Politics Of Change In The Middle East

Robert B. Satloff is deputy director of The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, a specialist on Arab and Islamic politics, and a professorial lecturer at The Johns Hopkins School for Advanced and International Studies. He is the author of From Abdullah to Hussein: Jordan in Transition (forthcoming, 1994) and Troubles on the East Bank: Challenges to the Domestic Stability of Jordan (1986).

• Editor’s Note -- Introduction -- Stability and Change in Syria -- The Future of Ba‘thist Iraq: Power Structure, Challenges, and Prospects -- Iranian Politics Since the Gulf War -- The Nine Lives of Hashemite Jordan -- Regime Stability and Change in the Gulf: The Case of Saudi Arabia -- The PLO and the Palestinians: A Revolution Institutionalized -- Israel: Political Change in a Democratic State -- Egypt’s Political Order: Continuity and Challenges