON
Consul General, US Consulate, Jerusalem
H.E. RICHARD DALTON
Consul General, British Consulate, Jerusalem
PALESTINIAN PARTICIPANTS
ABDELRAZEK, Rawan
*1972, Jerusalem; living and working in Jerusalem
U1: B.A. International Relations, John Hopkins University, USA
P: Desk Officer ‘ASIA’, Orient House; previously, Research Assistant, Anthropology Dept., John Hopkins University
C: Morocco
ADAWIN, Basima Yosef
*1967, Jerusalem; living and working in Jerusalem
U: B.A. English Literature, and Diploma Education, Al-Quds Univer-sity; currently, M.A. International Relations, Bir Zeit University.
P: Office Manager, Salaam Children; previously Correspondent, Press Agency and Palestinian Broadcasting Corporation.
C: Palestine
ARRAF, Huwaida George
*1976, USA; living and working in Jerusalem
U: Student (Political Science) Hebrew University, Jerusalem
C: Lebanon
DA'NA, Dina Othman
*1966, Hebron; living and working in Hebron
U: B.A. English, Hebron University
P: Field Officer, ICRC, Hebron; previously, Teacher Al-Azhar School; and Research Assistant, UNICEF.
C: Saudi Arabia
AL-HALAWANI, Saadeddin Hassan
*1975, Jerusalem; living in Jerusalem
U: B.A. Biology, Bir Zeit University
C: Egypt
HASSOUNEH, Firyal Sa'adeddin
Nablus; living and working in Nablus
U: B.A. Business Management, Beirut University
P: Project Director, Ministry of Social Affairs.
C: Morocco
HUSARI, Ruba
*1964, Amman; living/working in Ramallah/Jerusalem
U: Diplome d'Etudes, Universitaires Generales, Montpellier.
P: Correspondent, Al Hayat & BBC
C: Saudi Arabia
OMAR, Ali
*1965, Venzuela; living and working in Nablus
U: B.A. English Language
P: Assistant to Tahsin Fares, Governorate of Nablus
C: Lebanon
RAFA, Nidal Ali
*1973, Haifa; living and working in Jerusalem
U: B.A. Political Science, Haifa University
P: Research Assistant, Knesset Interior Committee, Jerusalem.
C: Jordan
AL-SA'DI, Mohammed Ibrahim
*1970, Jenin; living and working in Ramallah
U: BA English Literature, Yarmouk University, Jordan; Diploma in Broadcasting/ Journalism, University of Wales, UK.
P: Editor/Reporter, PBC; previously reporter, Kull al-Arab
C: Palestine
SHAHIN, Najeh Mohd
*1962, Beit Ommar; living and working in Ramallah
U: B.A. English Literature; M.A. Philosophy, Jordan University
P: Faculty Instructor, RMTC, Ramallah; previously at M.C.C.; Teacher in Amman.
C: Syria
SHAHIN, Suha
*1964, Dahran, Saudi Arabia; living in Nablus
U: B.A. International Affairs, The American College in Paris; M.A. International Relations, Boston University, USA
P: ---; previously Legal & Diplomacy Dept., Ministry of Fo-reign Affairs, Jordan.
C: Jordan
SULEIMAN, Ali Ahmad
*1968, Teqoa; living in Teqoa working in Bethlehem
U: B.A. English Language & Literature, Bir Zeit University.
P: Researcher, Civic Forum - NDI (Bethlehem)
C: Egypt
READING MATERIAL
Preparatory Reading
Bookmiller, R. J., & Bookmiller, K. N., ‘Behind the Headlines: The Multilateral Middle East Talks’, Current History, vol. 95, no. 597, (January 1996), pp. 1-5.
Khalidi, Ahmad, ‘Arab Security in the 90s: Arab Israeli Peace and the Parity Principle’, (January 1993).
Khalidi, Ahmad, ‘Middle East Security: Arab Threat Perceptions, Peace and Stability’, paper presented in draft at a workshop entitled " The Nature of Security in the Middle East" held at the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Cambridge, Massachusetts: 1989.
