EFFORTS TO ACHIEVE BALANCE & OBJECTIVITY IN THE EXAMINATION & ANALYSIS OF THE ISLAMIC WORLD:   SEEKING LESS POLITICIZATION, GREATER DIVERSITY OF PERSPECTIVE, MORE ATTENTION TO THE THREAT OF MILITANT ISLAM, & AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE POST-COLONIALIST & ANTI-WESTERN BIASES CHARACTERISTIC OF THE PROFESSIONAL LEADERSHIP & SOCALLED "SCHOLARSHIP" LONG DOMINANT IN THE FIELD OF MIDDLE EAST & ISLAMIC STUDIES -- THE ASSOCIATION FOR THE STUDY OF THE MIDDLE EAST & AFRICA:  FORMED TO PROVIDE A PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION THAT WOULD BE MORE INDEPENDENT & REFLECT THE ACADEMIC COMMUNITY MORE THAN POLITICAL IDEOLOGIES & SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS

THE TRUE MEANING OF THE OF THE ARABIC WORD "HUDNA" & ITS SIGNIFICANCE IN THE ISLAMIST JIHAD BEING WAGED AGAINST WESTERN CIVILIZATION:  THE NEED FOR WESTERNERS TO UNDERSTAND THE WORD'S NUANCE & HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT -- ISLAMIC MILITARY HISTORY AS PRECEDENT FOR THE ISLAMISTS' USE OF THE CEASE-FIRE, OR TRUCE, AS A MILITARY TACTIC IN THEIR GLOBAL WAR AGAINST ISRAEL & THE WEST -- THE HUDNA AS A TACTICAL CEASE-FIRE PERMITTING THE AGGRESSOR FORCES TO RETREAT & THEN REGROUP, REARM, & REBUILD THEIR MILITARY INFRASTRUCTURE IN ORDER TO BE MORE EFFECTIVE WHEN THEY CALL OFF THE CEASE-FIRE & ATTACK THE TERRITORY THEY PREVIOUSLY LEFT BEHIND -- THE ARABS' USE OF THE HUDNA IN THEIR CONFLICT WITH THE STATE OF ISRAEL

UNITED STATES FOREIGN POLICY IN THE MIDDLE EAST:  DE-EMPHASIZING PROMOTION OF CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRACY & ONCE AGAIN EMBRACING MIDDLE EASTERN REGIONAL STABILITY AS A U.S. FOREIGN POLICY PRIORITY -- FACING THE DOWNSIDE OF A STRATEGY BASED ON THE IDEA THAT DICTATORS BRING STABILITY TO A REGION -- INSTABILITY AS A LOOMING THREAT IN FOUR WESTERN-ALLIED DICTATORSHIPS THAT MANY AT HIGH LEVELS IN THE U.S. GOVERNMENT PERCEIVE AS BULWARKS OF STABILITY:  EGYPT, SAUDI ARABIA, TUNISIA, & OMAN

THE EFFORTS OF ABDUL RAHMAN AL-LAHIM TO REFORM SAUDI LAW & THE SAUDI JUDICIAL SYSTEM:  HIS BATTLE WITH THE ISLAMIST FORCES THAT CONTROL SAUDI ARABIA'S JUDICIARY -- THE LONG ROAD TO A CONSTITUTIONAL JUDICIAL SYSTEM IN SAUDI ARABIA -- LAHIM'S UNCERTAIN FUTURE AS A SAUDI LAWYER

RELIGION, POLITICS, & GOVERNMENTAL SYSTEMS -- ISLAM, AUTHORITARIANISM, & CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRACY:  CAN ISLAM BE REFORMED IN SUCH MANNER AS TO BE MADE COMPATIBLE WITH CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRACY?  ISLAM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO EVOLVE IN A CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRATIC DIRECTION, BUT MIDDLE EASTERN TRIBALISM & THE EXISTENCE OF A COMPELLING & POWERFUL ISLAMIST MOVEMENT OBSTRUCT MODERNIZATION & THE DEVELOPMENT OF CONSTITUTIONALISM, THE RULE OF LAW, CITIZENSHIP, CIVIL LIBERTIES, SEPARATION OF GOVERNMENT & RELIGION, EQUAL PROTECTION OF THE LAWS, GENDER EQUALITY, & THE OTHER PREQUISITES OF A GENUINELY CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRATIC STATE

U.S. PUBLIC DIPLOMACY, INFORMATION DISSEMINATION, & INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC RELATIONS:  COUNTERING ANTI-AMERICAN PROPAGANDA IN THE ARAB MEDIA -- AL-HURRA (THE FREE ONE):  A U.S. GOVERNMENT FUNDED ARABIC LANGUAGE SATELLITE TELEVISION NETWORK WHOSE MISSION BY LAW IS TO PROVIDE ACCURATE & OBJECTIVE NEWS & INFORMATION TO THE MIDDLE EAST, ACCURATELY REPORTING U.S. POLICY & POLICY DEBATES, BUT NOT ADVOCATING POLICY -- PROVIDING CONTEXT & ANALYSIS SO THAT MIDDLE EASTERN VIEWERS CAN MAKE INFORMED DECISIONS

THE CONFLICT IN LEBANON:  IRAN, SYRIA, & HEZBOLLAH VERSUS THE WEST -- LEBANON AS A KEY BATTLEGROUND BETWEEN THE WEST AS A WHOLE & THE FORCES THAT SEEK TO DRAG THE MIDDLE EAST DOWN INTO FANATICISM, TYRANNY, & BARBARISM -- LEBANON AS THE FOCAL POINT OF THE ANTI-WESTERN STRATEGY OF IRAN & ITS ALLIES, SYRIA & HEZBOLLAH -- THE TRANSFORMATION OF IRANIAN POLITICS THAT IS BEING PLAYED OUT IN LEBANON & GAZA -- IRAN'S PLAN TO CO-OPT ARAB NATIONALISM, HAVE AN ACTIVE WAR WITH ISRAEL, BE VICTORIOUS IN THAT WAR, & SEIZE LEADERSHIP OF THE MUSLIM WORLD FROM THE SUNNIS & ARABS

THE STATE OF ISRAEL & PALESTINIAN ARAB HISTORIOGRAPHY:  PALESTINIAN PERCEPTION OF THE JEWISH STATE AS THE ROOT OF ALL EVIL -- PALESTINIAN PERCEPTIONS, THE PALESTINIAN REFUGEE PROBLEM, & THE ISRAELI-ARAB CONFLICT -- THE PALESTINIANS, INSTEAD OF SEARCHING FOR PATHS TO PEACE, ARE SEARCHING FOR MEANS TO WAGE WAR AGAINST & DESTROY THE STATE OF ISRAEL

ARABS & WESTERNERS:  THE VAST CULTURAL DIFFERENCES BETWEEN ARABS & WESTERNERS -- ARAB CULTURE:  THE ENDEMIC HATRED OF JEWS THAT REFLECTS THE MUSLIM ARAB MINDSET -- THE FAILURE OF ARABS TO EXIST PEACEFULLY WITH ONE ANOTHER, DUE TO THEOLOGICAL SCHISMS -- THE ARABS' FAMILY & TRIBAL MENTALITY -- THE ANTI-WESTERN ATTITUDES OF ARABS THAT LITERALLY DATE BACK TO THE CRUSADES -- ISLAM AS AN AUTHORITARIAN POLITICAL SYSTEM, EXISTING TO ASSERT ABSOLUTE & TYRANNICAL CONTROL OVER TERRITORY & PEOPLES --THE CONFLUENCE OF OIL & RELIGION, MAKING THE ISLAMIC WORLD A TREACHEROUS PLACE, BUT ONE WHERE THE WEST HAS NO CHOICE BUT TO INTERVENE & EVEN IMPOSE ITS WILL BY FORCE OF ARMS

THE FAULTY ANALYSIS OF POLITICALLY-BIASED AMERICAN PROFESSORS OF MIDDLE EAST STUDIES:  ANTI-ISRAELI PROFESSORS' OCCUPATION WITH LAMBASTING ISRAEL'S DEFENSE POLICIES & THEIR CONSEQUENT FAILURE TO IDENTIFY AN APPROACHING INTERNECINE PALESTINIAN CONFLICT -- HOW THE MIDDLE EAST STUDIES PROFESSORS MISINFORM & MISLEAD FOREIGN POLICY DECISION-MAKERS IN THE U.S. GOVERNMENT

