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Funded Projects: Middle East
ADNAN S. ABU-ODEH, Amman, Jordan (Project Director(s): Adnan S. Abu-Odeh): A grant to support research on the relationship between Jordanians and Palestinians in Jordan in the context of social and political developments on the national, regional and international levels. The resulting book will probe the origins and evolution of the complex interaction between the two peoples and the impact of the relationship on the Middle East peace process. (USIP-691) $11,200
ALDERSON-BROADDUS COLLEGE, Philippi, WVA (Project Director(s): James W. Daddysman): A grant to organize a seminar for high school and college teachers from institutions in West Virginia and central Appalachia to enable them to develop teaching materials on various conflicts in the Middle East and the prospects for peace. (USIP-198-91S) $30,000
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES, Cambridge, MA (Project Director(s): Jeffrey Boutwell): A research project to examine the proliferation of small arms and light weapons in Israeli and Palestinian society and to analyze the effect of increased gun violence on the peace process and Israeli-Palestinian reconciliation. (USIP-075-97S) $36,550
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE, Washington, DC (Project Director(s): Eric H. Arnett): A project of three workshops to be attended by scientists, policy-makers and security specialists from the U.S., Israel, Egypt, and other Arab countries. The workshops will consider current and future security arrangements for the Middle East in the context of possible scenarios of conflict. Special attention will be given to devising alternatives to conflict, including confidence building measures and arms control. (SG-168-92) $30,000
AMERICAN FORUM FOR GLOBAL EDUCATION, New York, NY (Project Director(s): Andrew F. Smith): A project to develop a high school curriculum unit on International Conflict and the Media. The unit will include a case study on the Persian Gulf war and the role of the media in covering that conflict. Six teachers from the New York City public school system will assist in the development and testing of the unit and a teacher institute will be held in the Fall of 1994. (USIP-122-93F) $50,000
AMERICAN UNIVERSITY, Washington, DC (Project Director(s): Abdul Aziz Said): A collaborative project among American, Arab and Israeli scholars and practitioners to identify the character of democracy, the prospects for democracy, and the processes of democratization in Eastern Arab states. (USIP-122-93S) $15,000
AMERICAN UNIVERSITY, Washington, DC (Project Director(s): Mustapha Pasha & Carole O'Leary): A project to organize a series of teacher training and curriculum development workshops for teachers in the District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia. The workshop series will provide high school educators with the knowledge, methodology and resources needed to incorporate a cultural perspective on the origins of international disputes and to evaluate current approaches to conflict resolution and peacemaking. (USIP-146-94F) $40,000
AMERICAN UNIVERSITY, Washington, DC (Project Director(s): Mohammed Abu-Nimer): A study to probe the relationship between Islam and nonviolent peacebuilding strategies. Based largely on interviews with key personnel of peacebuilding programs, traditional mediators, religious figures and scholars, the project will examine traditional dispute resolution methods utilized in Islam and analyze conflict resolution training programs in Muslim communities in Gaza and the West Bank, Jordan, Israel, Egypt, Turkey and the Philippines. (USIP-140-00F) $20,000
AMERICAN UNIVERSITY IN CAIRO, Cario, Egypt (Project Director(s): John Swanson & Dan Tschirgi): A grant to support a conference on the social, political and economic dimensions of the quest for order and stability in the post-Gulf War Arab World. Issues to be considered include: the Arab political order in the aftermath of the Gulf crisis; political reform and democratization; regional security; development and reconstruction; environmental degradation; social dislocation; education and development; and involvement of external powers. (USIP-80-91S) $35,000
AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT, New York, NY (Project Director(s): L.N. Diab): A grant to develop curricula for four courses in conflict resolution and to assist with the introduction of a master's degree concentration in conflict resolution studies at the American University of Beirut. Teaching manuals produced by the grantee will be made available for utilization by other universities in the Middle East. This project constitutes one component of a larger effort by AUB to introduce teaching and research about conflict resolution in Lebanon, including teaching conflict resolution skills in Lebanon's high schools. (USIP-064-91F) $40,000
ASSOCIATES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS, Berkeley, CA (Project Director(s): Meron Benvenisti): A book project to explore the historical and cultural geography of the Holy Land. Engaging a joint Palestinian and Israeli research team, the project will include extensive archival research, interviews and field work and seek to merge the conflicting stories of the shared land and the two communities' relationship to it. (SG-24-97) $35,000
ATLANTIC COUNCIL OF THE UNITED STATES, Washington, DC (Project Director(s): C. Richard Nelson): A project to research and compile U.S. laws, regulations and policies that govern U.S. relations with Iran, with a view toward preparing for eventual U.S.-Iranian rapprochement. The compendium, which will offer a basic reference on the nature and scope of current U.S.-Iranian relations and analyses of the assumptions and context that underlie current laws, regulations and policies, will be published in English and Persian and provide a basis for dialogue and workshops on U.S.-Iran relations. (SG-95-99) $20,000
BADLISY CENTER FOR KURDISH STUDIES, INC., Tallahassee, FL (Project Director(s): Salah Aziz & William Spencer): A grant to support an international conference on the situation of the Kurds in each of the Middle Eastern countries where they reside. The project will attempt to define the elements of the Kurdish issue and review possible approaches to the peaceful resolution of the problem, including regional and international cooperation. (USIP-026-92F) $20,000
BEIRUT UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, Beirut, Lebanon (Project Director(s): George Emile Irani): This project will address the emotional, cognitive, and cultural, as well as the political and social, dimensions of the protracted conflict in Lebanon. Forty participants, drawn from the ranks of grass-roots leaders, will analyze and discuss the roots of intercommunal mistrust, hatred, and violence. The project will seek to employ indigenous methods of conflict resolution to enable leaders to construct a community capable of effective communication, mediation, and cooperation in Lebanon. (USIP-053-93F) $30,000
BIRZEIT UNIVERSITY, Birzeit, Israel (Project Director(s): Ziad Abu-Amr ): A study to trace the emergence of Islamic fundamentalism in Jordan, including an assessment of its current prominence in Jordanian social and political life. The project will examine the factors contributing to the rise of fundamentalism and the role it plays in the formulation of Jordan's domestic and foreign policies. (SG-2-92) $33,000
BOGAZICI UNIVERSITY, Istanbul, Turkey (Project Director(s): Kemal Kirisci): A study of Turkey's efforts to resolve its Kurdish problem. The project addresses the transnational nature of this conflict, then examines traditional Turkish policy towards the Kurds and the recent changes in Turkey's approach to the problem. The views of key Kurdish groups are examined and policy recommendations are suggested. (SG-42-93) $24,500
BOGAZICI UNIVERSITY, Istanbul, Turkey (Project Director(s): Ali Carkoglu): A research and public opinion survey initiative examining the role of public opinion in foreign policy making in Turkey, with a particular focus on Greek-Turkish relations. The study will also identify constituencies in Turkey that support dialogue with Greece and offer policy recommendations toward breaking down perceived political, social and cultural barriers that impede the resolution of conflict between the two countries. (USIP-097-01S) $35,260
BOWDOIN COLLEGE, Brunswick, ME (Project Director(s): Daniel Lieberfeld): A grant to support research on the importance of unofficial contacts between unofficial but influential opinion-makers in South Africa and the Israeli-Palestinian dispute that occurred prior to the convening of official negotiations. The project will analyze the impact of these "pre-negotiation" meetings on the subsequent talks through interviews with participants in the meetings and from other sources. The project aims at a better understanding of how such unofficial contacts help create an environment conducive to direct, official negotiations leading to a settlement. (SG-112-97) $38,000
BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY, Waltham, MA (Project Director(s): Cynthia Cohen): A project to develop four teaching cases illustrating the nature of post-conflict reconciliation, emphasizing in particular the tensions between the demands of coexistence and of justice, as well as other ethical dilemmas, that confront practitioners working in community-level peacebuilding projects in conflict regions. The cases will be based on the experiences of fifteen conflict-resolution practitioners from South Africa, the Middle East, the Balkans, and Sri Lanka who have been selected as the first cohort of Brandeis International Fellows. (SG-68-98) $38,000
BROWNSTEIN, LEWIS, New Paltz, NY (Project Director(s): Lewis Brownstein): A grant to investigate the feasibility of creating a Palestinian state in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. (SG-66-8) $3,417
CARLETON UNIVERSITY, Ontario, Canada (Project Director(s): Brian S. Mandell): A project to examine the potential for third party peace-building initiatives in the Syria-Israel conflict. Particular attention will be given to a potential role for Canada, in collaboration with the U.S., as mediator or peacekeeper to enhance the prospects for peace between Israel and Syria. (SG-9-92) $16,000
CARNEGIE ENDOWMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACE, Washington, DC (Project Director(s): Geoffrey Kemp): A grant to complete a report on technical, economic, strategic, and arms control factors that have influenced the political-military environment in the Middle East and South Asia. The project will emphasize the relationship between proliferation of high-technology weapons systems and related military hardware, and the prospects for regional arms control mechanisms based on political solutions. (USIP-515) $40,000
CARNEGIE ENDOWMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACE, Washington, DC (Project Director(s): Geoffrey Kemp): A grant to support workshops which will examine how geographic, demographic, cultural and technological asymmetries hamper the establishment of security arrangements in three regional conflicts: Arab-Israeli, Persian Gulf, and South Asia. The principle of "asymmetric reciprocity" - the acceptance of disproportionate, but mutually binding, restraints - as a way to manage such regional conflicts will be considered, as will possible political frameworks based on this principle in each of the three regional conflicts. (USIP-186-94S) $20,000
CEDAR RAPIDS PUBLIC LIBRARY, Cedar Rapids, IA (Project Director(s): Janet Rater): A five-part reading and discussion series on "Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Seeking a Common Ground," organized by Cedar Rapids Public Library. In addition to reading assigned books, the public will hear presentations by scholars. A guide and brochure to the series will be produced. (SG-15-94) $9,707
CENTER FOR FOREIGN POLICY OPTIONS, Los Angeles, CA (Project Director(s): Gerald M. Steinberg): A grant for a project on the role of informal negotiations in the Middle East peace process, focusing on the Jordan-Israel case-study. (SG-77-9) $40,250
CENTER FOR STRATEGIC AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES, Washington, DC (Project Director(s): William H. Lewis): A conference and research project to assess emerging North African-European conflict situations and the potential role for preventive diplomacy toward their resolution. The resulting book will examine key North African and European states, their interactions within the framework of such organizations as NATO, the European Union, and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, and U.S. policy in the region with the goal of enhancing the role of the United States, multilateral institutions, and non-governmental organizations in conflict management. (SG-7-99) $30,000
