Author: Matthew Levitt
Publisher: Washington Institute for Near East Policy
Keywords: policy, institute, september, post, papers, washington, organizations, east, terrorist, middle, terror, eastern, state, sponsors, targeting
Number of Pages: 141
Published: 2003-03-01
List price: $19.95
ISBN-10: 0944029817
ISBN-13: 9780944029817

September 11 produced unprecedented political will in the United States to fight international terrorism with all of the energy and power at the collective disposal of America and its allies. That principle has already been applied to al-Qaeda and is now being applied to Saddam Husayn’s Iraq. But what effect has the U.S.-led "war on terror" had on the leaders and state sponsors of other Middle Eastern terrorist organizations? In this sober, fact-filled assessment of U.S. counterterrorism policy over the past year, Matthew Levitt argues that without marshalling the resolve and resource

Authors:Jonathan Schanzer, Dennis Ross,
Publisher: Washington Institute for Near East Policy
Keywords: amp, generation, terror, groups, affiliate, armies, middle, east, qaeda
Number of Pages: 222
Published: 2004-10-01
List price: $17.95
ISBN-10: 156171884X
ISBN-13: 9781561718849

Al-Qaeda still threatens the West despite the fact that thousands of its fighters have been killed or captured. Attacks continue, even as Usama bin Laden and his top lieutenants hide in distant caves. The terror network’s resiliency lies in the existence of "affiliate groups." Numbering more than two-dozen worldwide, these groups maintain operatives from al-Qaeda’s training camps and battlefields. They are local and autonomous, but fight in the name of al-Qaeda’s global jihad. Using never-before published material, Arabic language sources, and personal interviews from the Middle Ea

Author: Gregory Hooker
Publisher: Washington Institute for Near East Policy
Keywords: military, research, papers, paper, freedom, plan, operation, iraqi, shaping
Number of Pages: 114
Published: 2005-07-11
List price: $19.95
ISBN-10: 0944029981
ISBN-13: 9780944029985

The aftermath of the war in Iraq has generated a great deal of second-guessing about WashingtonÂ’s prewar planning and intelligence efforts. Largely missing from this debate has been a thorough examination of military intelligence efforts outside Washington. In this study, Gregory Hooker provides a detailed narrative of the war planning process, spanning the militaryÂ’s initial attempts to refocus on regime change and the governmentÂ’s ineffective preparation for the postwar environment. Throughout, he assesses the prewar intelligence estimates and the various problems that U.S. Centr

Authors:Alan Makovsky, Alan Makovsky, Sabri Sayari,
Publisher: Washington Institute for Near East Policy
Keywords: turkish, foreign, policy, dynamics, changing, new, world, turkey
Number of Pages: 234
Published: 2000-08-01
List price: $19.95
ISBN-10: 0944029434
ISBN-13: 9780944029435

One of the most important developments of the past decade, for both the Middle East and neighboring regions, is the emergence of Turkey as a regional power. Several factors account for Turkey’s transformation: more prosperity, a stronger military, weaker neighbors, and a broadening of foreign policy priorities that has seen Ankara build up its ties with the Turkish states of the former Soviet Union and, dramatically, with Israel. Turkey’s policies toward neighboring regions also have an important impact on U.S. policy. Indeed, Turkey has been central to countless U.S. policy ini

Author: Tom Kramer
Publisher: East-West Center Washington; Institute of Southeas
Keywords: party, ethnic, nationalist, army, narco, state, united
Number of Pages: 96
Published: 2007-09-21
List price: $19.90
ISBN-10: 9812304916
ISBN-13: 9789812304919

This monograph argues that although the United Wa State Party (UWSP) has been branded by the international community as a narco-trafficking army, the organization has an ethnic nationalist agenda whose aim is to build a Wa state within Burma. The UWSP is not innocent of narcotics-related crimes, but few conflict parties in Burma can claim to have clean hands. The weak capacity of the UWSP leadership has prevented it from developing a clear vision of how to develop a Wa state. Although the UWSP has promoted Wa nationalism, the population under its control is not mono-ethnic. The UWSP has implem

Author: Marc Askew
Publisher: East-West Center Washington; Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS)
Keywords: insurgency, thailand, south, comprehend, struggle, politics, disorderly, border, conspiracy
Number of Pages: 100
Published: 2007-04-13
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 9812304649
ISBN-13: 9789812304643

This study examines a number of themes underlying the struggle to identify the character and causes of the violence engulfing southern Thailand s border provinces since 2004. It begins by outlining key representations of the southern problem in Thailand. Then, drawing on little-used Thai-language documentation, and on interviews and field study, this monograph focuses on three topics. First, it addresses the prominence of a number of conspiracy theories claiming that killings and bombings have been engineered, in whole or in part, by vested interest groups rather than by ideologically inspired

Author: Mary P. Callahan
Publisher: East-West Center Washington; Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS)
Keywords: devolution, occupation, coexistence, states, minority, authority, burma, ethnic, political
Number of Pages: 94
Published: 2007-05-01
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 9812304622
ISBN-13: 9789812304629

This study examines the enormous variation and complexity that characterize relationships between the national state and locally-based, often nonstate actors who negotiate and compete for political authority in Burma’s ethnic minority-dominated states along the borders. Three patterns of relationships are explored: devolution by the national state to warlord-like local authorities; occupation by the Burmese military; and coexistence (with varying degrees of cooperation and understanding) among actors from the national state and local stakeholders. Throughout these border states, lead