ISLAM, ISLAMIC STATES, ISLAMISM, & THE PSYCHOLOGICAL DIMENSION OF ASYMMETRICAL WARFARE:   ASYMMETRICAL WARFARE IN THE CONTEXT OF STRATEGIES WEAK STATES & TERRORIST GROUPS ADOPT TO CONFRONT STRONGER MILITARY POWERS -- THE ISLAMIST WAY OF WAR & THE KILLING OF CIVILIANS -- RELIGIOUS FANATICISM, SUICIDAL IDEOLOGY, & MORAL INSPIRATION FOR THE STRATEGY OF TERRORISM -- PSYCHOLOGICAL MANIPULATION & THE CALL TO JIHAD -- EXPLOITATION OF WESTERN MORAL CODES TO CREATE A TACTICAL ADVANTAGE FOR THE ISLAMIST ENEMY -- HOW TO BALANCE WESTERN MILITARY NEEDS, INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW, & THE REALITY OF FACING AN ENEMY WHOSE TACTICS ARE NOT RESTRAINED BY ACCEPTED CONVENTIONS -- THE ABSOLUTE NEED FOR THE WEST TO WIN THE IDEOLOGICAL WAR AS WELL AS THE MILITARY ONE

BURGEONING OIL PRICES, PERSIAN GULF STATES, & SOVEREIGN WEALTH FUNDS:  HOW PERSIAN GULF STATES ARE USING THEIR HUGE OIL PROFITS & SURPLUS FOREIGN EXHANGE TO PURCHASE ASSETS IN THE U.S.A. & OTHER WESTERN COUNTRIES -- THE NATIONAL SECURITY IMPLICATIONS OF ARAB STATES ACQUIRING IMPORTANT POSITIONS IN INDUSTRIAL & OTHER BUSINESS CORPORATIONS IN THE WEST -- A POSSIBLE RESPONSE TO THE PROBLEM BY WESTERN STATES -- INTRODUCTION OF A STRICT POLICY OF REVIEWING LARGE AQUISITIONS BY SWFS, A POLICY DESIGNED TO MAKE IT EXTREMELY DIFFICULT, OR EVEN ILLEGAL, FOR SWFS TO ACQUIRE ASSETS IN STRATEGIC SECTORS OF WESTERN ECONOMIES, FOR EXAMPLE, INFRASTRUCTURE, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, MEDIA, & ENERGY

THE ISRAELI-ARAB CONFLICT:  WHAT HAPPENED TO THE ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN "PEACE PROCESS"?  FAILURE OF GAZA & THE WEST BANK TO DEVELOP INTO A VIABLE PALESTINIAN POLITICAL & ECONOMIC ENTITY -- THE ROLE OF YASSER ARAFAT IN CREATING THE CURRENT MESS IN PALESTINIAN SOCIETY -- THE ROLE OF MAHMOUD ABBAS -- THE ROLE OF HAMAS -- VICTIMHOOD & THE FAILURE TO ACHIEVE A TWO-STATE SOLUTION TO THE ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT

THE KEY TO UNDERSTANDING MIDDLE EASTERN POLITICS & SOCIETY:  COMPREHENDING THE TRIBAL FOUNDATION OF ARAB & IRANIAN CULTURE -- THE ANCIENT TRIBAL NOTION OF KINSHIP SUPERCEDING THE INFLUENCE OF ELECTED GOVERNMENT OFFICERS -- TRIBAL GROUP LOYALTY AS CRITICAL TO THE CULTURE -- NO LEGITIMATE LEADERSHIP EXISTING ABOVE THE HIERARCHY OF TRIBAL LEADERS -- UNWILLINGNESS TO ACCEPT STATE RULERS -- NEAR IMPOSSIBILITY OF HAVING A CONSTITUTION OR A REGIME OF LAW & ORDER, GENERATING A SOCIETY WHERE ALL GROUPS ARE ON AN EQUAL BASIS

U.S. & WESTERN POLICY TOWARD GAZA, EGYPT, & ISRAEL:  TRANSFERRING GAZA TO EGYPTIAN JURISDICTION & RESPONSIBILITY -- HOW CAN IT BE DONE?

HIGH TIME FOR A MAJOR CHANGE IN THE WEST'S POLICY TOWARD GAZA:  THE NEED FOR THE U.S.A. & OTHER WESTERN STATES TO DECLARE THE EXPERIMENT IN GAZAN SELF-RULE A FAILURE, WITHDRAW SUPPORT FOR ANY POLITICAL CONNECTION BETWEEN THE GAZA STRIP & THE PALESTINIAN ARAB WEST BANK, & CONTRIVE THE RETURN OF GAZA TO EGYPT, PRESSURING THE EGYPTIAN GOVERNMENT TO ANNEX, TIGHTLY CONTROL, & TAKE FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR GAZA

WHY IS THE ISLAMIC MIDDLE EAST SO AT ODDS WITH MODERN LIFE, LAGGARD IN EVERYTHING FROM LITERACY TO STANDARD OF LIVING, FROM MILITARY PROWESS TO POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT?  CULTURE & CONFLICT IN THE MIDDLE EAST -- TRIBAL AUTONOMY & TYRANNICAL CENTRALISM AS THE TWO PATTERNS OF RULE THAT HISTORICALLY HAVE DOMINATED THE MIDDLE EAST -- BALANCED OPPOSITION AS THE BASIS OF TRIBAL SELF-RULE -- RELYING ON EXTENDED FAMILIES & AGNATES FOR PROTECTION -- THE NEGATIVE & POSITIVE EFFECTS OF AFFILIATION SOLIDARITY -- HOW THE DUAL PATTERN OF TRIBAL SELF-RULE & TYRANNICAL CENTRALISM CONTINUES TO DEFINE LIFE IN THE MIDDLE EAST -- INDIVIDUALISM AS THE CURE FOR THE MIDDLE EASTERN REGION'S AFFLICTION

THE STATE OF ISRAEL IN THE ISLAMIC MIDDLE EAST:  ENSURING ISRAEL'S SURVIVAL AS A JEWISH SOCIETY & CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRATIC NATION-STATE IN A HOSTILE REGIONAL ENVIRONMENT -- THE U.S.A. ASSISTING ISRAEL IN ITS MAINTENANCE OF QUALITATIVE MILITARY SUPERIORITY OVER ANY POSSIBLE COALITION OF ARAB & OTHER ISLAMIC STATES IN THE MIDDLE EASTERN & PERSIAN GULF REGION -- THE IRANIAN THREAT, THE EMERGING NEW STRATEGIC ALIGNMENT IN THE MIDDLE EAST, & THE NEED FOR A CLEARER DEFINITION OF "QUALITATIVE MILITARY EDGE" & MUTUAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE U.S. & ISRAELI GOVERNMENTS REGARDING HOW ISRAEL'S QUANTITATIVE MILITARY EDGE CAN & SHOULD BE MAINTAINED

PALESTINIANS VERSUS THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY:  THE NUMEROUS PALESTINIAN ARABS CURRENTLY LIVING INSIDE THE BORDERS OF ISRAEL WHO PREFER ISRAELI GOVERNANCE TO POLITICAL CONTROL & DOMINATION BY THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY -- PALESTINIANS WHO WANT TO KEEP OR GAIN ISRAELI CITIZENSHIP & WOULD RESIST ANY ATTEMPT TO TRANFER JURISDICTION OVER THEM FROM THE STATE OF ISRAEL TO THE CORRUPT, VIOLENT, AND UNSTABLE REGIME OF MAHMOUD ABBAS, AL-FATAH, & HAMAS -- THE ADVANTAGES & BENEFITS OF ISRAELI GOVERNANCE PERCEIVED BY MANY PALESTINIANS:  THE RULE OF LAW, EFFECTIVE MAINTENANCE OF LAW & ORDER, FAIR & REASONABLE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE UNDER LAW, OPPORTUNITY TO LIVE IN PEACE & RAISE ONE'S CHILDREN UNDER ORDERLY CONDITIONS, GOOD SCHOOLS, & HEALTH INSURANCE

THE PALESTINIAN ECONOMY & THE ISRAELI-ARAB CONFLICT:  THE EFFECTS & CONSEQUENCES OF WESTERN FINANCIAL AID TO THE PALESTINIANS -- CORRUPTION & DISTORTION OF THE PALESTINIAN ECONOMY -- RUINING THE ECONOMY BY SMOTHERING IT UNDER WELL-INTENTIONED BUT MISGUIDED DONATIONS -- HOW A FAILED PALESTINIAN ECONOMY WILL ULTIMATELY AFFECT PALESTINIAN TERRORISM & DETERMINATION TO DESTROY THE STATE OF ISRAEL -- EXPLAINING PALESTINIAN EXTREMISM & VIOLENCE: THE HARDSHIP MODEL VERSUS THE EXHILARATION MODEL