CITADEL, THE, Charleston, SC (Project Director(s): Joseph Wright Twinam): A grant to support a project on the origins, nature, and development of territorial disputes between Bahrain and Qatar. (SG-22-9) $10,000
CLEVELAND COUNCIL ON WORLD AFFAIRS, Cleveland, OH (Project Director(s): Charles F. Dunbar): A book-length study based on field research to examine the experience of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara, compare the Western Sahara experience with other similar peacekeeping missions, and draw lessons for future related missions. (USIP-136-00S) $30,000
COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY, Ewing, NJ (Project Director(s): Miriam Lowi): A study of political breakdown in Algeria that explores the origins of the regime crisis and civil unrest that led to civil war in 1992. The resulting book will examine the notion that, in addition to the peculiarities of Algerian nationalism, state-building and leadership idiosyncrasies, oil revenues facilitated destabilizing features of the country's political institutions, particularly the systemic exclusion of key sectors of society from access to resources. (USIP-139-99F) $38,000
COLLEGE OF THE HOLY CROSS, Worcester, MA (Project Director(s): John O. Voll & John Esposito): A project to examine the potential and actual conflicts that arise as a result of demands for both Islamization and for democratization in the Islamic world. This will include analysis of conceptualizations of democracy and identity which are emerging in Islamist movements in such countries as Sudan, Tunisia, Algeria, Egypt, Pakistan, and Iran. Comparisons will be made with how Islam and democracy interact in Malaysia, Indonesia, and sub-Saharan Africa. Attention will also be given to how these conflicts might be resolved. (SG-158-92) $58,960
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, New York, NY (Project Director(s): Richard K. Betts): A study to assess whether regional arms control after the Cold War can work, with a focus on the Middle East, the Indian subcontinent, and Northeast Asia. A major objective will be to analyze the implications of multipolarity on calculations of stable military balances, as well as the effects of multipolarity on negotiation and durability of arms limitations. Historical cases from 1899 to 1939 will be utilized, along with relevant lessons from US-USSR arms control experience. (USIP-126-91F) $30,000
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, New York, NY (Project Director(s): Richard Bulliet, Edward Allworth, Barnett Rubin): A project of workshops and field research focusing on Central Asia: (1) to analyze and assess the main characteristics of Central Asian and Middle Eastern societies, with particular attention to features held in common; (2) to identify the principal features of international relations in the region, including alliances, treaties, and enmities; and (3) to propose ideal, realistic and worse-case solutions to the security and peace requirements of the region. (SG-71-92) $35,000
COMMUNITY OF ST. EGIDIO USA, INC., New York, NY (Project Director(s): Marco Impagliazzo): A project to examine the roots and dynamics of the Algerian crisis and assess international attempts to mediate and resolve the conflict. The project, which result in a book, will focus particular attention on the efforts by the Community of St. Egidio to promote dialogue and broker an agreement between parties to the conflict and draw lessons for future third-party initiatives to mediate this or other conflicts. (USIP-037-96F) $25,000
CONFLICT MANAGEMENT GROUP, Cambridge, MA (Project Director(s): Diana Chigas): A project to convene key figures from the Greek and Turkish Cypriot communities, Greece and Turkey to develop new approaches to overcoming obstacles to negotiation in the Cyprus conflict. The resulting report will offer a new common framework for key issues, posit ways to create political space that would facilitate cooperation and negotiation, and suggest specific unilateral and joint actions toward breaking the deadlock in negotiations. (SG-78-99) $30,000
CORNELL UNIVERSITY, Ithaca, NY (Project Director(s): Milton Esman & Shibley Telhami): A project to examine the interactions between international organizations and ethnic actors in situations where violent ethnic conflict has occurred. The study will focus on the cases of Lebanon and Yugoslavia, but within a broadly comparative framework, in order to derive some general principles about the following: (1) ways in which ethnic actors attempt to control international interventions; (2) how interventions change the organizations undertaking them; and (3) lessons regarding successful intervention. (SG-93-92) $35,000
COUNCIL FOR A LIVABLE WORLD EDUCATION FUND, Washington, DC (Project Director(s): Jim Walsh): A research project to document and analyze Iranian nuclear decision making, focusing on the role of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran. Based on interviews and other original source material, the resulting monograph will provide a profile of Iranian nuclear decision making and shed light on the broader question of nuclear proliferation. (USIP-177-01S) $34,100
DARTMOUTH COLLEGE, Hanover, NH (Project Director(s): Ian S. Lustick): A grant to complete a book analyzing the potential for change in Israel's relationship to the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Systematic comparison of the Irish problem in British political history and the Algerian problem in French political history will be used to gain perspectives on the mediation of political change within Israel and between Israelis and Palestinian Arabs. (USIP-392) $15,000
EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY, Ypsilanti, MI (Project Director(s): Mansoor Moaddel): A study to examine Islamic movements in Algeria and Jordan in the context of state-civil society interaction. Tracing the ideological evolution of Islamic movements, the project will probe the social bases of Islamic opposition, assess the impact of state cultural and economic policies on the nature and orientation of such opposition groups and draw lessons for managing conflicts between the state and Islamic groups through peaceful means. (USIP-080-96S) $37,000
ELMIRA COLLEGE, Elmira, NY (Project Director(s): Rafiuddin Ahmed): A project to assess the impact of Islamic fundamentalism on Muslim societies in South Asia and the Middle East. Focusing on the Jama't-i-Islami in Pakistan and Bangladesh and the Ikhwan al Muslimun in Egypt, the PD will produce a book that examines the fundamentalist commitment to revolutionary change and its implications for the future of peace and political stability in those countries. (USIP-099-94F) $26,262.5
EMORY UNIVERSITY, Atlanta, GA (Project Director(s): Kenneth W. Stein): A grant to support a project on the substance and procedure of various international Middle East peace conferences. The project will examine problems, prospects, and possible pitfalls of previous negotiations to help guide contemporary discussions. (SG-36-9) $40,000
EUROPEAN CENTER FOR CONFLICT PREVENTION, NL-3508 SC Utrecht, The Netherlands (Project Director(s): Juliette Verhoeven): A program to examine the background and dynamics of key violent conflicts in the Middle East, explore conflict prevention and resolution activities underway in the region, and compile a directory containing profiles of the main local and international NGOs working for peace. The findings will be published in a book, made available on the internet, and will serve as the basis for a series of policy seminars for government officials, intergovernmental organizations and NGOs in the Middle East, Europe and the United States. (USIP-120-00F) $32,000
EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE, San Domenico di Fiesole, Italy (Project Director(s): Philippe C. Schmitter & Imco Brouwer): A study of the efforts of Western democracies to promote the democratization of authoritarian regimes in the Arab Middle East. The initiative will examine the conceptual underpinnings of democracy promotion policies, programs and projects; describe and evaluate the impact of activities undertaken by American and European agencies and organizations that target Egypt, Tunisia, Morocco and the Palestinian Territories; and develop new approaches to improving democracy promotion in the region. (USIP-138-97S) $35,000
FORDHAM UNIVERSITY, Bronx, NY (Project Director(s): John P. Entelis): A study to identify key themes in politics and society which explain the dynamic of authoritarian decay and incipient democratic expansion in the Maghreb (Algeria, Morocco, and Tunisia). Project staff will assess the impact of factors relating to the state, religion, political culture, political economy, and human rights, along with populist demands for more open, pluralistic, and democratic political systems in the three countries. (SG-112-92) $40,000
FOUNDATION FOR MIDDLE EAST PEACE, Washington, DC (Project Director(s): Philip Mattar): A study to analyze how key events in Palestinian history have been portrayed in Arab history books, school textbooks, reference works, and primary documents. The resulting book will also compare and contrast the Palestinian narrative with official versions and with primary source material. (USIP-089-00F) $38,000
FRIENDS OF ISRAEL/PALESTINE CENTER FOR RESEARCH AND INFORMATION, Long Beach, NY (Project Director(s): Gershon Baskin & Zakaria al Qaq): A project involving a conference and a follow-on study group to consider security in the Middle East. Particular attention will be given to security issues relating issues to autonomy and internal self-government for Palestinians. (USIP-650) $25,000
GALILEE CENTER FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH, Haifa, Israel (Project Director(s): Khalil Rinnawi): A grant to support the development of a set of textbooks in Arabic on Israel's Arab minority and its relations with Jews in the country. Drawing on previous research, the textbooks will be developed by a bi-national research and educational team and tested and distributed to Arab high schools across the country. (USIP-034-96F) $40,000
GARFINKLE, ADAM M., Philadelphia, PA (Project Director(s): Adam M. Garfinkle): A grant to support a study of the potential role of inter-personal contacts in mediating political change between disputants. Dr. Garfinkle will use current cooperative undertakings between Israeli and Jordanian citizens as material for a case study. (USIP-004) $10,000
GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY, Fairfax, VA (Project Director(s): Dennis J.D. Sandole): A two-year program to develop a collaborative affiliation between George Mason University's Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution and Yerevan State University, Armenia; Baku State University, Azerbaijan; Tbilisi State University, Georgia and Bilkent University, Turkey. Undergraduate programs in conflict resolution will be developed and eventually linked to joint research projects involving educators from all 5 universities. (USIP-070-93F) $70,000
GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, Washington, DC (Project Director(s): Nathan Brown): A grant to support a study of the role that the rule of law plays in a developing society such as Egypt, and the implications of the Egyptian case for other regimes in the Middle East. The study seeks to determine whether Western-style legal systems can work successfully in emerging pluralist societies, in mediating dramatic political change. (USIP-101-90F) $10,000
GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, Washington, DC (Project Director(s): Sabri Sayari): A grant to analyze Turkey's changing approach to the Kurdish struggle for autonomy and independence. The study will address the implications of Turkey's new policies for Turkey's Kurds, the Kurdish nationalist movement in the region, and U.S. foreign policy. (USIP-161-91S) $27,500
GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, Washington, DC (Project Director(s): Martha Finnemore): A project to examine Pentagon involvement in shaping U.S. policy toward humanitarian intervention and to analyze Pentagon responses to recent humanitarian crises in Iraq, Somalia, Bosnia, Rwanda and Haiti. Testing the hypothesis that the military's perception of its own ability to be effective in humanitarian missions determines its position in debates over whether to deploy troops, the study will focus on the Pentagon's role in determining whether military means are chosen to deal with humanitarian crises and on the effect of involvement in these missions on military structure, training and readiness. (SG-79-95) $12,156
GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, Washington, DC (Project Director(s): Nathan Brown): A research project to examine the prospects for democratic development in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, focusing on three spheres: law, education and elections. The resulting book will also assess the impact of domestic and international factors on efforts by the Palestinians to construct institutions of democratic government. (SG-21-99) $40,000
GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY, Washington, DC (Project Director(s): William O'Brien): A grant in support of a project on Israel's war with the PLO, which examines the war in terms of its morality and its legality. (USIP-517) $30,000
GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY, Washington, DC (Project Director(s): Geneive Abdo): A project to document and analyze Islamic transformation in Egypt and examine the challenges this transformation presents to policymakers seeking to understand and establish dialogue with moderate Islamists around the world. (USIP-045-97F) $41,250
GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY, Washington, DC (Project Director(s): Michael Hudson and Jon Anderson): A project to explore how the Internet can advance democratization and help diminish conflict in the Middle East based on an examination of the social characteristics and network experiences of early adopters and advocates of the Internet in Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and Syria. (SG-34-99) $40,000
GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY, Washington, DC (Project Director(s): Margot Badran): A research initiative to explore the impact of Islamic feminism on the interaction between secular and religious forces in Egypt, Yemen, Turkey and South Africa. The resulting book will also examine ways in which Islamic feminism might reduce tensions and facilitate peaceful relations within society or, alternatively, sustain and exacerbate existing societal antagonisms. (USIP-218-01S) $41,800
GIVAT HAVIVA EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION, INC., New York, NY (Project Director(s): Sarah Ozacky-Lazar & Walid Sadik): A grant in support of teacher training workshops for Israeli Arab and Jewish secondary school educators and the development of curriculum and other materials in conflict resolution and inter-communal understanding, to be published in Hebrew, Arabic and English. (USIP-8-91S) $20,000
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Cambridge, MA (Project Director(s): Herbert C. Kelman): A grant to support two projects: (1) a systematic analysis of the results of research on the interactive problem solving approach to international conflict; and (2) the preparation of several articles on the social-psychological dimensions of international conflict and the application of the interactive, problem-solving method to the Middle East conflict. (USIP-077) $40,000
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Cambridge, MA (Project Director(s): Nadim Rouhana): A grant to support a study of how protracted conflict tends to exclude visions of peace from public political discourse and private thought, encouraging pessimism and fatalistic views among the societies in conflict. Taking the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as a case study, this research aims to arrive at a better understanding of these dynamics and to design tools to counter them. (USIP-116-1-89) $42,500
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Cambridge, MA (Project Director(s): Herbert C. Kelman & Eileen F. Babbitt): A project of problem-solving workshops for politically active women from the Israeli and Palestinian communities, utilizing women's special capacity to build relationships across lines of conflict. It is hoped these workshops will develop ideas for mutual reassurance and create a political environment conducive to strengthening the peace negotiation process currently underway. (SG-155-92) $30,000
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Cambridge, MA (Project Director(s): Leonard J. Hausman): A project to prepare a comprehensive report on economic planning to assist with the transition to Palestinian autonomy or interim self-government. Teams of Israeli, Jordanian, and Palestinian economists will work together to prepare sections of the report covering the areas of Palestinian economic administration; agriculture, industry and trade; fiscal affairs; monetary affairs; and foreign aid. The report will emphasize policy recommendations and options. (USIP-105-92F) $25,000
HASHOMER HATZAIR ISRAEL, Tel Aviv, Israel (Project Director(s): Nir Bahat): A year-long project to engage 100 Israeli and Palestinian youth from Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip in a series of monthly educational and cultural activities, culminating in an eight-day Peace Camp that will include seminars, lectures and discussion groups. Project staff will develop curriculum for the encounters and a handbook of lesson plans that addresses tolerance, co-existence and the Palestinian-Israeli conflict for counselors and other practitioners active in the field of reconciliation and co-existence. (USIP-028-96S) $40,000
HEBREW UNIVERSITY, Jerusalem, Israel (Project Director(s): Jay Rothman and Yair Kagan): A grant for the completion of a curriculum on pre-negotiation theory and practice, articles on pre-negotiation, and a book-length manuscript on pre-negotiation based on an international conference on the subject. (USIP-454) $40,000
HEBREW UNIVERSITY, Jerusalem, Israel (Project Director(s): Jay Rothman & Gabriel Sheffer): A continuation grant to support projects undertaken under Grant No. USIP-454 including new activities to enhance problem diagnosis, plan procedures for solutions, and set agendas, each designed to enhance a diplomats' training seminar initiated in the fall of 1989. (USIP-058-1-89) $30,000
HEBREW UNIVERSITY, Jerusalem, Israel (Project Director(s): Edy Kaufman): A grant to support a study of the relevance of democratic development in the resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The project will examine the commitment of democratic ideals in both communities as an indicator of prospects for long term peace and stability. (SG-91-9) $48,000
HEBREW UNIVERSITY, Jerusalem, Israel (Project Director(s): Baruch Kimmerling): A grant to support a study of the impact of the 1982 war in Lebanon on Israeli reserve soldiers' and protest leaders' perceptions of war as a means to the attainment of political goals. (USIP-007-2-90) $20,000
HEBREW UNIVERSITY, Jerusalem, Israel (Project Director(s): Benjamin Miller): A study to assess the most effective mechanisms for preventing war and advancing peace in the post-Cold War era, with particular focus on the Middle East. The project will consider the relative merits and potential of five such conflict-management mechanisms: balancing, deterrence, hegemonic leadership, concert and collective security. (USIP-035-91F) $10,000
HEBREW UNIVERSITY, Jerusalem, Israel (Project Director(s): Eyal Benvenisti): A study of the legal issues surrounding the competition for scarce water resources in the Middle East, in recognition of the fact that an international agreement concerning the utilization of water resources is essential to the development of a peaceful settlement of the Arab-Israeli conflict. The project will take careful account of the competing claims to water and attempt to develop a legal framework to accommodate these claims. (SG-129-92) $30,000
HEBREW UNIVERSITY, Jerusalem, Israel (Project Director(s): Raymond Cohen): A grant to support a study of national negotiating styles in several countries including Egypt, Iran, Israel and Turkey. Using a lexical approach and based on interviews with past and present negotiators and on information on specific negotiations provided by native language specialists, the study will analyze and compare the negotiating vocabularies of the respective national languages and present negotiation profiles for each of the cases. (SG-21-96) $52,004
HEBREW UNIVERSITY, Jerusalem, Israel (Project Director(s): Ruth Firer & Sami Adwan): A project to examine middle and secondary school history and civics textbooks used by Palestinian and Israeli students, focusing particular attention on the treatment of Israeli-Palestinian history and interaction from 1949 to 1987. A joint Israeli and Palestinian research team will undertake the content analysis and produce a report, including recommendations for the improvement of textbooks, that will be disseminated among officials in the Israeli and Palestinian Ministries of Education and other educators seeking to advance reconciliation between Israelis and Palestinians. (SG-123-97) $40,000
HEBREW UNIVERSITY, Mt. Scopus, Jerusalem, Israel (Project Director(s): Edy Kaufman & Lucy Nusseibeh): A series of collaborative problem solving workshops for teams of Israelis and Palestinians to enhance their ability to facilitate interaction and exchanges between the two communities. The joint Israeli-Palestinian initiative will develop a cross-cultural co-facilitation manual and reader and promote the placement and involvement of trainees in activities and institutions seeking to advance more fruitful exchanges and cooperation between Israelis and Palestinians. (SG-90-00) $38,000
HEBREW UNIVERSITY, Jerusalem, Israel (Project Director(s): Eyal Benvenisti and Edna Ullman-Margalit): A human rights education project to develop teacher training curriculum, a human rights reader and related materials as part of a training program targeting junior high and high school teachers in Israel. The resulting materials will be disseminated to university schools of education and Arab and Jewish teacher training institutions throughout the country. (USIP-128-00S) $34,220
HENRY L. STIMSON CENTER, Washington, DC (Project Director(s): Alan Platt): A project to culminate in an edited volume addressing such topics as nuclear proliferation, conventional arms transfers, confidence-and security-building measures, tacit arms control, and new verification technologies in the Middle East. (USIP-037-2-90) $29,845
HENRY L. STIMSON CENTER, Washington, DC (Project Director(s): Michael Krepon): A grant to finance a workshop on arms control and confidence-building measures (CBMs) to be held in Cairo. The conference will provide a forum for a group of American specialists to present the East-West experience with CBMs, and then discuss the relevance of this experience for the Middle East. (USIP-652) $15,000
HOOGLUND, ERIC, Arlington, VA (Project Director(s): Eric Hooglund): A study to examine the major sources of tension and potential conflict among Iran and the six Arab countries that comprise the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). Drawing on interviews with Iranian and GCC officials as well as Arabic and Persian scholarly works and documents, the resulting book will focus on territorial disputes, Arab concerns about Iranian support for radical Islamic political movements, the regional arms race, dissension over oil production and pricing policies, differences over relations with Iraq and such extra-regional issues as relations with the United States and the Arab-Israeli peace process. The project will also identify areas of mutual interest that could form the basis for policies to reduce the prospects of conflict. (USIP-133-95S) $38,000
IBN KHALDOUN CENTER FOR DEVELOPMENT STUDIES, Cairo, Egypt (Project Director(s): Saad Eddin Ibrahim): A study to analyze and assess the present and future role of Egypt's "Islamic Activism" in relation to the state and civil society. The resulting monograph will focus particular attention on approaches to the peaceful incorporation of Islamic activists into Egypt's political process. (USIP-037-94F) $35,000
INSTITUTE FOR MULTI-TRACK DIPLOMACY, Washington, DC (Project Director(s): Louise Diamond): A grant to train Greek-Cypriots and Turkish-Cypriots in conflict resolution skills, and participate in the project design and implementation of multi-track diplomacy approaches to the conflict in Cyprus. The project offers training, supervision, and consultation to a bi-communal group of 20 trainees as well as public education in conflict resolution and inter-group relations. The project is also developing and testing a new model for training appropriate mediators in protracted social conflicts, as well as disseminating training materials for the new model. (SG-51-93) $60,000
