The Middle East enters the twenty-first century / ed. by Robert O. Freedman.

Proceedings of a conference held in November, 2000 and sponsored by the Center for the Study of Israel and the Contemporary Middle East, Baltimore Hebrew University.

The legacy Of Iraq's past and the promise of its future / Judith Yaphe -- Iran: slouching toward the 21st century / Shaul Bakhash -- The Arabian Peninsula monarchies from Camp David I to Camp David II / F. Gregory Gause III -- From swamp to backyard: the Middle East in Turkish foreign policy / Malik Mufti -- Israel enters the 21st century: hegemonic crisis in the Holy Land / Ilan Peleg -- The Palestinian national movement: from catastrophe to disaster / Barry Rubin --Jordan: walking a tightrope / Yehudah Lukacs -- Flanks, balances, and withdrawals: the parameters of Syrian policy in the Middle East since the 1979 Egyptian-Israeli Peace Treaty / David W. Lesch -- Lebanon since 1979: Syria, Hezbollah, and the war against peace in the Middle East / Marius Deeb -- Egypt: moribund between past and future / Louis Cantori -- Militant Islam and the state in North Africa / Mary-Jane Deeb -- U.S. policy toward Israel / Don Peretz -- Russian policyin the Middle East under Yeltsin and Putin / Robert O. Freedman.