Middle East Papers is a series of occasional studies published by Middle East Strategy at Harvard (MESH) and distributed exclusively in electronic form. The series complements the MESH weblog, and provides a format for longer contributions by MESH members and other analysts. Contact MESH to inquire about manuscript submissions.
The following papers have appeared in the series:
- Walter Laqueur, Disraelia: A Counterfactual History, 1848-2008, April 1, 2008.
What if mass Jewish immigration to Ottoman Palestine had begun decades earlier, and put two million Jews in the land by the mid-nineteenth century? Walter Laqueur, author of a major history of Zionism, plays with chronology to ask a deeper question about the double standards that plague the debate over contemporary Israel.
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. - Philip Carl Salzman, Politics and Change among the Baluch in Iran, June 20, 2008.
In recent years, the Baluch of southeastern Iran have identified increasingly with Islam. But far from implying the weakening of ethno-tribal identity, this “Islamic intensification” actually signifies its resilience. Philip Carl Salzman argues that the swing to Islam is a new iteration of segmentary opposition, which is the distinguishing feature of Baluchi social organization.
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More papers are forthcoming.
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