INSTITUTE OF TURKISH STUDIES, INC., New York, NY (Project Director(s): George E. Gruen): A study to assess the prospects for increased Turkish influence in the Middle East in light of recent regional and global changes. Of special interest will be Turkey's potential for contributing to a solution of the Arab-Israel conflict, considering both Turkey's assets (particularly water) and liabilities. (SG-16-92) $30,000
INSTITUTE OF WORLD AFFAIRS, Washington, DC (Project Director(s): Hrach Gregorian): A training and technical assistance program for Greek and Turkish Cypriots to advance inter-communal understanding and cooperation via Internet communications. (SG-98-98) $40,000
INTERFAITH ENCOUNTER ASSOCIATION, Jerusalem, Israel (Project Director(s): Yehuda Stolov): An interfaith dialogue program to enhance understanding across a broad spectrum of religious communities in Israel. The program will engage Jewish, Muslim and Christian community leaders and lay people in a series of seminars on a range of topics, including obstacles to reconciliation in one's religion and ways to overcome them, the role of Jewish, Muslim and Christian women in reconciliation, educating about the religion of others. The initiative will result in a series of reports and a book of seminar reports and presentations. (USIP-189-01F) $32,000
INTERNATIONAL PEACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION, Boulder, CO (Project Director(s): Elise Boulding): An international team of scholars, many from the Middle East, will prepare papers, hold conferences, and put out two publications focusing on conflict in the Middle East. Building on the experience gained by peace research in considering how to prevent war and resolve conflict, the participants will formulate proposals for peace building in the Middle East, drawing on data from the disciplines of political science, economics, international law, international relations, the arts, and religion. (USIP-077-91F) $20,000
IRAQ FOUNDATION, Washington, DC (Project Director(s): Graham Fuller & Rend Francke): A research project to examine the future political role of the various Shi'a Muslim communities in the states of the Persian Gulf, focusing particular attention on Iraq, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates. The study will address the causes, nature and expressions of Shi'ite discontent, the demands for greater political participation, and the responses to such demands by governments in the region. The research will also explore the implications of increased Shi'ite political participation for governments in the region, for regional alignments and for the international community. (USIP-110-96S) $50,000
ISRAEL-PALESTINE EDUCATIONAL CENTER AT KEREM SHALOM, Jerusalem, Israel (Project Director(s): Yael Agmon & Leah Tobias): A joint Israeli and Palestinian education and training program to introduce the study of democracy and conflict resolution to high school students and teachers in Israeli and Palestinian schools. The initiative will also include encounter workshops in which Israeli and Palestinian students will learn about the basic principles of democracy and various methods of conflict resolution. (SG-48-99) $35,000
ISRAEL/PALESTINE CENTER FOR RESEARCH AND INFORMATION, Jerusalem, Israel (Project Director(s): Gershon Baskin & Ghassan Abdallah): A grant to support the Israeli-Palestinian Round Table Forums, which bring together Israeli and Palestinian industrialists, economists, and scientists to discuss their mutual interests in economic development and issues relating to water resources and water use. (USIP-018-91F) $20,000
ISRAEL/PALESTINE CENTER FOR RESEARCH AND INFORMATION, Jerusalem, Israel (Project Director(s): Gershon Baskin & Zakaria al-Qaq): A grant to fund a working seminar of Israeli, Palestinian, and Jordanian security experts to develop mutually acceptable recommendations regarding possible security and defensive arrangements for advancing peace in the region. Seminar participants will develop consensus recommendations and will disseminate their views both through public debate and through meetings with members of the various Middle East negotiating teams. (USIP-656) $25,000
ISTITUTO AFFARI INTERNAZIONALI, Rome, Italy (Project Director(s): Laura Guazzone): A project to analyze the role of Islamic movements and parties in the process of political liberalization underway in the North AfricaMiddle East region, with particular attention to Algeria, Egypt, Jordan and Tunisia. The project will investigate the likely impact of these movements on regional stability and on North-South relations. (SG-111-92) $40,000
ISTITUTO AFFARI INTERNAZIONALI, Rome, Italy (Project Director(s): Roberto Aliboni): A study to identify and explore notions, mechanisms and policies of preventive diplomacy and crisis-prevention in the Euro-Mediterranean region. The resulting volume will survey North-South perceptions and motives for cooperating in the region, examine the rationale for crisis prevention and preventive diplomacy in the Euro-Mediterranean region with respect to other regions, and assess the influence of trans-Atlantic and Middle Eastern relations on crisis-prevention policies of the European Union. (SG-75-96) $40,000
IZHAK BEN ZVI MEMORIAL INSTITUTE , Jerusalem, Israel (Project Director(s): Mordechai Bar-On): A project to analyze the development of the peace movement in Israel and the responses of Israeli society and government to various peace options over the last 25 years. Particular attention is to be given to the reasons that the agenda of the peace movement has not been adopted by various Israeli governments nor by the majority of Israelis. (USIP-082-93S) $15,400
JDC-ISRAEL, Jerusalem, Israel (Project Director(s): Tamara Barnea): A project to document and assess Israeli-Palestinian cooperative activities in the field of health care. The study, undertaken by Israeli and Palestinian researchers, will also examine obstacles to greater health-related interaction between Israeli and Palestinian health care workers and explore the potential for and promote future expanded partnerships in the field. (USIP-026-98S) $30,000
JERUSALEM CENTER FOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS, Jerusalem, Israel (Project Director(s): Moshe Maoz): A grant to conduct research on the history of the relationship between Israel and Syria and the prospects for a peace settlement between these two states. The study will focus on those factors that have generated hostilities and provoked wars, as well as assessing the new regional and international configuration which could contribute to peace. (USIP-021-91F) $16,000
JERUSALEM INSTITUTE FOR ISRAEL STUDIES, THE, Jerusalem, Israel (Project Director(s): Ora Ahimeir): A mediation and arbitration program for Israelis and Palestinians in the Jerusalem area. The project will include training for joint teams of Palestinian and Israeli mediators, public seminars and dialogues on dispute resolution in politically, culturally and religiously diverse settings, and a series of articles documenting the development and impact of the cross-cultural joint mediation program. (USIP-049-00F) $30,000
JOHN A. LOGAN COLLEGE, Carbondale, IL (Project Director(s): Paul Simon & Rebecca Borgsmiller): An education and public policy initiative to address conflict and the peace process in the Middle East. The project will engage students, educators, policy makers and community members in an examination of recent developments in the Middle East peace process and their relevance to the American public. The project will also produce educational videos for use in high school and college classrooms, a documentary to be aired on public television and other published material based on a two-day symposium. (USIP-096-98S) $30,000
JUERGENSMEYER, MARK, Berkeley, CA (Project Director(s): Mark Juergensmeyer): A grant to support a study on religious violence and nationalism in the Third World focusing on Sri Lanka, Pakistan, the Punjab (India), Iran, and Egypt. (SG-42-8) $40,000
KING'S COLLEGE, Ontario, Canada (Project Director(s): Tozun Bahcheli): A study of ethnic conflict in Cyprus which will probe domestic factors that inhibit and those that might facilitate a durable settlement of the conflict; assess the role that external forces have played in prolonging the conflict; explore how third parties (primarily the United States, the European Union and NATO) could facilitate a settlement; and outline compromise arrangements which both sides might be prepared to accept. (USIP-133-97S) $28,300
KINGS COLLEGE LONDON, London, England (Project Director(s): Muhammad Zuhair Diab): A project to examine the prospects for establishing a stable security regime in the Middle East. Such a regime would need to meet the main requirements of national security of the key parties to the Arab-Israeli dispute, as a step toward promoting a Middle East peace accord. The objective is to control the military dimensions of conflict in the region. The study will focus both on power relationships among the regional parties and among the external powers who support the local antagonists. (SG-5-92) $38,500
KORN, DAVID A., Washington, DC (Project Director(s): David A. Korn): A grant in support of a project on "The Forgotten War: Israel, Egypt, and the Powers, 1967-1979." The project will examine how the US and Soviet Union sought solution through the UN to the crisis spawned by the 1967 war in the Middle East and how the failure of their efforts may have contributed to the outbreak of the 1973 war. (USIP-601) $10,000
LAFAYETTE COLLEGE, Easton, PA (Project Director(s): Ilan Peleg): A project to examine the changes in Israel's political culture and their impact on the Middle East peace process. Drawing on interviews with politicians, policy analysts and other opinion leaders as well as public opinion survey data, the research will assess the breadth and depth of recent changes in the country's political culture and, in that context, explore the long-term policy consequences of developments in the region since the signing of the September 1993 Declaration of Principles. (USIP-071-95S) $19,276
LEHIGH UNIVERSITY, Bethlehem, PA (Project Director(s): Henri J. Barkey): A study to assess domestic factors and regional and international transformations that may increasingly draw Turkey towards the Middle East. Such involvement may be manifested in economic expansion, a contribution to the resolution of the Arab-Israeli conflict, and other regional security arrangements. Of particular interest is the potential for Turkey to be productively involved in Middle Eastern affairs as a by-product of its offering water to the arid countries of the region. (SG-66-92) $40,000
LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY, Brookville, NY (Project Director(s): Muhammad Muslih): A study of Syria's foreign policy under the Ba'th regime (1963 to 1992) in order to discern patterns and causes of policy change. The study will also examine the policy dilemmas facing President Asad and their implications for regime survival and regional peace and stability. The research will give special attention to the impact of key Syrian personalities on foreign policy decision-making. (USIP-144-91F) $20,000
LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY, Upper Montclair, NJ (Project Director(s): Muhammad Y. Muslih): A book project that examines the principal ideas and debates in Arab intellectual discourse about U.S. policies toward the Arab world, focusing particular attention on the peace process, the Gulf, political Islam, political reform and terrorism. (USIP-110-98F) $40,000
LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY, Baton Rouge, LA (Project Director(s): Mark J. Gasiorowski): A book project to examine the evolving Iranian model of Islamic government, with a particular focus on the internal dynamics in Iran that have affected the government's policies, performance and ability to achieve its stated goals. (SG-13-99) $35,000
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Cambridge, MA (Project Director(s): Nazli Choucri): A grant to support research on the determinants of international conflict, examining the role of population, resources, and technology in shaping state behavior. The project will explore the application of lateral pressure theory to the Middle East, and will develop graduate-level teaching materials on the relationship of technological, demographic, and resource factors to patterns of development and conflict. (USIP-497) $56,000
MCGILL UNIVERSITY, Montreal, Quebec, Canada (Project Director(s): Rex Brynen): A project to examine the uses and limitations of multinational development assistance as a tool of international peace-building. Using the Palestinian case, the study will explore the processes, impact and repercussions of international financial assistance aimed at stabilizing the Palestinian National Authority in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. (USIP-026-95S) $24,000
