208 - MERIP

Fall 1998

Middle East Report 208 analyzes US policy toward the region halfway through the second term of the Bill Clinton administration.


From the Editor (Fall 1998)	The Editors
Up Front
So No One Can Say “We Didn’t Know”	Robert Fisk
Rebels and Martyrs	Paul Silverstein
The Political Roots of Famine in Southern Sudan	Jeff Drumtra
Articles
Al Miskin
The Rise and Fall of the “Rogue Doctrine”	Michael Klare
The Containment Myth	Stephen Hubbell
“Praise God and Pass the Ammunition!”	Phyllis Bennis
Oil and the Middle East	Simon Bromley
Arab Perspectives on US Hegemony in the Middle East	Georges Corm
Between Clash and Cooptation	Steve Niva
Points of Difference, Cases for Cooperation	Volker Perthes
Short-Circuiting the Media/Policy Machine	Sam Husseini
Special Reports
Protesting Sanctions Against Iraq	Jillian Schwedler
From Alliance to the Brink of All-Out War	Dan Connell
Reviews
Historical Road Maps for the “New World Order”	Chris Toensing

Editor’s Picks (Fall 1998)