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MESH on Facebook

Posted in Announcements on Aug 23rd, 2008 Comments Off

From MESH Admin
Read this post if you’re on Facebook. Ignore it if you aren’t. We don’t want to be responsible for getting you started.

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Peter W. Rodman, 1943-2008

Posted in Adam Garfinkle, Announcements, Barry Rubin, Bruce Jentleson, David Schenker, J. Scott Carpenter, Jacqueline Newmyer, Michael Rubin, Robert Satloff, Stephen Peter Rosen, Tamara Cofman Wittes on Aug 3rd, 2008 25 Comments »

From Stephen Peter Rosen
Peter Rodman, a member of MESH, passed away on Saturday. I met Peter in 1980 in Santa Monica. I was very junior, he had already worked at the highest levels in government, and was just back from a long trip. But he immediately joined into a serious conversation and worked to [...]

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Politics and Change among the Baluch in Iran

Posted in Announcements, Iran, Philip Carl Salzman on Jun 20th, 2008 Comments Off

From Stephen Peter Rosen and Martin Kramer
We are pleased to announce a new paper, the second in our Middle East Papers series. Philip Carl Salzman, professor of anthropology at McGill University and a member of MESH, offers an interpretation of what he calls “Islamic intensification” among the Baluch of southeastern Iran. Often it is assumed [...]

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ASMEA’s debut

Posted in Announcements, Mark T. Clark, Philip Carl Salzman on May 2nd, 2008 2 Comments »

From Mark T. Clark
I am happy to report that the inaugural conference for the Association for the Study of the Middle East and Africa (AMESA) on April 25-26, 2008 went extremely well. The title of the conference was “Evolution of Islamic Politics, Philosophy and Culture in the Middle East and Africa: From Traditional Limits to [...]

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Disraelia

Posted in Announcements, Israel, Walter Laqueur on Apr 1st, 2008 1 Comment »

From Stephen Peter Rosen and Martin Kramer
Today is April Fools’ Day, and no day could be more auspicious for an exercise in counterfactual history. In that spirit, MESH is pleased to offer a new paper by MESH member Walter Laqueur, entitled Disraelia: A Counterfactual History, 1848-2008. Laqueur, whose many books include an acclaimed history of [...]

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MESHNet is coming

Posted in Announcements, Martin Kramer, Stephen Peter Rosen on Mar 26th, 2008 Comments Off

From Stephen Peter Rosen and Martin Kramer
From the inception of this public website, we imagined that it would have a companion forum for the exchange of ideas among persons with a professional interest in U.S. strategy and foreign policy. We call that companion MESHNet. MESHNet is a members-only message board, ideal for hosting open and [...]

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Is your book worth $30k?

Posted in Announcements, Robert Satloff on Mar 17th, 2008 Comments Off

From Robert Satloff
Attention all authors! If you have been toiling away in obscurity, frustrated that a Field Guide to the Birds of the Middle East is in the Amazon top ten of Middle East books instead of your just-published masterpiece, then The Washington Institute has the answer: The Washington Institute Book Prize.

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