MEDIATION WAY, INC., Acton, MA (Project Director(s): Gonca Sonmez-Poole): A research project that examines the Kurdish issue in Turkey, steps needed to consolidate democracy in that country, and the broader theme of how developing democracies accommodate the often conflicting rights of sovereignty and self-determination. (USIP-035-98F) $20,000
MIDDLE EAST CHILDREN'S ASSOCIATION, MECA, Jerusalem, Israel (Project Director(s): Adina Shapiro and Ghassan Abdullah): An educational seminar engaging Palestinian and Israeli elementary and middle school teachers to: 1) assess the impact of the current violence on teachers and their professional capacities in the classroom; 2) develop educational materials that introduce students to human rights concepts and their relevance to tolerance and mutual understanding; and 3) design a work plan for continued inter-ethnic engagement among educators in the context of the ongoing violence. (USIP-727) $35,000
MIDDLE EAST INSTITUTE, Washington, DC (Project Director(s): Richard Parker): A conference for key officials from several Arab states, Israel, the former USSR, the U.S. and the U.N. who were involved in the events leading up the 1967 Arab-Israeli war. The participants will draw lessons for future peace efforts from the numerous misunderstandings that led to the 1967 conflict. The presentations and discussions will be published as a book which hopefully will contribute to the prevention of future conflict in the region by elucidating persistent sources of misperceptions among regional states. (USIP-115-91F) $20,000
MIDDLE EAST INSTITUTE, Washington, DC (Project Director(s): Andrew T. Parasiliti): A project that accesses the future of Iraq with particular attention to its future role in regional and international affairs, including U.S. policy toward Iraq. The initiative will result in a book on Iraq's oil industry and economic reconstruction, its domestic politics and foreign relations, and approaches to enhancing collective security and conflict prevention in the Middle East. (USIP-071-96F) $31,600
MIDDLE EAST INSTITUTE, Washington, DC (Project Director(s): Helena Cobban): A project to assess the Syrian-Israeli bilateral peace negotiations. Based on archival research and interviews with policymakers and non-governmental analysts, the resulting article will focus particular attention on lessons drawn from the stalled negotiations and prospects for the future. (USIP-098-97S) $15,000
MIDDLE EAST INSTITUTE, Washington, DC (Project Director(s): Richard B. Parker): A conference for key former officials and academics from Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Syria, the former USSR and the U.S. to explore the origins and causes of the October 1973 war between Israel, Egypt and Syria. The presentations and discussions will be published as a book which will examine the motivations and intentions of the various parties to the crises and address such issues as the effectiveness of deterrence and the mutuality of misperception. (USIP-013-97F) $28,000
MIDDLE EAST INSTITUTE, Washington, DC (Project Director(s): Farideh Farhi): A study to examine the impact of post-revolution processes on the evolving boundaries of political discourse in the print media, television, and public trials. Based on archival research and interviews with a broad cross-section of key Iranian writers, intellectuals, journalists, officials, publishers and other opinion-makers, the resulting book will explore the changing nature of political discourse in Iran, the way Iranians think about politics, and the public's role in the political life of present day Iran. (USIP-054-99F) $38,000
MILLS COLLEGE, Oakland, CA (Project Director(s): Fred Lawson): A grant to support a project on the relationship between domestic social conflict and aggressive foreign policy in contemporary Syria. (USIP-395) $20,250
NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY, Fairfax, VA (Project Director(s): Kathleen Bailey): A project to study the following threats to the nuclear nonproliferation regime: the failure of export controls; spread of deception techniques; and noncompliance with the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) by Iraq and North Korea. The project will identify demand-side policy alternatives which might bolster the nonproliferation regime, in anticipation of the possible extension of the NPT planned for 1995. (SG-120-92) $35,000
NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL, Monterey, CA (Project Director(s): Glenn Robinson): A project which explores the idea that the inherent tensions between the containment of Islamicism, political liberalization, and participation in a negotiated settlement with Israel restricts Jordan, Syria and the Palestinians to the pursuit of at most two of these three policy goals. The project examines the ways in which negotations with Israel can be used by Syria, Jordan, and the Palestinians to ease the inherent tension between political liberalization and the existence of such anti-liberal forces as Islamicist movements. (SG-121-93) $40,000
NEVE SHALOM/WAHAT AL-SALAM, New York, NY (Project Director(s): Sharon Burde & Ariela Bairey): A grant to develop an English language manual incorporating programs developed over a decade at the organization's School for Peace. The manual is designed to use in situations of deep-rooted, ongoing conflict. (USIP-143-1-89) $15,000
NEVE SHALOM/WAHAT AL-SALAM, D.N. Shimsshon, Israel (Project Director(s): Rabah Halabi, Nava Sonnenschein): A grant to develop teaching materials and offer training courses to professional group-process facilitators to prepare them to lead coexistence/conflict resolution programs both in Israeli high school and in out-of -school programs. The purpose of the project, to be undertaken in collaboration with Tel Aviv University, is to promote greater understanding between Palestinian and Israeli youth. (USIP-043-91F) $20,000
NEVE SHALOM/WAHAT AL-SALAM, Doar Na Shimshon, Israel (Project Director(s): Rabah Halabi): A project to draw upon the School for Peace's extensive experience in bringing together Jewish and Arab youth, teachers and others in order to produce a book on the School's unique approach to group facilitation. The book will be published in English, Hebrew and Arabic and will be distributed to practitioners and other specialists in Israel and around the world. (USIP-069-95F) $25,000
NEVE SHALOM/WAHAT AL-SALAM, THE SCHOOL FOR PEACE, Doar Na Shimshon, Israel (Project Director(s): Rabah Halabi): A video film project documenting the Arab-Jewish encounter process method developed by the Neve Shalom/Wahat al-Salam School for Peace. The video will be used to present the School for Peace method at academic and practitioner conferences, provide information about the School's work to the general public, and assist the School's training efforts both in Israel and in conflict settings around the world. (SG-106-01) $38,500
NEW OUTLOOK MIDDLE EAST MAGAZINE, Tel Aviv, Israel (Project Director(s): Anat Reisman Levy): New Outlook proposes to bring together a group of scholars, analysts, and politicians from the diverse communities affected (Jewish Israeli, Christian and Muslim Palestinians) to present and discuss various alternatives for Jerusalem. A book will be produced based on the discussions. (SG-110-92) $25,000
NEW SCHOOL UNIVERSITY, New York, NY (Project Director(s): Uri Ram): A research project examining Israel's integration into the new global economy and its impact on Israeli society, economy, and politics in the context of efforts toward Arab-Israeli peace. The resulting book will explore the links between economic factors in Israel and the peace process as well as the relationship between the Israeli and Palestinian economies. (USIP-083-00F) $42,900
NIXON CENTER, THE, Washington, DC (Project Director(s): Geoffrey Kemp): A research and workshop program to examine Iran's putative nuclear weapons program and to examine approaches to encouraging Iran's adherence to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. (SG-97-99) $40,000
NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY, DeKalb, IL (Project Director(s): Thomas C. Wiegele): A grant to support a study of international events associated with the 1987-1989 Libyan chemical weapons factory episode, and to develop a set of policy options to combat threats posed by chemical weapons. (USIP-015-2-90) $15,000
OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY, Norfolk, VA (Project Director(s): Mary Ann Tetreault): A study of social, political, and religious institutions and traditions as they bear on the process of democratization in Kuwait. The project will undertake a careful investigation of the October 1992 parliamentary elections in Kuwait and how traditional governmental institutions influence the adoption of more modern forms of democratic rule. (SG-10-92) $30,000
OLSON, ROBERT K., Hayward, WI (Project Director(s): Robert K. Olson): A grant to complete a study of European role in the Arab-Israeli peace process since 1956. The project will consider whether the process could be enhanced by bringing the European powers more effectively into the process and developing a more coordinated Western policy. The focus of the study will be on the dynamics of U. S.-European relations, which have shaped the evolution of European policy toward the peace process. (SG-08-9) $9,967
OLSON, ROBERT K., Hayward, WI (Project Director(s): Robert K. Olson): A grant to support research on the role of the European community in resolving the Arab Israeli dispute. (USIP-035-92S) $2,360
OPEN UNIVERSITY OF ISRAEL, Tel Aviv, Israel (Project Director(s): Tamar Hermann): A research project that traces the evolution, dynamics and efficacy of Israel's peace movement from 1991-2001. The resulting book will draw lessons about the strategies, successes and failures and prospects of grassroots efforts to affect national policy and advance conflict resolution and peacemaking processes. (USIP-216-01F) $23,500
PALESTINE-ISRAEL JOURNAL, Jerusalem, Israel (Project Director(s): Victor Cygielman & Ziad Abu Zayyad): Support for the preparation and publication of a special issue on regional cooperation among Israel, the Palestinian Authority and other Middle Eastern countries, and a set of Palestinian-Israeli roundtable and public debates on the topic. Focusing on such sectors as economics, culture, media, environment, and regional security, the joint Palestinian-Israeli journal will examine current and prospective interactions between countries in the region, identify current barriers to cooperation, and offer suggestions on ways to overcome obstacles to greater cooperation. (USIP-027-99F) $30,000
PALESTINIAN CENTRE FOR PEACE AND DEMOCRACY, Shu'fat, Jerusalem, Israel(Project Director(s): Naseef Mu'allem): A project to provide training for ten groups of Palestinians to prepare them to undertake joint Palestinian and Israeli projects in order to advance the peace process. (USIP-034-99S) $25,800
PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY, State College, PA (Project Director(s): Victor Israelyan): A comprehensive study of the October War in the Middle East in 1973. Particular attention will be given to newly available documents from the Soviet and Russian archives, including reports of the Politburo in the fall of 1973. The research will also explore such generic problems as escalation and de-escalation of international conflicts, negotiating styles, and partisan perceptions in conflict management. (USIP-033-92S) $45,000
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY, Takoma Park, MD (Project Director(s): Eric Goldstein): A study of civil society in Algeria and its potential contribution to peace, with particular attention to how this sector can enhance the legitimacy of the political system and diminish the pervasive sense of exclusion that helps to fuel the violence. (USIP-145-99S) $33,000
PUSCHEL, KAREN L., Washington, DC (Project Director(s): Karen L. Puschel): A grant to support a study of changes underway in Soviet-Israeli relations and the implications for peace in the Middle East. The project will define the parameters of change and identify new opportunities and challenges for U.S.-Soviet cooperation that may emerge in such areas as the regional peace process, arms proliferation in the Middle East, and emigration of Soviet Jews to the region. (USIP-058-2-90) $35,000
QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY, Ontario, Canada (Project Director(s): Stephen Page): A grant to support research on the role of the United States and the Soviet Union in conflict management in the Red Sea region (the Yemens and the Horn of Africa). (SG-104-9) $40,000