SYRIA, THE U.S.A., & THE MIDDLE EAST:  BASHAR AL-ASSAD, THE SYRIAN POLITICAL REGIME, & SYRIA'S FOREIGN POLICY GOALS -- THE MESSAGE THAT AL-ASSAD IS SENDING TO U.S. PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH & HIS ADMINISTRATION:  SYRIA IS NOT PREPARED TO ENTER INTO AN AXIS WITH THE U.S.A. & THE U.S. GOVERNMENT SHOULD NOT INSIST THAT SYRIA DO SO. IN EXCHANGE FOR FRIENDLY DIALOGUE BETWEEN SYRIA & THE U.S.A., THE LATTER MUST ABANDON IRAQ, LEAVE LEBANON OPEN TO SYRIAN DOMINATION, & AGREE TO THE RETURN OF THE GOLAN HEIGHTS TO SYRIA. IN SHORT, THE U.S.A. MUST CAPITULATE TO SYRIAN DEMANDS & LEAVE ISRAEL & THE ENTIRE MIDDLE EAST AT THE MERCY OF TYRANNICAL REGIMES & ISLAMIST TERRORISTS

TURKEY, KURDISH TERRORISTS, THE WAR ON TERRORISM, AMERICAN NATIONAL INTERESTS, & U.S. FOREIGN POLICY IN THE MIDDLE EAST:  THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE & ITS ILL-ADVISED DIPLOMATIC STRATEGY TOWARD THE PKK, A STRATEGY THAT WILL LIKELY BACKFIRE ON TURKEY & COULD SERVE TO UNDERMINE WHAT IS LEFT OF U.S. PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH'S GLOBAL WAR ON TERRORISM -- THE U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT'S COUNSELING TURKEY TO OFFER POLITICAL CONCESSIONS TO THE IRAQI KURDS AND THE PKK, RATHER THAN THE DEPARTMENT'S ADHERING TO A NO-TOLERANCE POLICY TOWARD TERRORISM -- THE NEED FOR THE U.S. FOREIGN POLICY ESTABLISHMENT TO RECOGNIZE THAT CONCESSIONS FUEL TERROR, THAT ONLY COERSION & FORCE WORK IN DEALING WITH TERRORISTS & TERROR ENABLERS, & THAT TURKEY, LIKE ANY OTHER COUNTRY, HAS THE RIGHT TO DEFEND ITS CITIZENS FROM TERRORISM

DANIEL LEVY'S DISTORTED CAUSE-&-EFFECT ANALYSIS OF THE ISRAELI-ARAB CONFLICT: LEVY'S TWISTED ACCOUNTS OF THE FIRST & SECOND INTIFADAS -- LEVY'S MOTIVE:  HIS VERSION OF THE HISTORY OF THE ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT WOULD HAVE US BELIEVE THAT PALESTINIAN TERRORISM HAS ALWAYS ARISEN IN RESPONSE TO ISRAELI PROVOCATIONS & THAT ISRAEL HAS NEVER BEEN GENUINELY INTERESTED IN PEACE WITH ITS MIDDLE EASTERN NEIGHBORS

THE TRIBAL & CULTURAL ROOTS OF CONFLICT IN THE CONTEMPORARY MIDDLE EAST: HOW SEVENTH-CENTURY ARAB TRIBAL CULTURE HAS INFLUENCED ISLAM & ITS ADHERENTS' ATTITUDES TOWARDS NON-MUSLIMS -- FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO THE ARABS' NEARLY ABSOLUTE REJECTION OF ISRAEL -- THE SPECIAL IMPORTANCE OF HONOR & BALANCED OPPOSITION -- THE PROPENSITY OF ARAB STATES & IRAN TO DICTATORSHIP -- RULERS, PEASANTS, & NOMADS

MIDDLE EASTERN HISTORY & POLITICS:  AN EPISODE IN THE ISRAELI-ARAB CONFLICT -- THE PALESTINIAN TERRORIST SKYJACKINGS & HOSTAGE TAKING OF SEPTEMBER, 1970, & THE RESULTING DIPLOMATIC CRISIS & JORDANIAN MILITARY ACTION -- HOW ISRAEL BECAME A PRIME BENEFICIARY OF THE WHOLE EPISODE

HISTORY OF THE THIRD WORLD WAR:  INVOLVEMENT OF THE LATE U.S.S.R. IN THE ARAB-ISRAELI CONFLICT DURING THE COLD WAR ERA -- SOVIET EXPLOITATION OF THE MIDDLE EASTERN CONFLICT TO ADVANTAGE IN THE GLOBAL WAR WAGED BY THE SOVIET UNION & ITS ALLIES AGAINST THE NON-COMMUNIST WORLD -- RECENT RESEARCH FINDINGS

THE EVOLVING RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SYRIA & HEZBOLLAH IN LEBANON: HEZBOLLAH'S TRANSITION FROM THE ROLE OF SUBSERVIENT JUNIOR PARTNER IN ITS AXIS WITH SYRIA TO THE ROLE OF DOMINANT PARTNER -- THE CONSEQUENT WEAKENING OF SYRIA'S ROLE IN LEBANON -- HEZBOLLAH'S ABANDONMENT OF COOPERATION WITH THE EXISTING LEBANESE GOVERNMENT, STAKING OUT A MORE MAXIMALIST POSITION TO DOMINATE LEBANON & TRANSFORM ITS POLITICAL CHARACTER INTO AN IRANIAN-STYLE ISLAMIC FUNDAMENTALIST STATE -- THE STRENGTHENING ROLE OF IRAN IN LEBANON, WHERE IRANIAN AGENTS, IN LEAGUE WITH HEZBOLLAH, HAVE CONSOLIDATED A STATE WITHIN A STATE -- THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC'S ADOPTION OF SYRIA'S FORMER DOMINANT ROLE IN LEBANON

THE UNITED NATIONS, THE PALESTINIAN AGENDA, & ISLAMIC TERRORISM:  THE UN AS A PROPAGANDA MACHINE FOR DELITIMIZATION OF ISRAEL & FOR PROMOTION & PERPETUATION OF ISLAMIST IDEOLOGY -- UNRWA AS AN APPARATUS THROUGH WHICH THE U.S.A. & THE WEST HELP FUND THE ACTIVITIES OF THEIR ENEMIES IN THE ISLAMIST TERROR WAR

THE FORMER SOVIET UNION & THE OUTBREAK OF THE SIX-DAY WAR OF 1967:  THE ROLE OF THE U.S.S.R. IN EXACERBATING THE ISRAELI-ARAB CONFLICT -- THE SIX-DAY WAR AS A FOOTNOTE IN THE HISTORY OF SOVIET DECEPTION, TRICKERY, CONNIVANCE, & TREACHERY DURING THE COLD WAR

THE MASS IGNORANCE, BACKWARDNESS, CORRUPTION, & OPPRESSION OF THE ISLAMIC MIDDLE EAST:  ISLAM AS THE SOURCE OF TERRORISM & WARS IN THE MIDDLE EAST -- ISLAM'S CONTINUING RESISTANCE TO & REJECTION OF ANYTHING THAT SMACKS OF MODERN CIVILIZED BEHAVIOR -- THE ONLY PEACE THAT ISLAM OFFERS THE WORLD:   COMPLETE SURRENDER & SUBORDINATION TO ISLAMIC DOMINATION, OR THE PEACE OF THE GRAVE -- THE POPULATION OF THE ISLAMIC MIDDLE EAST HELD IN THE GRIP OF A "RELIGION" SPREAD BY THE SWORD & MAINTAINED BY INSURING THAT ENLIGHTENMENT OF ANY KIND IS FEARED & DESTROYED -- THE NEED FOR AMERICA & THE WEST TO EFFECTIVELY COMBAT THE ISLAMIST TERRORISM THAT WOULD BRING TO US A DARK AGE RULED BY ISLAM

ISRAEL, HEZBOLLAH, LEBANON, SYRIA, & THE ISRAELI-ARAB CONFLICT:  THE SECOND LEBANON WAR AS A FALTERING, INDECISIVE WAR RESULTING FROM ISRAEL'S STRATEGIC FOLLIES & OPERATIONAL DEFICIENCES -- THE ISRAELI POLITICAL & MILITARY LEADERSHIP'S LACK OF A CLEAR CONCEPT OF WHAT VICTORY OVER HEZBOLLAH ENTAILED -- HOW ISRAEL SQUANDERED AN OPPORTUNITY TO SETTLE REGIONAL SCORES & MAINTAIN UNQUESTIONED ISRAELI DETERRENCE IN THE MIDDLE EAST -- THE STRENGTHS & ADVANTAGES UPON WHICH ISRAEL CAN BUILD & PREPARE TO ATTAIN A CLEAR & DECISIVE VICTORY IN THE NEXT ROUND WITH HEZBOLLAH & THE SYRIAN POLITICAL REGIME

