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Grant-Supported Books

Recent projects funded by the Institute's Grant Program have produced eight books that span a wide range of issues and regions. To order the books, please contact the publisher listed below or your local bookstore.

The Ends of the Earth: A Journey at the Dawn of the 21st Century by Robert D. Kaplan (Random House, 1996)

This book folds international studies into a travelogue. Kaplan's initial intention was to investigate the effect of population explosion and environmental degradation to see how the various cultures he encountered responded to them. But he discovered that the real problem was the reemergence of long-standing cultural rivalries and the dissolution of national boundaries as regions redefine themselves along ethnic and historic lines. Chapters discuss West Africa, the Nile Valley, Anatolia and the Caucasus, Iran, Central Asia, the Indian subcontinent, and Indochina.

Nuclear Designs: Great Britain, France, and China in the Global Governance of Nuclear Arms by Bruce D. Larkin (Transaction Publishers, 1996)

In this detailed study of the nuclear weapons programs of Great Britain, France, and China, each of which harbor substantial arsenals, Larkin concludes that these "minipowers" will play a critical role in whether the post-Cold War world will witness a long-term diminution of nuclear threats. The decisions these states make to maintain the nuclear status quo, to embrace nonproliferation efforts, or to engage in further proliferation of nuclear capabilities will decisively affect the ability of other major nuclear powers, notably Russia and the United States, to manage nuclear disengagement and disarmament.

U.S. Foreign Policy and the United Nations System edited by Charles William Maynes and Richard S. Williamson (American Assembly, 1996)

U.S. relations with the United Nations, the compilers of this volume contend, are in a state of crisis fueled by both fiscal constraints and the absence of a bipartisan policy consensus toward the world body. Moreover, the crisis is occurring without a "serious" national debate over the consequences of current trends. The contributors to this volume seek to stimulate this debate by exploring the impact of U.S. policy toward the United Nations in preventing and resolving armed conflict, enhancing efforts to curb weapons proliferation, achieving sustainable development, protecting human rights, resettling refugees, and reforming the United Nations as an organization to meet the global security challenges of the 21st century.

Educating for Human Dignity: Learning About Rights and Responsibilities, a K-12 Teaching Resource by Betty A. Reardon (University of Pennsylvania Press, 1995)

This resource for teachers offers instruction on human rights as a major component of education for peace.

The Islamist Dilemma: The Political Role of Islamist Movements in the Contemporary Arab World edited by Laura Guazzone (Ithaca Press, 1995)

The emergence of Islamist political movements in the Middle East in the 1980s as the main opposition to incumbent governments has contributed to violent polarization of domestic political struggles and new sources of regional insecurity. Contributors to this volume explore the complex dynamics of "political Islam" and the effect of Islamist movements on the potential for greater pluralism, economic liberalism, regional and international cooperation, economic development, and peaceful conflict resolution.

Syria and Israel: From War to Peace-making by Moshe Ma'oz (Clarendon Press, 1995)

This book traces the history of relations between Israel and Syria in the context of the Arab-Israeli conflict and examines the domestic, regional, and international factors influencing those relations. Ma'oz notes that in recent years both countries have made strategic decisions to end the state of war between their nations and both countries have gradually begun to prepare their peoples for a new era of peace. However, given the deep-seated causes of the conflict between the two countries, achieving a political agreement and then translating it into genuine peace will be lengthy and complex processes.

Gender and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: The Politics of Women's Resistance by Simona Sharoni (Syracuse University Press, 1995)

This study explores the interplay between the politics of gender and the politics of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Arguing that gender relations both within and between Palestinian and Israeli communities have played a major role in shaping the conflict, Sharoni suggests that greater awareness of the male-defined and dominated social and political frameworks associated with the conflict would constitute an important step toward creating space for new interpretations of peace and security, for promoting gender equality, and for advancing a resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Practical Peacemaking in the Middle East: Volume I, Arms Control and Regional Security; Volume II, The Environment, Water, Refugees, and Economic Cooperation and Development edited by Steven L. Spiegel and David J. Pervin (Garland Publishing, 1995)

Drawn largely from Israeli and Arab specialists in the Middle East and elsewhere, contributors to these volumes frame and make policy recommendations on issues that are central to both the formal negotiations and informal processes seeking to achieve and consolidate peace in the region. © 1996 United States Institute of Peace