RAND, Washington, DC (Project Director(s): Richard E. Darilek): A project to summarize and synthesize various approaches to crisis prevention adopted historically in different parts of the world, and to assess the relevance of experience with these various approaches to the conflicts between Arab states and Israel. (USIP-657) $14,150
ROYAL INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS , London, England (Project Director(s): Ahmad Khalidi & Hussein Agha): A study examining the Syrian-Iranian relationship and its impact on the Arab-Israeli peace process. The study assesses both rivalry and cooperation between Iran and Syria in relation to the Shiite-Alawaite minority connection; the importance of Palestinian-Iranian links in Lebanon; and the role of Syria as a "bridge" between Iran and the rest of the Arab world during the Iran-Iraq war. (SG-93-93) $45,000
ROYAL INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, London, United Kingdom (Project Director(s): Rosemary Hollis): A study to examine the impact of economic factors on security and conflict prevention in the Euro-Mediterranean region. Engaging area studies specialists, economists and military experts from both Europe and North Africa in a series of workshops, the project will focus specifically on economic development and the trade and aid relationship between the European Union and the North African countries of Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia. (USIP-045-96S) $43,000
SALT LAKE CITY PUBLIC LIBRARY & THE UTAH HUMANITIES COUNCIL, Salt Lake City, UT (Project Director(s): Alexandra Page): A four-part reading and discussion series will be held at eight public libraries throughout Utah. Participants will examine the role of the United States in the Arab-Israeli conflict and the disintegration of the former Soviet Union as well as consider future directions for U.S. foreign policy. (SG-99-94) $24,947
SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION, San Diego, CA (Project Director(s): Dipak Gupta and Elsie Begler): A grant to support the development of curricular materials for both universities and high schools on ethnic conflict in Europe and in the Middle East. Teaching modules will be prepared, teacher training workshops organized, public forums held, and modules disseminated nationally. (SG-13-91) $50,000
SEARCH FOR COMMON GROUND, Washington, DC (Project Director(s): John Marks): A grant to assist the Security Working Group of the Initiative for Peace and Cooperation in the Middle East. The Working Group, a non-governmental organization whose members include retired generals and security specialists from Egypt, Syria, Jordan, Israel, the Palestinian community, the U.S., and the U.K., will attempt to develop a series of confidence building measures designed to support the official Middle East peace process. (SG-18-92) $40,000
SEARCH FOR COMMON GROUND, Washington, DC (Project Director(s): Bonnie Pearlman): A grant to support introductory workshops and follow-up activities for educators, journalists, community and business leaders, and diplomats in Egypt, Jordan, and Kuwait on conflict resolution and peace-building. The Project employs both Western and Middle Eastern practices of conflict analysis and resolution. As follow-up activities to the workshop, the project assists participants in the establishment of the local conflict resolution centers, in building a network among the centers, and in developing a conflict resolution primer in Arabic, Hebrew, and English for distribution in Egypt, Jordan, and Kuwait. (SG-100-93) $75,000
SEEDS OF PEACE, New York, NY (Project Director(s): Barbara Gottschalk): A project to fund the selection and training of facilitators to work with Arab and Israeli students at a summer camp in Maine. The facilitators will assist the participants and camp staff in acquiring mutual understanding and conflict resolution skills. (USIP-668) $35,000
SEEDS OF PEACE, New York, NY (Project Director(s): Barbara Gottschalk): A project to fund coexistence workshops in the setting of a four-week summer camp in Maine, that will bring together Israeli and Arab youth from across the Middle East. The project will also include an evaluation component that will assess the impact of the program on the participants. (USIP-142-94F) $35,000
SEEDS OF PEACE, New York, NY (Project Director(s): John Wallach): A film that documents the conflict resolution processes and techniques developed by Seeds of Peace, a summer camp program that brings together youth from Israel, Palestine, Egypt, Morocco, Jordan and the Balkan states. Targeting general audiences, the film is expected to air on television stations in the United States, the Middle East and elsewhere. (USIP-073-95F) $35,000
SEEDS OF PEACE, New York, NY (Project Director(s): Michael Wallach): A project to develop an educational, interactive CD-ROM program based on the experiences of Arab and Israeli youth who have participated in the Seeds of Peace summer camp program for use in classrooms in the Middle East. The initiative will also prepare related curricular materials, a manual to guide educators in the use of the CD-ROM program, and a students' handbook. (USIP-067-99S) $30,000
SEEDS OF PEACE, New York, NY (Project Director(s): Dafna Hochman): A study to examine the impact of the current wave of Palestinian-Israeli violence on the Palestinian and Israeli alumni of the Seeds of Peace summer camp, their families and their social milieu. The project will also document efforts by the alumni to communicate across national lines, explore ways alumni are coping with the ongoing violence, and draw lessons for future Seeds of Peace activities and for similar programs elsewhere. (USIP-724) $10,900
SINAI, JOSHUA, Washington, DC (Project Director(s): Joshua Sinai): A grant to complete a study on the capacity of moderate regimes in El Salvador, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, India, Israel, and Northern Ireland to respond peacefully to challenges posed by violent opposition movements. (USIP-456) $25,000
SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH COUNCIL, New York, NY (Project Director(s): Steven Heydemann): A study to assess the effects of the movement towards more pluralistic political systems in Egypt and Jordan on prospects for reaching and sustaining a settlement of the Arab-Israeli conflict. It will critically assess whether democratization diminishes the capacity of the Egyptian and Jordanian leadership to negotiate, implement and sustain peace treaties with Israel: (1) by promoting the mobilization and articulation of interests opposed to negotiation, notably Islamic political groups; (2) by making more complex the process of foreign policy decision-making; and (3) by eroding the capacity of Jordanian and Egyptian leaders to engage in a process of negotiation with Israel. It will also explore the question of how the Egyptian and Jordanian governments can reconcile the requirements of democratization and the demands of a negotiated settlement with Israel. (SG-138-92) $16,400
ST. ANTONY'S COLLEGE, London, United Kingdom (Project Director(s): Hussein Jafar Agha & Ahmad Samih Khalidi): A project to examine Iraq's political, economic and strategic role in the Middle East and the conditions and circumstances surrounding its potential reintegration into the regional and international community. The resulting volume will also address the implications of the reemergence of Iraq for countries in the region, international powers and the Arab-Israeli peace process. (USIP-047-96S) $49,500
ST. ANTONY'S COLLEGE, London, United Kingdom (Project Director(s): Patrick Seale): A project to examine the evolution of Syrian thinking over the past decade regarding a peaceful settlement with Israel. Based on field research, including interviews with Syrian President Asad and other senior officials, the resulting article will focus particular attention on the prospects for peace between Israel and Syria from the Syrian perspective. (USIP-029-97S) $15,000
ST. ANTONY'S COLLEGE, London WC2R 3DX, United Kingdom (Project Director(s): Nomi Bar-Yaacov): A study to explore ways to ensure the protection of human rights in the disputed areas in the Israel-Palestinian conflict. The initiative will assess the differing views of the applicability of international law to the occupied territories, draw lessons from the international community's efforts to incorporate and implement human rights protections in the Dayton accord and other agreements, and develop new strategies and mechanisms for the protection of human rights during outbreaks of violence during the period of transition to peace and following a final agreement. (USIP-105-01S) $22,000
ST. ANTONY'S COLLEGE, Oxford, United Kingdom (Project Director(s): Avi Shlaim): A book project probing the role of King Hussein of Jordan in the efforts to find a peaceful resolution to the Arab-Israeli conflict from the aftermath of the June 1967 war to his death in 1999. (USIP-231-01S) $43,093
STAGES FOR PEACE, Jerusalem, Israel (Project Director(s): Shmuel Toledano): A grant to support an education program to explore a phased approach to the achievement of peace between Israelis and Palestinians. (USIP-22-90F) $35,000
STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, STONY BROOK, Stony Brook, NY (Project Director(s): Said A. Arjomand): A project to examine the relationship between Iran's revolutionary politics and its foreign policy. With regard to domestic politics, the focus will be on the revolutionary power struggle and the effort to build new domestic institutions. The foreign policy component will deal primarily with Iran's policies in relation to the Gulf War and the break up of the Soviet Union. (SG-117-92) $40,000
STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND THE NEW JERSEY MARINE SCIENCES CONSORTIUM, Hoboken, NJ (Project Director(s): Robert B. Abel): A grant to assess the efficacy of technical and scientific cooperation in reducing international conflict, through a study of the Cooperative Marine Technology Program for the Middle East. This cooperative venture between Egypt, Israel, and the U.S. may serve as a model for similar efforts to promote peace through technical cooperation both in the Middle East and elsewhere. (USIP-134-91S) $25,000
STOCKHOLM INTERNATIONAL PEACE RESEARCH INSTITUTE (SIPRI), Solna, Sweden (Project Director(s): Taylor Seybolt): A comparative empirical study of the effectiveness of humanitarian military intervention in Bosnia, Kosovo, East Timor, Iraqi Kurdistan and Rwanda. The project will consider how best to measure the effectiveness of intervention, factors which account for successful versus unsuccessful interventions, and how to increase the likelihood of success. The results will be published in a book. (SG-43-00) $30,000
SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY, Syracuse, NY (Project Director(s): Robert A. Rubinstein): A project to examine how culture affects the development of multilateral intervention and peacekeeping. The study will draw on extensive interview transcripts, documents and other material collected during a study of the United Nations Truce Supervision Organization in the Middle East, with comparative material from Somalia. It will explore such policy relevant areas as cultural factors in command and control and the interaction between peacekeepers and local populations. The project seeks to facilitate the development and implementation of more effective multilateral interventions. (USIP-104-95S) $30,000
SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY, Syracuse, New York (Project Director(s): Rami G. Khouri): A research and survey project to identify and articulate the expressions of responsibility and contrition for past acts that Israelis and Palestinians expect from each other in efforts to achieve a fair peace and genuine people-to-people reconciliation. The study will also explore possible means by which Israelis and Palestinians could undertake mutual moral compensation and overcome the burden of historical traumas. (USIP-032-01S) $30,800
TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY, Tel Aviv, Israel (Project Director(s): Yosef Olmert): A grant to support a study on the Israeli-Lebanese agreement of 1983-84, covering the Lebanese civil war, the Israel and Syrian interventions, and superpower intervention. (SG-71-9) $22,000
TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY, Tel-Aviv, Israel (Project Director(s): Bruce Maddy-Weitzman & Joseph Kostiner): A grant in support of research examining the ways in which Arab states have attempted, since the late 1960s, to contain and manage conflicts and rivalries, avoid war and preserve a measure of regional stability. The project explores the effectiveness of Arab conflict management, the determinants of success and failure, and the utility of Arab conflict management techniques in pacifying present and possible future Middle East conflicts. (USIP-111-90F) $25,000
TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY, Tel-Aviv, Israel (Project Director(s): Yair Evron): A project to study Arab-Israeli security regimes since 1949. Ten cases of strategic-military sets of interactions between Israel and her Arab neighbor will be analyzed to determine whether they can be considered security regimes. The conditions for the formation and demise of these regimes will be discussed and compared, and theoretical and policy implications of this analysis will be considered. (USIP-163-92S ) $50,000
TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY, Ramat Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel (Project Director(s): Mark Heller): A grant to assess the national interests of countries in the Middle East in the creation of a regional security system. Engaging top security specialists from Egypt, Israel and Jordan, the project will examine the utility of existing regional security models elsewhere, such as the CSCE framework in Europe, and explore their potential applicability to the Middle East. (USIP-084-96S) $55,500
TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY, Tel-Aviv, Israel (Project Director(s): Zeev Maoz): A grant to support the development of a comprehensive database on the military, economic, political and social dimensions of the Arab-Israeli conflict. The project will produce a quantitative handbook on the conflict and a series of studies that explore such linkages as those between domestic political processes in Middle Eastern countries and regional and international dynamics. (USIP-106-96S) $44,100
TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY, Tel Aviv, Israel (Project Director(s): Haggai Erlich): A study combining diplomatic history and analysis to identify and examine mutual concepts and historical legacies in the Egyptian-Ethiopian relationship in the context of the dispute over the Nile River. In an attempt to promote "conceptual reconciliation," the project seeks to clarify and demystify negative mutual images and highlight and elucidate more positive images of the other. (USIP-012-98S) $25,000
TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY, Tel Aviv, Israel (Project Director(s): Erika Weinthal & Amer Marei Sawalha): A joint Israeli-Palestinian research project to explore how technical cooperation on water resources issues by the Palestinian Water Authority and the Israeli Water Commission can help sustain and advance the peace process in the Middle East. The initiative will identify potential areas of dispute, examine existing political, social and legal mechanisms to avert conflict, probe the implications of conflict and cooperation over water on Palestinian state formation, and develop a curriculum for both Israeli and Palestinian students that addresses sustainable water development policies in the West Bank. (SG-91-99) $33,000
UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL, Montreal, Canada (Project Director(s): Marie Joëlle Zahar): A book and workshop project that will scrutinize the need to rebuild strong states in post-conflict societies, and the role played by the international community in promoting institutional solutions and specific peace building policies that tend to perpetuate weak states. The research will focus primarily on the experiences of postwar Bosnia and Lebanon. (SG-46-01) $38,487
UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA, Tuscaloosa, AL (Project Director(s): Aaron T. Wolf): A project to examine the processes of resolving conflict over water from the Nile River in Egypt and from ground water straddling the U.S.-Mexico border. Based on archival research and field work, including interviews with current and former government and agency officials, the study will investigate the methods used by indigenous peoples in arid regions to resolve water conflicts. The project will result in a series of articles and highlight broader lessons derived from the case studies. (USIP-174-95S) $33,000
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY, Berkeley, CA (Project Director(s): Benjamin Miller): A grant to support examination of the feasibility and desirability of U.S.-Soviet cooperation in conflict management in the Middle East. (SG-61-9) $20,700
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, IRVINE, Irvine, CA (Project Director(s): Scott Bollens): A study to investigate urban settings within which nationalistic and ethnic conflict occurs, addressing such questions as: (1) What policy strategies can effectively ameliorate urban ethnic conflict? (2) Are such strategies relevant to efforts at deescalating regional and national ethnic confrontations? Field work will be conducted in Johannesburg, Belfast, and Jerusalem. (USIP-102-94S) $26,408
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, IRVINE, Irvine, CA (Project Director(s): Etel Solingen): A project to survey and assess the multilateral regional institutions that have emerged in the framework of the Middle East Peace Process. The study will examine the nature, degree and objectives of regional entities promoting cooperation, build external support for these bodies and formulate recommendations for alleviating some of the barriers to their growth and development. (USIP-079-96F) $38,000
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, IRVINE, Irvine, CA (Project Director(s): Paula Garb): A conference to bring together third party neutral conflict analysts, along with parties from the conflicts, in order to gain a better practical understanding of the efficacy of unofficial diplomacy efforts. The work will compare cases from the Middle East, Northern Ireland, Bosnia, Abkhazia-Georgia and Transdniestria-Moldova. (USIP-075-99S) $32,000
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS, Jerusalem, Israel (Project Director(s): Meron Benvenisti): A book project to examine the continuing impact of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict on Israeli society and institutions and explore societal and institutional changes that will be needed to facilitate efforts to reach peace and advance reconciliation. (USIP-020-01F) $41,800
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO, La Jolla, CA (Project Director(s): Steven L. Spiegel): A grant to support a conference of U.S., Israeli, Soviet, and Arab experts--and the publication of proceedings (in English and Russian)--on the nature of the Arab-Israeli conflict and its possible resolution. (USIP-637) $40,000
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO, La Jolla, CA (Project Director(s): Susan L. Shirk & Steven Spiegel): A grant to support the preparation of papers by experts on topics under consideration in the multilateral negotiations for peace in the Middle East. The papers will address such issues as arms control, refugees, and water utilization, and will be made available to representatives and advisors to the multilateral talks to help inform those discussions and negotiations. (USIP-653) $20,000
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO, La Jolla, CA (Project Director(s): Barbara Walter & David Zilberman): A grant to support an international working group of scholars and policy practitioners to examine the effect of domestic political constraints on food production, water reallocation, and agricultural and industrial investment in the Middle East and North Africa. The study, which will result in a set of policy-related publications, will address food and water shortages in the region, political barriers to economic reform, case studies from other regions, and the impact of the Arab-Israeli peace process on water and food trade. (SG-56-96) $40,000
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO, Chicago, IL (Project Director(s): Khosrow Shakeri): A grant in support of a study analyzing the place of the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) in the new world order. The IRI's probable foreign policy orientation, particularly in the Persian Gulf region, will be examined in terms of its domestic roots, both historical and revolutionary. The study will include an examination of likely shifts in Iran's foreign-policy in the post-Khomeini era. (USIP-36-90F) $30,000
UNIVERSITY OF DURHAM, Durahm, England (Project Director(s): A. Ehteshami & R. Hinnebusch): A study assessing the foreign policies of Syria and Iran and how these influence the Arab-Israeli peace process. The study emphasizes those factors which either restrain or foster anti-Israeli Islamic militancy in Lebanon and among Palestinians. (SG-47-93) $60,000
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC., Athens, GA (Project Director(s): Dorinda G. Dallmeyer): A grant to support an assessment of the U.N.'s experience in supervising the demilitarization of Iraq in the wake of the Gulf War. The study will compare the effectiveness of the U.N. Special Commission with other bilateral and multilateral arms control agencies. Of particular interest will be lessons learned in Iraq as models for improvement in multilateral efforts to stem the flow of weapons of mass destruction and supporting technologies; and in improving the ability of the U.N. to more effectively respond to future verification and compliance challenges. (SG-115-92) $12,000
UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA, Haifa, Israel (Project Director(s): Zeev Maoz): A grant to support an examination of the decision making and bargaining efforts made in the context of Arab-Israeli conflict from 1970 through 1985. (SG-51-9) $30,000
UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA, Haifa, Israel (Project Director(s): Amatzia Baram): A study of the domestic strife and the regional conflicts in which Baathist Iraq has been involved from 1968 to the present. The book will explore the sources of internal strife, including the tension between the Sunni-Arab regime and Iraq's Shiites and Kurds; the conflicts with Iran, the Gulf Arab states, Jordan, Syria, Turkey and Egypt; Iraq's involvement in the Arab-Israeli conflict; and Iraq's interactions with the superpowers. Particular attention will be given to the interconnections between domestic tensions and foreign conflicts. (USIP-167-92S) $20,000
UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG, Hamburg, Germany (Project Director(s): Michael Brzoska): A project focused on understanding economic incentives in the transfer of military technology, with particular attention devoted to the Middle East. The purpose is to devise recommendations regarding effective control of arms transfer. The projects will consider what can be learned from prior efforts at arms transfer control, as well as what approaches, principles and institutional arrangements hold the most promise for future control of arms transfer. (USIP-162-92S) $40,000
UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON, Houston, TX (Project Director(s): Gholam H. Razi): A one-year grant to complete a book on the relationship between domestic political systems in Iran and Iraq and the initiation and continuation of the Iran-Iraq War. (USIP-166) $12,000
UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON, Houston, TX (Project Director(s): Gholam H. Razi): A seven-month grant for a book on the relationship between domestic political systems in Iran and Iraq and the initiation and continuation of the Iran-Iraq War. (USIP-599) $15,000
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS, Urbana, IL (Project Director(s): Glenn E. Stout): A grant to support a symposium for eighty Middle Easterners, North Americans and Europeans to discuss the technical, legal and institutional aspects of water resources in the Middle East. The aim of the project is to design management strategies for watersheds and aquifers to benefit each country in the region, as a contribution to the Middle East peace process. (USIP-035-93S) $30,000
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, College Park, MD (Project Director(s): David R. Segal): A one-year grant to support the research and writing of a book on the experience of US military participation in the Multinational Force and Observers in the Sinai subsequent to the Camp David Accords, for use in college and university courses that deal with the peacekeeping role of the military and for use by commanders in preparing US military personnel for participation in peacekeeping missions. (USIP-142) $10,000