THE CONDITION NECESSARY FOR PEACEFUL COEXISTENCE BETWEEN PALESTINIAN ARABS & ISRAELI JEWS:  THAT PALESTINIAN SOCIETY EXPERIENCE A BREAKTHROUGH IN CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRATIC THOUGHT & VALUES, A BREAKTHROUGH ACCEPTING THE PERMANENT EXISTENCE OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL, ACKNOWLEDGING THAT HONEST RELATIONS BETWEEN ISRAEL & THE PALESTINIANS ARE NORMAL & NATURAL, & ALLOWING FOR THE GROWTH OF AN ECONOMICALLY PROSPEROUS & POLITICALLY INFLUENTIAL PALESTINIAN MIDDLE CLASS

ISLAM, ISLAMISM, & MODERN CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRACY:  ARE THE WESTERN CONCEPTS OF CONSTITUTIONALISM, REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT, POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY, & HUMAN RIGHTS COMPATIBLE WITH EITHER ISLAMIST POLITICAL IDEOLOGY OR A STRICT, LITERAL INTERPRETATION OF TRADITIONAL ISLAMIC RELIGIOUS DOGMA?  CAN MUSLIM SOCIETIES DEVELOP & SUCCESSFULLY OPERATE STABLE CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRACIES?  THE THEORY OF JOHN L. ESPOSITO -- EXPOUNDING & AMPLIFYING THE THEORY -- ISLAMIST REJECTION OF THE THEORY -- THE ESPOSITO THEORY VERSUS REALITY -- HOW THE THEORY & ITS APPLICATION ENDANGER AMERICAN NATIONAL INTERESTS & THE SURVIVAL OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION

MODERN EGYPT:  ITS HISTORY, POLITICS, POLITICAL REGIME, PUBLIC POLICY, & POSITION IN THE MIDDLE EAST -- LIBERALISM, NATIONALISM, & ISLAMISM IN EGYPT -- RELATIONS BETWEEN EGYPT & THE U.S.A. -- A REVIEW OF THE RELEVANT LITERATURE

SAUDI ARABIA:  ITS BIPOLAR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE U.S.A. & THE WEST -- THE CONTINUING DEPENDENCE OF WESTERN ECONOMIES ON IMPORTED OIL, OF WHICH SAUDI OIL FIELDS ARE AN IMPORTANT SOURCE -- THE REPULSION OF MANY WESTERN LEADERS & POLICYMAKERS TO SAUDI SUBSIDATION OF ISLAMIC EXTREMISM -- A REVIEW OF THE RELEVANT LITERATURE

THE FOURTH WORLD WAR:  THE ISLAMIST WAR TO CONQUER & DESTROY THE U.S.A. & WESTERN CIVILIZATION -- AN ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENT FOR THE WORLD'S FUTURE PEACE & SECURITY:  THAT AMERICA, ISRAEL, & THE WEST CONQUER & ANNIHILATE THE EVIL & DEADLY FORCES OF ISLAMIC BARBARISM -- IF U.S. PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH DECIDES TO REDUCE LARGE PORTIONS OF BAGHDAD TO RUBBLE & OBLITERATE BIG CHUNKS OF IRAN, HISTORY WILL LIKELY SAY HE WAS RIGHT TO DO SO

THE MIDDLE EAST, HAMAS, TERRORISM, & THE ISRAELI-ARAB CONFLICT:  HAMAS' OPERATION OF A TYRANNICAL DICTATORSHIP OVER THE PALESTINIANS IN GAZA & THE WEST BANK -- HAMAS' CONTINUING ACTS OF TERROR AGAINST THE STATE OF ISRAEL & ENDORSEMENT OF MISSILE STRIKES ON ISRAELI CIVILIANS -- HOW THEIR FUNDING & SUPPORT OF HAMAS & OTHER TERRORIST GROUPS HAS REAPED HUGE DIVIDENDS FOR IRAN, SAUDI ARABIA, & OTHER MUSLIM STATES OF THE MIDDLE EAST -- HOW WESTERN EQUIVOCATION, VACILLATION, & LACK OF RESOLVE CONTRIBUTE TO TERRORISM & DICTATORSHIP IN THE MIDDLE EAST -- THE U.S. GOVERNMENT'S ABANDONMENT OF ITS PROMOTION OF THE RULE OF LAW, CONSTITUTIONALISM, FREE & UNFETTERED ELECTIONS, REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY, & HUMAN RIGHTS PROTECTIONS IN MIDDLE EASTERN COUNTRIES

ARAB POLITICS, THE ARAB MENTALITY, & THE ARAB WORLD:  ARAB NATIONALISTS, THE ISLAMIST REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENT, & THE PROBLEMS FACING THE ARAB WORLD -- HOW THE COMPETING IDEOLOGIES OF ARAB NATIONALISM & RADICAL ISLAMISM REINFORCE THE INTELLECTUAL SYSTEM & WORLDVIEW THAT LOCKS THE ARAB WORLD INTO THE VERY PROBLEMS WHICH BOTH IDEOLOGICAL MOVEMENTS PURPORT TO REMEDY -- WHY THE ARABS WILL NEVER LEARN -- WHY THE ARABS ARE CONDEMNED TO REPEAT PAST MISTAKES & CONTINUE TO EXPERIENCE MILITARY DEFEAT, WASTED RESOURCES, TYRANNICAL DICTATORSHIP, & SOCIO-ECONOMIC BACKWARDNESS

ISLAMIC TERRORISM & ITS IMPACT ON UNITED STATES FOREIGN POLICY IN THE MIDDLE EAST:  HOW SUICIDE BOMBING HAS FORCED THE U.S.A. TO REEVALUATE ITS STRATEGIC GOALS IN THE MIDDLE EAST -- THE STRATEGIC REASON WHY THE U.S.A. & ITS COALITION ALLIES ATTACKED & INVADED IRAQ -- THE NEED TO PROTECT THE WEST'S ACCESS TO MIDDLE EASTERN OIL RESERVES -- FINDING THE DELICATE BALANCE BETWEEN THE PROTECTION OF AMERICAN NATIONAL INTERESTS & ENGAGEMENT WITH THE FORCES COMPETING FOR HEGEMONY IN THE MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST POLITICS, ARABS, & THE STATE OF ISRAEL:  THE ISRAELI-ARAB CONFLICT CONTINUES, WITH ABSOLUTELY NO POSSIBILITY OF PEACE OBTAINED THROUGH NEGOTIATION & COMPROMISE, DESPITE THE FANTASIES OF JAMES EARL CARTER -- THE ARABS WILL PERSIST IN WAGING THEIR WAR AGAINST ISRAEL, UNLESS & UNTIL THE ARABS ACHIEVE TOTAL DESTRUCTION OF ISRAEL OR THE ARABS ARE SUBJECT TO A DECISIVE MILITARY DEFEAT RENDERING THEM, OVER THE LONGTERM, UNABLE TO CONTINUE RESISTING THE EXISTENCE & OPERATION OF THE JEWISH STATE -- ISRAEL'S CHOICE:  SUBMISSION TO AN ISLAMIC HOLOCAUST, ABANDONMENT OF ISRAEL & EMIGRATION, OR SUCCESSFUL PROSECUTION OF A THOROUGHGOING WAR OF EXTINCTION AGAINST ISRAEL'S ENEMIES

PA HATE EDUCATION:  THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY & ITS POLITICAL INDOCTRINATION OF PALESTINIANS -- THE CONTRADICTION BETWEEN WHAT THE PA SAYS IN ENGLISH TO THE WESTERN WORLD & WHAT IT SAYS IN ARABIC TO PALESTINIANS, ESPECIALLY TO PALESTINIAN YOUTH -- PREACHING PEACE IN ENGLISH & INCITING WAR IN ARABIC -- TEACHING PALESTINIAN CHILDREN TO HATE JEWS & WESTERNERS & TO GROW UP TO PARTICIPATE IN THE ISLAMIC TERROR WAR AGAINST ISRAEL, THE U.S.A., & THE WEST -- THE PRINCIPAL ELEMENTS OF PA POLITICAL PROPAGANDA & INDOCTRINATION: ANTI-WESTERNISM, ANTI-SEMITISM, DENIAL OF ISRAEL'S RIGHT TO EXIST, ISLAMIC JIHAD, SUICIDE BOMBING, & MARTYRDOM

THE MIDDLE EAST, MIDDLE EASTERN POLITICAL REGIMES, & UNITED STATES AID TO MIDDLE EASTERN DISSIDENTS:   TO WHAT ENTENT & IN WHAT WAYS SHOULD THE U.S. GOVERNMENT ENCOURAGE & SUPPORT POLITICAL DISSIDENTS & PRO-DEMOCRACY ACTIVISTS IN MIDDLE EASTERN COUNTRIES GOVERNED BY OPPRESSIVE, TYRANNICAL REGIMES?   SHOULD PROMOTION OF CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRACY & INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY UNDER THE RULE OF LAW BE A FOREIGN POLICY GOAL OF THE U.S.A. IN THE MIDDLE EAST?

