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Economic and Political Impediments to Middle East Peace

Critical Questions and Alternative Scenarios

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  1. J. W. Wright

    1. Office of Emerging Markets, United States Agency for International Development, USA

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  2. Laura Drake

    1. School of International Service, American University, USA

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Part of the book series: International Political Economy Series (IPES)

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxiv
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  2. Introduction: Economic and Political Impediments to Middle East Peace

    • J. W. Wright Jr.
    Pages 1-9

  3. Implementing Netanyahu’s Political and Economic Programme: What are Israel’s Strategic Objectives for the Current Historical Phase?

    • Laura Drake
    Pages 10-31

  4. What are the Prospects for Modernizing the Middle East Economies?

    • Michael Field
    Pages 32-45

  5. The Arab—Israeli Peace Process: Can the Region Benefit from the Economics of Globalization?

    • Emma C. Murphy
    Pages 46-69

  6. Is MENA a Region? The Scope for Regional Integration

    • Mohamed A. El-Erian, Stanley Fischer
    Pages 70-86

  7. Will an Arab—Israeli Peace Bring a Trade Dividend?

    • Elias H. Tuma
    Pages 87-98

  8. The Budgetary Consequences of Middle East Peace: What are the Economic Impacts and Causal Linkages?

    • Robert E. Looney
    Pages 99-118

  9. Would Islamic Banks Help Lessen the Decline of Palestinian Banking?

    • J. W. Wright Jr.
    Pages 119-140

  10. Will the Arab—Israeli Peace Process Generate Increased Portfolio Investment in the Middle East?

    • Rodney Wilson
    Pages 141-156

  11. The Middle East Peace Process: How is it Affecting Planning in the Cities and Regions in Jordan?

    • Peter L. Doan
    Pages 157-173

  12. External Assistance to the Palestinian Economy: What Went Wrong?

    • Barbara Balaj, Ishac Diwan, Bernard Philippe
    Pages 174-188

  13. The (Very) Political Economy of the West Bank and Gaza: What Lessons Should We Learn about Peace-building and Development Assistance?

    • Rex Brynen
    Pages 189-212

  14. Civil Society Organizations in the Middle East: Can they Facilitate Socio-Economic Development during a Time of Transition?

    • Peter Gubser
    Pages 213-224

  15. From Front State to Backyard? Syria and the Risks of Regional Peace

    • Volker Perthes
    Pages 225-240

  16. Epilogue: Critical Questions and Alternative Scenarios

    • William Stoltzfus
    Pages 241-245

  17. Back Matter

    Pages 247-253
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The accords and protocols that underlie the Arab and Israeli peace agreements set into place economic policies and political processes so flawed that they are bound to fail. The chapters in this volume look at the diplomatic and historical precedents that have led to this situation and they debate - some cynically and some sympathetically - the reasons why the institutional structures and trade regimes the process has created are so weak. But for whatever reason, the structural flaws built into the Middle East peace process are not only biased toward the dominant players but against the people who most want peace.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Office of Emerging Markets, United States Agency for International Development, USA

    J. W. Wright

  • School of International Service, American University, USA

    Laura Drake

About the editors

J.W. WRIGHT, JR. currently works for USAID in Cairo, Egypt. He studied economic diplomacy in the Middle East region as part of a Fullbright research programme in 1996-97, and managed academic and executive research programmes at the Dubai Polytechnic, which is part of the Dubai Chamber of Commerce in the UAE. He wrote Business and Economic Development in Saudi Arabia, and has written on the impact of the peace process on Gulf states' trade since the Gulf war.

LAURA DRAKE is a noted scholar of the Middle East region, focusing on political-economic relations between the Levantine and the northern Gulf states, with special emphasis on analysis of impact of US foreign policies on the region. She is currently at the American University in Washington DC, and has published over twenty articles on American diplomatic relations with nations in the Middle East.

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