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, College Park, MD (Project Director(s): Ivo Daalder, Stansfield Turner, Thomas Schelling): A study to investigate means to reduce the likelihood of nuclear weapon use in the Middle East and South Asia, including an examination of the international and domestic conditions that may lead to nuclear conflict in these two regions. A major issue for consideration will be what military, economic, political and other measures can be employed by the U.S., either alone or in collaboration with other states or international organizations, to reduce the likelihood of a decision by a regional power to use nuclear weapons. (SG-113-92) $30,000
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, College Park, MD (Project Director(s): Shukri Abed): A study of the prospects for democracy in a future Palestinian political entity. The project will seek to determine the conditions under which a Palestinian entity would be most likely to develop and mature into a full-fledged democracy, to identify ways and means of fostering those conditions, and to examine some of the obstacles still to be overcome. (USIP-142-92F) $40,000
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, College Park, MD (Project Director(s): Jerome Segal & Elihu Katz): A project of research into Israeli public opinion bearing on the negotiability of the status of Jerusalem. The research includes a survey of public attitudes on the status of the disputed city and the various options put forth for resolution of the conflict in final-status negotiations. Findings will be reported in a policy paper along with briefings for policymakers. (USIP-185-94S) $35,000
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, College Park, MD (Project Director(s): Katherine A. Wilkens): A project to examine the current military and political struggle between the Government of Turkey and the country's Kurdish population. The study will address the role of the United States in this conflict and the implications of the continuation of the conflict. It will also analyze the policy alternatives available to the U.S. and formulate recommendations toward a resolution of the conflict. (USIP-144-95S) $10,000
UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS, BOSTON, Boston, MA (Project Director(s): Nadim Rouhana): A project to examine the strengths and weaknesses of the Oslo agreements between Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization. Based on interviews with negotiators and mediators, published and unpublished accounts and records, the study will probe the dynamics of the Oslo negotiations and assess the features of the agreements that have facilitated and impeded progress toward a settlement of the conflict. (USIP-116-97S) $15,000
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, Ann Arbor, MI (Project Director(s): Robin Barlow): A grant to support a project to create curricular materials designed for high schools and community colleges on the sources of conflict in the Middle East and their possible resolution, including water scarcity, Arab-Israeli conflict, religious conflict, and income inequality. A summer institute for 50 teachers will be organized. (SG-65-91) $45,000
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, Ann Arbor, MI (Project Director(s): Jill Crystal): A project to analyze the ways Arab states deal with organized internal opposition and the circumstances under which states choose violence over accommodation. The method employed will be the comparative historical case study. The project will investigate the role of four factors in accounting for patterns of state control: economic factors (level and strategy of economic development); social structural factors (communal and class divisions); ideological factors; and institutional factors (the mix of representative and repressive institutions). (SG-15-92) $45,000
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, Ann Arbor, MI (Project Director(s): Robin Barlow): A grant to 1) redesign a curriculum on sharing the waters in the Jordan River Basin for the computer for more effective use in the high school; 2) create a computer driven high school activity on the sharing of the waters of the Tigris/Euphrates systems; 3) offer workshops at which teachers will be given the materials and instructed in their use, including background material on the importance of water resources in the Middle East, how water has historically been shared, and international law governing riparian use. (USIP-096-93F) $25,000
UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME, KEOUGH INSTITUTE FOR IRISH STUDIES, Notre Dame, IN (Project Director(s): Mary Burgess and Seamus Deane): A conference and book project that will involve leading scholars who have studied the complex after-lives of the partitions of Ireland, India and Palestine. The project will examine what can be learned from the comparative study of partition as a colonial, or military, exit strategy, what role partition played in the continuation of sectarianism or "communalism," how partition affected the experiences of displaced peoples, and what forms partition-induced violence have taken. (USIP-094-01S) $39,000
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, SOLOMON ASCH CENTER, Philadelphia, PA (Project Director(s): Ian S. Lustick & Ann M. Lesch): A project engaging a team of prominent Israeli, Palestinian and North American scholars to explore the issue of refugees, with a particular focus on "Rights of Return"-a central them in the experience and narratives of both Jews and Palestinians. Based on increased knowledge of events of 1948, advances in the study of collective memory, and experience with truth, justice, and reconciliation commissions, the conference program will result in a book that examines these two "Rights," the potential role of truth and reconciliation commissions in the settlement of protracted ethnic or religious disputes, and how the human capacity to trade elements of truth for elements of justice might contribute to processes leading to the implementation of political arrangements. (USIP-154-01F) $45,000
UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN, Saskatoon, Canada (Project Director(s): Ronald J. Fisher): A project to organize and evaluate a set of conflict analysis workshops focusing on the dispute in Cyprus. The workshops will bring together influential but unofficial representatives of the Greek-Cypriot and Turkish-Cypriot communities to engage in dialogue and creative peacebuilding with facilitation provided by a third party panel of social scientists/practitioners. The principal purpose of the project is to evaluate the attitudinal and behavioral outcomes of the workshops based on content analysis and pre and post interviews with participants. The project will help assess the effectiveness of interactive conflict resolution. (USIP-046-92F) $10,845
UNIVERSITY OF ST. ANDREWS, Scotland, KY169AL United Kingdom (Project Director(s): Rohan Gunaratna): A research project to explain the causes, characteristics and consequences of suicide terrorism focusing on South Asia and the Middle East. (USIP-050-99S) $25,000
UNIVERSITY OF ST. ANDREWS, Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom (Project Director(s): Raymond Hinnebusch and Anders Strindberg ): A research project to identify and examine foreign policy change and foreign policy making in post-Hafiz al-Asad Syria. Based largely on primary resources and interviews, the study will address globalization, generational change and policy change in authoritarian regimes, the emerging new political elite and alterations in the power structure in Syria, and civil society, political liberalization and economic policy in the context of foreign policy formation. (USIP-074-01S) $38,000
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, AUSTIN, Austin, TX (Project Director(s): David Eaton): A grant to support the development of curriculum materials and a monograph resulting from research on the use of foreign assistance to leverage accommodation in the case of Jordan River Basin water resources development. (SG-42-9) $35,000
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN, MILWAUKEE, Milwaukee, WI (Project Director(s): Mark A. Tessler ): A project to investigate the nature and determinants of public attitudes in Israel and the Arab world toward international conflict, particularly the Arab-Israeli conflict. Drawing on survey data from several Middle Eastern countries, the study will focus on the role of economic factors in shaping the opinions of individuals in the region. (SG-14-96) $29,702
WASHINGTON INSTITUTE FOR NEAR EAST POLICY, Washington, DC (Project Director(s): Barry Rubin): A grant to support development of a detailed model based on changing views, negotiating positions, and goals of the Middle East peace process among the United States, Israel, and the Palestine Liberation Organization. The study will compare previous efforts at such negotiations, analyze internal political events for each subject, and examine the effects of multilateral interactions in the context of the Middle East. (USIP-125-1-89) $35,000
WASHINGTON INSTITUTE FOR NEAR EAST POLICY, Washington, DC (Project Director(s): Patrick Clawson & Howard Rosen): A grant to support a study of the economic consequences and impact on Israel, Jordan, and the Palestinians of current proposals in the Palestinian-Israeli peace process. The project focuses on such issues as resettlement costs, immigrant absorption, the effect on employment and income, the management of trade and exploitation of common resources, and the cost of financing a transition to peace in terms of options and benefits. (USIP-020-3-90) $20,000
WASHINGTON INSTITUTE FOR NEAR EAST POLICY, Washington, DC (Project Director(s): Harvey Sicherman): A grant to study the efforts of three American presidents between 1877 and 1991 to resolve three Middle East conflicts: the Arab-Israeli conflict; the Lebanese civil war; and the Gulf wars (both Iran-Iraq and Iraq-Kuwait). The study will address the following questions: Why did American peace efforts fail? Are there lessons from each of these cases to improve the prospects for future peacemaking? (USIP-041-91F) $33,000
WASHINGTON INSTITUTE FOR NEAR EAST POLICY, Washington, DC (Project Director(s): Laurie Mylroie): A project which analyzes developments within Iraqi Kurdistan as they relate to the political future of Iraq and the political stability of Turkey. The study considers the dilemma created by the incompatibility of the present democratic administration in Northern Iraq and the Saddam Hussein dictatorship in Baghdad. This dilemma is examined in terms of the evolution of the Iraqi Kurdish administration, Kurdish-Arab relations within Iraq, and the relationship between Iraqi Kurds and Turkey. (SG-104-93) $25,000
WORLD ORDER MODELS PROJECT, New York, NY (Project Director(s): Simona Sharoni ): A study of the perspectives of Israeli Jewish women and Palestinian women in the West Bank and Gaza Strip on the prospects for peace and security in the region. The research will focus on two issues: (1) the perspectives Palestinian and Israeli women have on the current peace process; and (2) the relationship between Palestinian and Israeli women and the prospects for building bridges of trust and cooperation between the two communities to facilitate the peace process. (USIP-079-92F) $22,000
YALE UNIVERSITY, New Haven, CT (Project Director(s): Jean E. Krasno & James Sutterlin): A research project to assess the experience of the United Nations Special Commission (UNSCOM) established to investigate and eliminate Iraq's weapons of mass destruction. Based on UN and other documents, and interviews with UNSCOM participants, International Atomic Energy Agency staff and others, the resulting book will explore the role and mandate of UNSCOM in the context of the UN system, its successes and failures, and its utility as a model for future UN weapons inspection and elimination programs. (USIP-040-99S) $35,000
YESODOT, Jerusalem, Israel (Project Director(s): Dov Maimon): An education program to engage principals of Jewish, Muslim and Christian religious schools in a series of bi-monthly workshops addressing religious tolerance, coexistence and citizenship issues. Drawing on texts from the three religions and others, the program seeks to break down stereotypes, deepen understanding of other religions, and promote mutual respect and democratic values among religious communities in Israel. (SG-132-01) $25,000
YOUNG LEADERSHIP FORUM, Nazareth, Israel (Project Director(s): Mohammed M. Darawshe): A grant to support a series of seminars for young leaders within the Israeli Arab and Jewish communities to discuss issues of shared concern and to receive training in conflict management, for the purpose of promoting accommodative coexistence between the two communities. Summaries of the seminar discussions will be published and widely disseminated within Israel. (USIP-145-91S) $20,000
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