UNITED STATES FOREIGN POLICY & THE MIDDLE EAST:  U.S. PRESIDENTIAL ADMINISTRATIONS & DEFENSE OF AMERICAN NATIONAL INTERESTS IN THE ARAB WORLD -- ARAB ATTITUDES & PERCEPTIONS REGARDING THE MIDDLE EASTERN POLICIES OF U.S. PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- U.S. & WESTERN PRESSURE FOR POLITICAL REFORN & DEMOCRATIZATION IN ARAB COUNTRIES -- FLAWED ANALYSES AMONG ARAB LEADERS, MIDDLE EASTERN CIVIL SOICIETY ADVOCATES, WESTERN LIBERAL LEFTISTS, & SOCALLED "REALISTS" IN THE U.S. FOREIGN POLICY ESTABLISHMENT

ECONOMICS, GEOPOLITICS, & THE CONTINENT OF ASIA:  INTERNATIONAL POLITICS & COMMERCE AMONG STATES IN THE MIDDLE EAST & THE FAR EAST -- THE POLITICAL & ECONOMIC SIGNIFICANCE OF RECENT SAUDI ARABIAN OVERTURES TO CHINA & INDIA -- DO THE OVERTURES REFLECT A STRATEGIC SHIFT IN SAUDI FOREIGN POLICY?  HOW WILL CLOSER SAUDI TIES WITH CHINA & INDIA AFFECT UNITED STATES INTERESTS IN THE MIDDLE EAST & THE FAR EAST?  GEOPOLITICAL IMPEDIMENTS THAT MAY LIMIT FUTURE EXPANSION OF SAUDI TIES WITH CHINA & INDIA

RELIGION & THE TERROR WAR:  ISLAM, ISLAMIC THEOLOGY, ISLAMISM, & THE FOURTH WORLD WAR -- ISLAMIC THEOLOGICAL JUSTIFICATION OF ISLAMIST IDEOLOGY & THE WORLDWIDE JIHAD THAT THE ISLAMISTS ARE WAGING AGAINST THE U.S.A., THE WEST, ALL OTHER NON-MUSLIN SOCIETIES & CULTURES, & SECULAR POLITICAL REGIMES IN MUSLIM MAJORITY COUNTRIES -- RELIGIOUS JUSTIFICATION OF SUICIDE BOMBINGS & OTHER ACTS OF ISLAMIST TERRORISM -- VINDICATION OF POLITICAL VIOLENCE AGAINST CIVILIANS AS WELL AS AGAINST MILITARY PERSONNEL

WESTERN ATTITUDES TOWARD MUSLIMS & ARABS:  IN THE U.S.A., HOW MUCH DISCRIMINATION IS THERE AGAINST MUSLIMS & ARABS WHO MIGRATE FROM THE MIDDLE EAST TO AMERICA?  HOW WELL DO MUSLIM & ARAB IMMIGRANTS ASSIMILATE INTO AMERICAN SOCIETY?  WHAT ARE THE ATTITUDES OF NATIONAL POLICYMAKERS & FOREIGN POLICY ELITES IN THE U.S.A. & EUROPE, AS REGARDS THE ABILITY OF ISLAMIC MAJORITY COUNTRIES TO ESTABLISH & MAINTAIN STABLE CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRACIES -- POLITICAL REGIMES WHICH ARE CHARACTIZED BY THE RULE OF LAW, PRESERVATION OF LIBERTY UNDER LAW, EFFECTIVE ENFORCEMENT OF CONSTITUTIONAL LIMITATIONS ON THE POWER OF GOVERNMENT, MAJORITY RULE WITH PROTECTION OF THE RIGHTS OF MINORITIES, & PEACEFUL & LEGAL TRANSFER OF GOVERNING AURHORITY THROUGH DEMOCRATIC ELECTIONS?

ISLAMIC JURISPRUDENCE & ISLAMIST IDEOLOGY:  THE HISTORICAL, CULTURAL & IDEOLOGICAL ROOTS OF WIDESPREAD & REGULAR DENIAL OF BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS & TRUE JUSTICE IN THE MUSLIM WORLD -- THE POLICY IMPLICATIONS OF ISLAMIC TYRANNY & INJUSTICE FOR WESTERN COUNTRIES, THE UNITED NATIONS, & INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS

ISLAMIC INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM, THE FOURTH WORLD WAR, & THE ISLAMIST ENEMY:  WHERE DID AL-QA'IDA COME FROM?  THE INTELLECTUAL & IDEOLOGICAL ORIGINS OF THE INTERNATIONAL TERRORIST MOVEMENT & THE WORLDWIDE ISLAMIST JIHAD BEING WAGED AGAINST THE U.S.A. & THE WEST -- THE SAUDI DEBATE REGARDING THE "WESTERN CULTURAL ATTACK" ON ISLAM -- THE WAR IN AFGHANISTAN & THE LEGACY OF THE ARMED JIHAD -- RADICALIZING THE ISLAMIC DEFENSE AGAINST THE "WESTERN CULTURAL ATTACK" -- OSAMA BIN LADEN & 'ABDALLAH 'AZZAM -- BIN LADEN'S SYNTHESIS OF IDEOLOGY & PRACTICE

AL-MANAR:  MEDIA ORGAN OF ISLAMISM & JIHADISM -- PROPAGANDA & INCITEMENT ARM OF HEZBOLLAH WAGING PSYCHOLOGICAL WARFARE AGAINST ISRAEL & SEEKING TO RALLY HEZBOLLAH'S ISLAMIST SUPPORTERS INSIDE LEBANON & THROUGHOUT THE MUSLIM WORLD -- OFFICIAL MOUTHPIECE OF AN ISLAMIST TERRORIST ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO THE DESTRUCTION OF ISRAEL -- A LEGITIMATE TARGET OF THE ISRAELI DEFENSE FORCES

THE LATEST ISRAELI "CEASE FIRE" IN THE MIDDLE EAST CONFLICT:  THE "CEASE FIRE" CONSIDERED IN THE BROADER CONTEXTS OF ISLAMIC HISTORY, THE MODERN RESURGENCE OF MILITANT ISLAM, & THE LONGTERM STRATEGY OF THE ISLAMISTS IN THE GLOBAL JIHAD THEY ARE WAGING AGAINST ISRAEL, THE U.S.A., & THE WEST -- WESTERN LEADERS' MISPERCEPTIONS & DELUSIONS THAT ARE VERY LIKELY TO CAUSE THE EVENTUAL DEFEAT & DESTRUCTION OF THE WEST IN THE FOURTH WORLD WAR -- THE ONLY OPTIONS FOR THOSE NATIONS THAT COMPRISE WESTERN CIVILIZATION:  UNITE, CONFRONT, DEFEAT, & TOTALLY DESTROY THE FORCES OF ISLAMISM, OR FACE THE DECLINE, FALL, & EVENTUAL ERADICATION OF THE WEST & ITS CULTURE, INCLUDING CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRATIC SYSTEMS OF GOVERNANCE & BASIC JUDEO-CHRISTIAN VALUES & BELIEFS

LEBANON, ISRAEL, ISLAMIST TERRORISM, & WAR IN THE MIDDLE EAST:  THE ISRAELI-ARAB CONFLICT & MIDDLE EASTERN TERRORISM IN THE BROADER CONTEXT OF THE WORLDWIDE ISLAMIST JIHAD BEING WAGED AGAINST ISRAEL, AMERICA, & THE WEST -- THE ROLE OF IRAN'S ISLAMIST REGIME IN THE GLOBAL CONFLICT -- THE NEED FOR THE U.S.A. & ITS ALLIES, THROUGH COVERT COUNTERTERRORIST POLITICAL ACTION AS WELL AS OVERT MILITARY ACTION, TO BRING ABOUT THE DEFEAT & TOTAL DESTRUCTION OF THEIR DEADLY ENEMIES IN THE MIDDLE EAST

UNITED STATES FOREIGN & NATIONAL SECURITY POLICY IN THE FOURTH WORLD WAR: HOW THE U.S.A. SHOULD FIGHT THE WAR ON TERRORISM & DEFEND ITSELD IN THE WORLDWIDE JIHAD THAT THE ISLAMISTS ARE WAGING AGAINST AMERICA & THE WEST -- HIGH TIME FOR THE U.S. GOVERNMENT TO REVOKE THE BAN ON ASSASSINATING TERRORIST LEADERS, SPONSORS OF TERRORISM, & OTHER DEADLY ENEMIES OF THE U.S.A. & WESTERN CIVILIZATION

THE KINGDOM OF JORDAN, THE MIDDLE EAST, & THE ISRAELI-ARAB CONFLICT:  WHAT ROLE DID JORDAN PLAY IN THE EARLY STAGES OF THE ISRAELI-ARAB PEACE PROCESS? WHAT IS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE JORDANIAN PEACE INITIATIVE OF 1960?  AS REGARDS PALESTINIAN REFUGEES & THEIR "RIGHT OF RETURN" TO ISRAEL, HOW DID THE POLICY OF JORDAN DIFFER FROM THAT OF OTHER ARAB LEAGUE COUNTRIES?  WHY DID KING HUSSEIN'S PLAN FOR AN ISRAELI-ARAB PEACE FAIL?

