The Foreign Policies of Arab States
The Foreign Policies of Arab States was the subject addressed in PASSIA's 1996 seminar on Training and Education in International Affairs. The seminar aimed at providing Palestinian graduates with the ability to understand and analyze the process of foreign policy formulation in general and to examine the actual policy positions of leading Arab states with roles to play in the Middle East peace process. The report contains the proceedings of the seminar including summaries of all lectures and discussions. The appendices document the course material, assignments and notes on the visiting lecturers and participants.
Part One: Lectures and Discussions
Opening Remarks and Introduction by Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi
The State in the International System - Alternative Theoretical Frameworks
by Dr. Rosemary Hollis
The Arab States in the Regional and International System:
I. Foundations of the Arab System
by Dr. Bahgat Korany
Decision-Making Theory: Three Approaches
by Dr. Rosemary Hollis
The Arab States in the Regional and International System:
II. Rise of New Governing Elite and the Militarization of the Political System (Evolution)
by Dr. Bahgat Korany
The Arab States in the Regional and International System:
III. Foreign Policy Decision-Making: An Academic View
by Dr. Bahgat Korany
The Second Track - The Multilateral Talks in the Middle East Peace Process
by Dr. Joel Peters
The Arab League and the Arab-Israeli Conflict
by Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi
Egypt’s Regional Role and Foreign Policy Imperatives
by HE Ahmad Kamal
Syria: National Security and State-Building
by Dr. Volker Perthes
Discussion: The Arab States, the Arab-Israeli Conflict and the Peace Process: Some Comparisons and Contrasts
Syrian Interests and Role in Lebanon
by Dr. Volker Perthes
The Maghreb States: Foreign Policy Priorities
by Dr. Claire Spencer
The Maghreb States, the Arab Israeli Conflict and the Peace Process
by Dr. Claire Spencer
The Arab States and Jerusalem
by Mr. Faisal Husseini
External Powers and the Arab States: Positions on the Arab-Israeli Conflict (I):
The American Approach to the Palestine Problem and the Middle East
by HE Edward Abington
External Powers and the Arab States: Positions on the Arab-Israeli Conflict (II):
The European Approach to the Palestine Problem and the Middle East
by HE Richard Dalton
Exercise: Lobbying the External Powers
with Dr. Rosemary Hollis
Resources Scarcity as the New Regional Imperative
by Dr. Rosemary Hollis
War and Its Impact on Foreign Policy
by Dr. Yezid Sayigh
A Palestinian-Israeli encounter on Prospects for Peace in the Middle East
by HE Afif Safieh, PLO Representative to the UK and to the Vatican, and Yael Dayan, Member of Knesset
The Evolution of Palestine
by Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi
The Foreign Policy of the PLO
by Dr. Yezid Sayigh
Jordanian Foreign Policy
by Dr. Yezid Sayigh
Political Islam in the Arab World
by Sheikh Jamil Hamami
Foreign Policy Imperatives of Saudi Arabia
by Dr. Rosemary Hollis
Exercise: Responding to Regional Crisis and Policy Makers for the Arab States
with Dr. Rosemary Hollis
Policy Imperatives for Palestine - View from the PNA
by Dr. Sami Musallam
Lebanon’s Place in the Region
by Dr. Basma Kodmani-Darwish
Part Two: Country Profiles
Browse "CIA World Factbook" by Country:
www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/country.html
Appendices
Lecture Program
Lecturers
Palestinian Participants
Reading Material