Korany, B., & Dessouki, A., Arab Foreign Policies in a Changing Environment, The Foreign Policies of the Arab States: The Challenge of Change, ed. Bahgat Korany & Ali Hillal Dessouki, (Colorado: Westview Press, 1991), pp. 374-409. (Arabic and English)
Korany, B., & Dessouki A., ‘A Literature Survey and a Framework for Analysis’, The Foreign Policies of the Arab States: The Challenge of Change, ed. Bahgat Korany & Ali Hillal Dessouki, (Colorado: Westview Press Inc., 1991), pp. 8-24. (Arabic and English)
Korany, B., & Dessouki A., ‘ The Global System and Arab Foreign Policies: The Primacy of Constraints’, The Foreign Policies of the Arab States: The Challenge of Change, ed. Bahgat Korany & Ali Hillal Dessouki, (Colorado: Westview Press Inc., 1991), pp.25-48. (Arabic and English)
Noble, P., ‘The Arab System: Pressures, Constraints and Opportunities, The Foreign Policies of the Arab States: The Challenge of Change, ed. Bahgat Korany & Ali Hillal Dessouki, (Colorado: Westview Press Inc., 1991), pp. 49- 102. ý(Arabic and English)
Sayigh, Yezid, ‘The Gulf Crisis: Why the Arab Regional Order failed’, International Affairs, vol. 67, no.3, 1991, pp. 487-507.
Shikaki, Khalil, ‘Palestinian-Arab Relations During the Transitional Period’, Assiysa al-Filastiniya, no. 3/4, (Summer-Autumn 1994), p 33-41.
Strange, S., States and Markets, (London: Pinter, 1988), Chapters 1-3.
Relevant Country References:
MOROCCO:
ABECOR Country Report, ‘North Africa: Algeria, Libya, Morocco, and Tunisia’, BARCALAYS BANK, (November 1994), pp.4 -7.
Damis, J., ‘The United States and North Africa’, Polity and Society in Contemporary North Africa, pp. 221-240.
Deeb, M., ‘The Arab Magharibi Union and the Prospects for North Afri-can Unity’, Polity and Society in Contemporary North Africa,: 189-203.
Joffe G., ‘The European Union and the Maghreb’.
Spencer, C., ‘The Roots of Maghreb Unity - and Disunity’, Morocco: Occasional Papers, no. 1, 1994, pp. 63-95.
Zartman, W., ‘The Maghrib into the Future’, Polity and Society in Con-temporary North Africa, pp. 241-249.
_______ , ‘An Island of Stability: An Interview with His Majesty King Hassan II of Morocco’, Middle East Insight, (January 1994), pp. 10-16.
LEBANON:
Hanf, Theodor, ‘The Lebanese Model: Co-existence Before the War’, Lebanon: Co-existing in a Time of War, (Paris: Center of Arab-European studies, 1993), (Arabic)
Hollis, Rosemary and Nadim Shehadi (editors), Lebanon on Hold: Implications for Middle East Peace, (London: The Royal Institute of International Affairs, 1996). (English).
Perthes, Volker, "Syrian Interests and Role in Lebanon", 1996. (Extended version)
EGYPT:
Dessouki, A., ‘The Primacy of Economics: The Foreign Policy of Egypt’, The Foreign Policies of Arab States: The Challenge of Change, ed. Bahgat Korany and Ali Hillal Dessouki, (Colorado: Westview Press Inc., 1991), pp. 156-185. (English)
Murphy, C., ‘The Business of Political Change in Egypt’, Current History, vol. 94, no. 588, (January 1995), pp. 18-22.
Murphy, C., ‘Egypt: An Uneasy Portent of Change’, Current History, vol. 93, no. 580, (February 1994), pp.78-82.
Selim, M., Mediterraneanism: A New Dimension in Egypt’s Foreign Policy, (Cairo: Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Cairo University, 1995).
JORDAN:
Braizat, M., Jordan’s Diplomacy: Balancing National Survival with Nation’s Revival, (Amman: Center for Strategic Studies - University of Jordan, 1995). (English)
Dessouki, A., & Aboul Kheir, K., ‘ The Politics of Vulnerability and Survival: The Foreign Policy of Jordan’, The Foreign Policies of Arab States: The Challenge of Change, ed. Bahgat Korany & Ali Hillal Dessouki, (Colorado: Westview Press 1991), pp. 216 - 235.