ISRAEL, AZERBAIJAN, & INTERNATIONAL POLITICS IN THE MIDDLE EAST & CENTRAL ASIA:  THE STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN ISRAEL & AZERBAIJAN -- THE IMPORTANCE OF THE PARTNERSHIP & ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR THE MIDDLE EAST & CENTRAL ASIA -- HOW FAR ARE AZERBAIJANI ELITES WILLING TO PURSUE TIES WITH ISRAEL? WHAT IS THE RELEVANCE OF THE BAKU-JERUSALEM RELATIONSHIP TO AMERICAN NATIONAL INTERESTS?

THE FOURTH WORLD WAR:  ISLAMISM VERSUS WESTERN CULTURE -- THE WEST'S STRUGGLE FOR SURVIVAL IN THE WORLDWIDE JIHAD THAT THE ISLAMISTS ARE WAGING AGAINST WESTERN CIVILIZATION -- THE PROGRESSIVE WEAKENING OF THE WEST'S WILL TO SURVIVE -- THE WESTERN TENDENCY TO RESORT TO APPEASEMENT OF A VERY DANGEROUS ENEMY & THEREBY UNDERMINE THE WEST'S DEFENSES AGAINST THAT ENEMY -- ANEMIC REMNANTS OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION DAILY EXIBITING LESS & LESS OF A DETERMINATION TO STOP, OR EVEN SLOW DOWN, THE ISLAMIST MOVEMENT SPREADING INSIDIOUSLY THROUGHOUT THE WORLD, IN PURSUIT OF THE GOALS OF WORLD DOMINATION & DESTRUCTION OF WESTERN CULTURE

ARABIC & ARABISM, EDUCATION & POLITICAL INDOCTRINATION:  ARABIC LANGUAGE TRAINING COMBINED WITH INDOCTRINATION IN THE POLITICAL IDEOLOGY OF PAN-ARAB NATIONALISM -- INDOCTRINATING ARABIC LANGUAGE STUDENTS IN THE U.S.A. WITH A TENDENTIOUS PAN-ARAB NATIONALIST READING OF MIDDLE EASTERN HISTORY -- PUSHING THE IDEA THAT ARAB IDENTITY TRUMPS LOCAL IDENTITIES & THAT RESPECT FOR MINORITY ETHNIC & SECTARIAN COMMUNITIES BETRAYS ARABISM

THE NATIONAL DEBATE OVER WHAT TO DO ABOUT THE CONTINUING CONFLICT IN THE MIDDLE EAST, & WHEN TO DO IT:  WHAT MUST BE DONE ABOUT ISLAMIST TERRORISM & STATE SPONSORS OF ISLAMIST TERRORISM?  WHEN MUST IT BE DONE?  SHOULD DECISIVE & THOROUGHGOING MILITARY ACTION BE TAKEN TO DEFEAT & TOTALLY DESTROY THE ISLAMIST ENEMIES OF ISRAEL & THE WEST?  SHOULD SUCH MILITARY ACTION BE TAKEN IMMEDIATELY, OR SHOULD ANOTHER ATTEMPT BE MADE TO APPEASE THE ISLAMISTS & THEREBY DELAY THE INEVITABLE?

THE BUSH DOCTRINE & UNITED STATES FOREIGN POLICY IN THE MIDDLE EAST:  SEEKING & SUPPORTING THE GROWTN OF CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENTS & INSTITUTIONS, WITH THE ULTIMATE GOAL OF ENDING TYRANNY IN THE WORLD -- HOW HARD SHOULD THE U.S.A. PUSH CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRACY IN THE ISLAMIC MIDDLE EAST?  HOW MUCH EMPHASIS SHOULD BE PLACED ON THE POPULAR VOTE & DEMOCRATIC ELECTIONS?  HOW SLOW OR FAST SHOULD BE THE TRANSFORMATION FROM DICTATORSHIP TO CONSTITUTIONAL REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY?  SHOULD THE U.S.A BE NEUTRAL IN MIDDLE EASTERN ELECTIONS?  HOW IMPORTANT IS POLITICAL STABILITY?  DO ELECTIONS MODERATE ISLAMISTS?  IS TURKEY A MODEL FOR DEMOCRATIZATION?  AS REGARDS ITS EFFORTS TO DEMOCRATIZE THE MIDDLE EAST, HOW SHOULD THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION BE GRADED?

THE ISRAELI-ARAB CONFLICT, ISLAMIST TERRORISM, & ISRAEL'S POLICY OF TARGETED KILLING OF TERRORISTS:   THE VICTORY OF HAMAS IN THE PALESTINIAN ELECTIONS & SUBSEQUENT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT -- VINDICATION & RENEWAL OF ISRAEL'S TARGETED ASSASSINATION POLICY -- HIZBOLLAH'S OPENING OF A SECOND FRONT IN THE TERROR WAR AGAINST ISRAEL -- WHY THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA SHOULD SUPPORT THE STATE OF ISRAEL IN ITS ENDEAVOR TO ROOT OUT & DESTROY TERRORIST ELEMENTS WHEREVER THEY MAY BE FOUND

WAR IN THE MIDDLE EAST:  THE LONG & TROUBLED HISTORY OF THE MIDDLE EAST & THE IDEA OF DISPATCHING AN INTERNATIONAL PEACEKEEPING FORCE TO THE REGION -- THE IMPORTANT LESSON THAT THE STATE OF ISRAEL LEARNED, AS REGARDS TRUSTING INTERNATIONAL PEACEKEEPERS -- THE SAME LESSON THAT THE U.S.A. & THE WEST SHOULD HAVE LEARNED BY NOW -- THE FOLLY OF RELYING ON INTERNATIONAL PEACEKEEPERS TO END A WAR IN PROGRESS

IRAN, ARABS, & THE ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT:  THE ISRAELI-ARAB CONFLICT IN THE CONTEXT OF THE WIDER MIDDLE EASTERN CONFLICT BETWEEN IRAN & THE ARABS -- CRACKS IN THE SOLIDARITY OF POLITICAL ISLAM -- SHIITES VERSUS SUNNIS -- IRAN'S IDEOLOGICAL COMMITMENT TO EXPORTING THE ISLAMIC REVOLUTION & SPREADING IT THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE MIDDLE EAST -- ARAB LEADERS' PERCEPTION OF HEZBOLLAH AS AN ARM OF IRANIAN INFLUENCE WAGING A SECTARIAN WAR IN THE HEART OF THE MIDDLE EAST

THE MIDDLE EAST & THE ISLAMIST TERROR WAR BEING WAGED AGAINST THE STATE OF ISRAEL:  WHAT ARE THE REQUIREMENTS OF AN ENDURING PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST?  IS THERE A ROLE FOR DIPLOMACY IN THE MIDDLE EAST PEACE PROCESS?  TOTAL ANNIHILATION OF SUCH TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS AS HEZBOLLAH & HAMAS & SEVERE PUNISHMENT OF THEIR STATE SPONSORS MUST PRECEDE DIPLOMATIC EFFORTS TO ARRANGE A MIDDLE EAST PEACE

STATECRAFT & THE USE OF DIPLOMACY & DIALOGUE IN THE CONDUCT OF FOREIGN POLICY & INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS:  WHY EFFECTIVE FOREIGN POLICY REQUIRES THAT DIPLOMACY & DIALOGUE WITH ADVERSARIES BE CARRIED ON WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF AN OVERARCHING STRATEGY -- HOW POORLY TIMED NEGOTIATIONS & MISPLACED CONFIDENCE IN AN ADVERSARY'S SINCERITY CAN HAMPER, RATHER THAN HASTEN, SOLUTIONS TO INTERNATIONAL PROBLEMS -- THE NEED FOR THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION TO COME TO GRIPS WITH REALITY IN INTERNATIONAL POLITICS

THE MIDDLE EAST & UNITED STATES FOREIGN POLICY:  PROMOTION OF CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRACY IN MIDDLE EASTERN COUNTRIES -- WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO THE ANNOUNCED U.S. GOVERNMENT POLICY TO SEEK & SUPPORT THE GROWTH OF CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENTS & INSTITUTIONS IN EVERY NATION & CULTURE, WITH THE ULTIMATE GOAL OF ENDING TYRANNY IN THE WORLD?

