227 - MERIP

Summer 2003

Middle East Report 227 examines some of the real-world obstacles blocking realization of the expansive US vision for Iraq and the region.


From the Editor (Summer 2003)	The Editors
Up Front
Basic Needs vs. Swimming Pools	Alwyn Rouyer
Western Saharan Deadlock	Yahia Zoubir, Karima Benabdallah-Gambier
Articles
The Worldly Roots of Religiosity in Post-Saddam Iraq	Faleh A. Jabar
World Oil Markets and the Invasion of Iraq	Raad Alkadiri, Fareed Mohamedi
Iraq Reconstruction Tracker	Anthony Alessandrini, Adam Horowitz, Elizabeth Rosenberg
The US Military
Of Graves and Grievances	Sinan Antoon
Special Reports
High Stakes for Iran	Kaveh Ehsani
Voices from Turkey’s Southeast	Marcie J Patton
Reviews
Baghdad Diaries, Then and Now	Salah Hassan

Editor’s Picks (Summer 2003)