Wilson, M. C., ‘Jordan: Bread, Freedom, or Both?’, Current History, vol. 93, no. 580, (February 1994), pp. 87-90.
Al-Zu’bi, B. & Kasasbeh, H., ‘Jordan’s Economy: Challenges and Op-portunities’, Jordan and Korea in their Respective Regional Contexts, ed. Mohammad Mustafa (Amman: Center for Strategic Studies, Univer-sity of Jordan,1994). (English)
SYRIA:
Abu Khalil, A., ‘Syria and the Arab-Israeli Conflict’, Current History, vol. 93, no. 580, (February 1994), pp. 83-86.
Hinnebusch, R., ‘Revisionist Dreams, Realist Strategies: The Foreign Policy of Syria’, The Foreign Policies of Arab States: The Challenge of Change, ed. Bahgat Korany & Ali Hillal Dessouki, (Colorado: Westview Press Inc., 1991), pp. 374 - 419. (English)
Khalidi, A., & Agha, H., ‘The Syrian Doctrine of Strategic Parity’.
Maoz, Moshe, Syria and Israel: From War to Peacemaking, (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1995).
Perthes, Volker, The Political Economy of Syria under Asad, (London: I.B. Tauris,1995).
Perthes, Volker, ‘From Front-line State to Backyard? Syria and the Eco-nomic Risks of Regional Peace’, The Beirut Review, no. 8, Fall 1994.
Perthes, Volker, ‘State Building, National Security and War Preparation in Syria’.
Perthes, Volker, ‘Incremental Change in Syria’, Current History, vol. 92, no. 570, (January 1993), pp. 23-26.
SAUDI ARABIA:
Korany, Bahgat, ‘Defending the Faith amid Change: The Foreign Policy of Saudi Arabia, The Foreign Policies of Arab States: The Challenge of Change, ed. Bahgat Korany & Ali Hillal Dessouki, (Colorado: Westview Press Inc., 1991), pp. 310-353.
Jones, C., ‘Saudi Arabia After the Gulf War: The International-External Security Dilemma’, pp.31- 51.
Al-Rashid, M., ‘Saudi Arabia’s Islamic Opposition,’ Current History, vol. 95, no. 567, (January 1996), pp. 16-22.
PALESTINE:
Abdul Hadi, Mahdi, The Palestine Question and Political Peaceful Solutions 1934-1974. Beirut, 1975.
Khalidi, Ahmad, ‘A Palestinian Settlement: Towards a Palestinian Doc-trine of National Security’, Working Paper presented at the Israeli-Palestinian Peace Research Project, Rome, (January 1992).
Khalidi, R., ‘A Palestinian View of the Accord with Israel’, Current History, vol. 93, no. 580, (February 1994), pp. 62-66.
Kodmani-Darwish, Basma, ‘Arafat and the Islamists: Conflict or Coope-ration?’, Current History, vol. 95, no. 597, (January 1996), pp. 28-32.
Muslih, M., ‘Jericho and Its Meaning: A New Strategy for the Palesti-nians’, Current History, vol. 93, no. 580, (February 1994), pp.72-77.
Peretz, Don, ‘The Palestinians Since the Gulf War’, Current History, vol. 92, no. 570, (January 1993), pp. 32-36.
Roy, Sara, ‘The Gaza Strip: Past, Present, and Future’, Current History, vol. 93, no. 580, (February 1994), pp. 67-71.
Sayigh, Yezid, ‘Concept of Security for the Palestinian State,’ Shu’un Falastiniya, (January-February 1993), pp. 3-13. (Arabic)
Selim, M., ‘ The Survival of a Nonstate Actor: The Foreign Policy of the Palestine Liberation Organisation’, The Foreign Policies of Arab States: The Challenge of Change, ed. Bahgat Korany & Ali Hillal Dessouki, (CO: Westview Press Inc., 1991), pp. 260- 309.
Shikaki, Khalil, ‘The Israeli Elections, the Future of Peace, and the Palestinian Options,’ Assiyasa al-Filistiniya, (Summer 1996), pp. 26-34. (Arabic)