THE ELEMENTS OF EFFECTIVE COUNTERTERRORISM POLICY:  ELIMINATE IDEOLOGUES, ISOLATE THEM, OR MARGINALIZE THEM TO THE POINT OF IMPOTENCE -- RAISE THE COST OF TERRORISM BEYOND THE ENDURANCE OF TERRORISTS -- EMPLOY FORCEFUL & DISRUPTIVE MEASURES AGAINST TERRORISTS, TERRORIST GROUPS, & STATES THAT SPONSOR & SUPPORT TERRORISM -- CREATE & MAINTAIN AN EXCEEDINGLY HOSTILE & DESTRUCTIVE ENVIRONMENT FOR TERRORISM & ITS SUPPORTERS

A HISTORY OF THE THIRD WORLD WAR:  THE COLD WAR & THE ISLAMIC MIDDLE EAST -- THE ROLE OF THE KGB IN THE SOVIET UNION'S ENDEAVOR TO GAIN INFLUENCE IN & CONTROL OF THE MIDDLE EAST & USE IT TO UNDERMINE & CONQUER THE U.S.A. & THE WEST -- HOW & WHY THE KGB'S EFFORTS ENDED LARGELY IN FAILURE -- IN WHAT WAY DID THE EFFORTS SUCCEED?

UNITED STATES FOREIGN POLICY & PROMOTION OF CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRACY IN THE MIDDLE EAST:  HOW & WHY THE AMERICAN & EUROPEAN APPROACHES TO MIDDLE EAST DEMOCRATIZATION DIFFER -- EVOLVING EUROPEAN UNION POLICY TOWARD THE MIDDLE EAST --THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION'S MIDDLE EAST POLICY -- THE POSSIBILITY OF CONVERGENCE OF EUROPEAN & AMERICAN POLICY

UNITED STATES FOREIGN POLICY RELATING TO GOVERNMENTAL SYSTEMS OPERATING IN THE MIDDLE EAST:  THE U.S. POLICY OF SUPPORTING CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENTS IN MIDDLE EASTERN COUNTRIES, PURSUING A STRATEGY AIMED AT REPLACING OPPRESSIVE, AUTHORITARIAN POLITICAL REGIMES IN THOSE COUNTRIES WITH STABLE CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRACIES -- CAN SUCH A POLICY & STRATEGY WORK?  CAN CONSTITUTIONALISM, THE RULE OF LAW, REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY, PEACEFUL TRANSFER OF GOVERNING POWER AMONG COMPETING POLITICAL ELITES, & EFFECTIVE GUARANTEE & PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS BE BROUGHT TO THE MIDDLE EAST & MADE TO LAST?

ISLAMISM, JIHADISM, & THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THEM & THE KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA:  TO WHAT DEGREE HAVE SAUDI SOURCES PROVIDED FUNDING & SUPPORT FOR MILITANT ISLAM & THE TERROR WAR IT IS WAGING AGAINST AMERICA & THE WEST? TO WHAT EXTENT HAVE SAUDI OFFICIALS REALLY COOPERATED WITH U.S. AGENCIES ENGAGED IN EFFORTS TO ASCERTAIN THE SOURCES OF FUNDING & SUPPORT OF ISLAMIC EXTREMISM & THE JIHAD BEING WAGED AGAINST THE U.S.A. & WESTERN CIVILIZATION? THE SEPTEMBER 16, 2005, REPORT OF THE U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE

THE FOURTH WORLD WAR & RELATIONS BETWEEN THE KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA & THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA:  INCREASED SCRUTINY OF U.S.-SAUDI TIES & SAUDI SUPPORT OF ISLAMISM -- ARE U.S.-SAUDI RELATIONS SOLID?  WHO CONTROLS SAUDI ARABIA?  SAUDI FOREIGN POLICY -- HOW HELPFUL IS SAUDI INFLUENCE TO THE U.S. GOVERNMENT IN SAFEGUARDING & PROMOTING AMERICAN NATIONAL INTERESTS IN THE MIDDLE EAST, PARTICULARLY AS REGARDS SYRIAN & IRANIAN INTERFERENCE IN LEBANON, THE ISRAELI-ARAB CONFLICT, & THE IRANIAN NUCLEAR CHALLENGE?  HOW IMPORTANT IS PETROLEUM TO THE BILATERAL U.S.-SAUDI RELATIONSHIP?

ARAB CULTURE & MILITANT ISLAM: THE ARAB MUSLIM MENTALITY AS THE ROOT CAUSE OF THE WORLDWIDE ISLAMIST JIHAD BEING WAGED AGAINST AMERICA, WESTERN CIVILIZATION, & JUDEO-CHRISTIAN CULTURE -- WHAT OUR CENTRAL GOAL MUST BE IN FIGHTING THE WAR ON ISLAMIST TERRORISM: OUR TOTAL VICTORY -- THE JIHADIST ENEMY'S TOTAL DEFEAT & ANNIHILATION -- COMPLETE ERADICATION OF THE CULTURE THAT IS THE ROOT CAUSE OF THE FOURTH WORLD WAR

POLITICS & POLITICAL CULTURE IN THE ARAB WORLD:  THE OBSTACLES THAT MUST BE CONFRONTED & OVERCOME BY REFORM-MINDED ARABS WHO ADVOVATE FOR THEIR COUNTRIES CONSTITUTIONALISM, THE RULE OF LAW, REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY, RELIGIOUS TOLERATION, & CONSTITUTIONAL GUARANTEE & PROTECTION OF THE FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS & LIBERTIES OF THE INDIVIDUAL PERSON -- THE STRATEGIES THAT CONSTITUTIONALISTS & DEMOCRATIC REFORMERS IN THE ARAB WORLD HAVE HAD TO CRAFT IN ORDER TO NAVIGATE THE MINEFIELD OF ARAB POLITICAL OPINION & RHETORIC -- ARAB NATIONALISM & ISLAMISM AS OBSTACLES TO CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRACY & INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY IN THE MIDDLE EAST

POLITICAL CORRUPTION:  THE REAL THREAT TO POLITICAL REFORM & STABILITY IN THE MIDDLE EAST -- POLITICAL CORRUPTION AS THE GREATEST OBSTACLE TO CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRACY IN THE MIDDLE EAST -- CORRUPTION AS A WORSENING PROBLEM THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EASTERN POLITICS & AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY:  MIDDLE EASTERN SOCIETIES, THEIR POLITICAL HISTORY, THEIR POLITICAL LEADERS, & THEIR RELATIONS WITH THE U.S.A. -- AMERICAN NATIONAL INTERESTS IN SOUTHWEST & CENTRAL ASIA & IN NORTH AFRICA -- IRAQ, IRAN, KURDISTAN, SYRIA, LIBYA, & SOUTH YEMEN

THE RULE OF LAW & ACCOUNTABILITY OF GOVERNMENT OFFICEHOLDERS TO THE PEOPLE THEY GOVERN:  TWO CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRATIC POLITICAL CONCEPTS THAT ARE SPREADING THROUGHOUT THE ARAB WORLD -- SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN RULERS & RULED OCCURRING IN THE MIDDLE EAST -- THE PATH BEING PAVED FOR THE EVENTUAL ADVENT OF CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRACY IN THE ARAB WORLD

THE MIDDLE EAST & CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRACY:  REGIME CHANGE IN IRAQ & PROSPECTS FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF STABLE & ENDURING CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRATIC GOVERNMENTAL SYSTEMS THROUGHOUT THE MIDDLE EASTERN REGION -- ENHANCING DEMOCRATIZATION IN THE MIDDLE EAST:  WHAT THE U.S.A. & THE WEST SHOULD & SHOULD NOT DO

FRANCE, ISLAM, & THE MIDDLE EAST:  THE MIDDLE EASTERN POLICY OF FRANCE UNDER THE POLITICAL LEADERSHIP OF JACQUES CHIRAC -- A PATTERN OF EMBRACING MIDDLE EASTERN RULERS HOSTILE TO INTERNATIONAL NORMS OF BEHAVIOR & IN CONFLICT WITH WESTERN CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRACIES -- THE EVOLUTION OF CHIRAC'S PRO-ARAB, PRO-ISLAMIST POLICY & THE MOTIVATIONS DRIVING THAT POLICY -- WHAT WILL BE THE LEGACY OF THE CHIRAC DOCTRINE?

THE MIDDLE EAST & UNITED STATES FOREIGN POLICY:  THE BUSH DOCTRINE -- DECLARATION THAT IT IS U.S. POLICY TO SEEK & SUPPORT CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENTS & INSTITUTIONS IN EVERY NATION & CULTURE, WITH THE ULTIMATE GOAL OF ENDING TYRANNY IN THE WORLD -- DEATH OF THE BUSH DOCTRINE THROUGH INEPTNESS & LACK OF WILL

THE COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS:  LACK OF INTELLECTUAL HONESTY, EMPIRICAL RIGOR, & TRUE SCHOLARSHIP IN THE COUNCIL'S EXAMINATION & ANALYSIS OF THE SITUATION IN THE MIDDLE EAST & THE PROBLEMS & CHALLENGES THE SITUATION CREATES FOR THE CONDUCT OF UNITED STATES FOREIGN POLICY & THE PROTECTION OF AMERICAN NATIONAL INTERESTS & SECURITY -- AVOIDANCE OF RESEARCH & DEBATE, WISHFUL THINKING, ADHERENCE TO IDEOLOGY, DISSEMINATION OF PROPAGANDA, & PURSUIT OF A POLITICAL AGENDA -- PUBLICATION OF ARTICLES & REPORTS THAT OPPOSE U.S. UNILATERALISM & MILITARY ACTION, CONDEMN THE STATE OF ISRAEL FOR ITS DEFENSIVE MEASURES AGAINST ISLAMIC TERRORISM, EXONERATE THE PALESTINIAN ARAB LEADERSHIP OF THEIR SPONSORSHIP OF TERRORISM, SUPPORT ENGAGEMENT WITH & APPEASEMENT OF REJECTIONIST STATES & LEADERS, & DOWNPLAY THE THREAT OF RADICAL ISLAM

THE U.S. GOVERNMENT'S MIDDLE EASTERN POLICY & RELATIONS BETWEEN EGYPT & THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA:   CHANGING REALITIES & THE DECLINING STRATEGIC RELEVANCE OF EGYPT IN THE MIDDLE EAST AS BEING AT THE ROOT OF THE GROWING TENSION BETWEEN EGYPT & THE U.S.A. -- THE CRITICAL QUESTION:  HAVE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE TWO NATION-STATES GROWN TO SUCH A DEGREE THAT THEY OVERRULE THE POSSIBILITY OF A MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL U.S.-EGYPTIAN BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP CONTINUING INTO THE FUTURE?

KING ADDULLAH II BIN AL HUSSEIN OF JORDAN DESCRIBES HIS CONCERNS ABOUT IRAQ & IRAN, EXPLAINS HIS STRATEGY TO COUNTER RADICAL ISLAM, & OUTLINES HIS HOPES FOR PEACE BETWEEN ISRAEL & THE ARABS

THE RENAISSANCE IN RELATIONS BETWEEN LIBYA & THE U.S.A.:  WHAT IMPACT IS THE CHANGING RELATIONSHIP HAVING ON THE AUTHORITARIAN POLITICAL REGIME OF MU'AMMAR AL-QADHAFI?  IS THE CHANGE FURTHERING TRANSITION FROM TYRANNICAL DICTATORSHIP & REPRESSION TO CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRACY & INDIVIDUAL FREEDOM?  THE EVIDENCE INDICATES OTHERWISE

HUME ALEXANDER HORAN:  AMERICAN STATESMAN & SCHOLAR & PERHAPS THE MOST ACCOMPLISHED ARABIC LINGUIST TO SERVE IN THE UNITED STATES FOREIGN SERVICE -- MICHAEL RUBIN'S COMMENTARY & HORAN'S OBSERVATIONS, BASED ON HIS EXPERIENCE WORKING FOR THE U.S. GOVERNMENT AS A FOREIGN SERVICE OFFICER & DIPOLOMAT IN THE ARAB WORLD

FREEDOM OF SPEECH:  FREEDOM TO SPEAK ONE'S MIND & FREEDOM TO SPEAK WHATEVER LANGUAGE COMES MOST READILY TO ONE'S LIPS -- FREEDOM SORELY LACKING IN THE MIDDLE EAST

SYRIA, LEBANON, & THE MIDDLE EAST -- THE SYRIAN POLITICAL REGIME, ITS MILITARY OCCUPATION & SUBJUGATION OF LEBANON, & HOW THE SYRIAN REGIME HAS TURNED LEBANON INTO A MAJOR CENTER FOR TRAINING ISLAMIC TERRORISTS & FOR FUNDING & SUPPORT OF THE WAR WHICH THE ISLAMISTS & BAATHISTS ARE WAGING TO INSURE THAT THE ENTIRE MIDDLE EAST REMAINS THE SAME SORRY PLACE IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN SINCE THE FIRST WORLD WAR & THE COLLAPSE OF THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE

SAUDI ARABIA, THE MIDDLE EAST, & THE WORLDWIDE ISLAMIST JIHAD BEING WAGED AGAINST THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA & WESTERN CIVILIZATION:  JUST HOW "FRIENDLY" ARE THE SAUDIS TO THE U.S.A. & THE WEST?

THE LIBYAN POLITICAL REGIME OF MUAMMAR QADDAFI -- STILL A TYRANNICAL & OPPRESSIVE DICTATORSHIP UNDER WHICH THERE IS NO GUARANTEE OR PROTECTION OF BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS:  AMPLE REASON FOR THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO RECONSIDER ITS DETERMINATION TO EMBRACE QADDAFI AS AN AMERICAN ALLY IN THE ARAB WORLD

CRITICISM OF WESTERN POLITICS & POPULAR CULTURE EMPLOYED TO EXPLAIN THE PROBLEMS & SHORTCOMINGS OF ARABS, MUSLIMS, & THE MIDDLE EAST -- PROPAGANDA INTENDED TO CONCEAL THE DEFICIENCIES OF MIDDLE EASTERN ISLAMIC CULTURE, OR TO BLAME THEM ON AMERICA & THE WEST:  REINFORCING THE MASS DELLUSIONS & PSYCHOLOGICAL DEFENSE MECHANISMS THAT BLIND MIDDLE EASTERNERS TO THEIR FUNDAMENTAL CULTURAL INFERIORITY, ABYSMAL IGNORANCE, UTTER BACKWARDNESS, & VICIOUS BARBARISM

THE ELECTION HELD IN SPAIN ON SUNDAY, MARCH 14, 2004:  THE SPANISH VOTERS DECIDED TO PUT THE LEFTWING SOCIALISTS IN POWER & TO WITHDRAW FROM THE WAR TO DEFEND WESTERN CIVILIZATION AGAINST THE FORCES OF BARBARISM & ISLAMIST TERRORISM -- SEEKING TO AVOID FURTHER TERROR ATTACKS ON THE PART OF FANATICS DRIVEN BY MILITANT ISLAM & THE ARAB MINDSET

AL-MANAR -- A LEBANON-BASED & IRANIAN-SUPPORTED TELEVISION STATION CONTROLLED BY THE HIZBULLAH TERRORIST ORGANIZATION & FINE-TUNED TO PRESENT A MILITANTLY ISLAMIST WORLDVIEW & PROMOTE AN EXTREMELY VIOLENT & PROFOUNDLY ANTI-WESTERN POLITICAL AGENDA:  THE ORIGINS & DEVELOPMENT OF AL-MANAR, THE NATURE OF ITS MESSAGE, & WHAT THE U.S.A. SHOULD DO TO MITIGATE ITS EFFECTS

INJECTING BALANCE, REALISM, & TRUTH INTO THE STUDY, ANALYSIS, & DISCUSSION OF INTERNATIONAL PROBLEMS & ISSUES GROWING OUT OF ISLAMIC & MIDDLE EASTERN POLITICS -- DANIEL PIPE'S REVIEW OF THE ORIGINS, DEVELOPMENT, EFFORTS, & ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THE MIDDLE EAST FORUM

THE ARABS OF THE MIDDLE EAST:  THEIR IRRATIONAL, BONE-DEEP HATRED OF THE WEST & ITS JUDEO-CHRISTIAN CIVILIZATION, THEIR BARBARIC TERRORIST ATTACKS AGAINST THE WEST & WESTERN INTERESTS, & THE ABSOLUTE NECESSITY OF USING MILITARY POWER TO SUPPRESS THE ARABS' WORST INSTINCTS & THEREBY ENSURE GREATER SAFETY FOR THE U.S.A. & ITS ALLIES

THE ARABS' BLEAK FUTURE -- THE DECADENCE & DECLINE OF THE ARAB MIDDLE EAST:  FOCUS ON THE COMPENSATIONS OF THE NEXT WORLD WILL DO NOTHING TO ALTER THE ARABS' PREDICAMENT IN THIS WORLD

THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume V, Issue # 278, November 17, 2003

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

THE DECLINE OF THE ARABS

By Asher Susser

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