Providing coverage of Middle Eastern affairs in 1996, this is the 20th in a series of annual surveys which provide a continuing record and analysis of the rapidly changing events in this complex area of the world.

The Middle East Contemporary Survey is the authoritative reference work on contemporary Middle Eastern affairs. Volume 20, which covers the region through 1996, is the latest in a series of annual surveys which provide a continuing record and analysis of the rapidly changing events in this complex area of the world. Some of the events that are analyzed include the future of the Arab-Israeli peace process; the change of government in Israel; the ascent of an Islamist-led coalition coalition government in Turkey (traditionally the most secular of all Middle Eastern Muslim countries); the growing discontent with the established Islamic order in Iran; and the continuing violent confrontation between the regime and the Islamist opposition in Algeria.

Current Issues
The Middle East In Perspective
The Middle East in 1995: Perilous Rumblings
(Gideon Gera. )
International Regional And Palestinian Affairs
The United States and the Middle East
(Barry Rubin. )
The Arab-Israeli Peace Process
(David Makovsky. )
Inter-Arab Relations
(Bruce Maddy-Weitzman. )
Islamic PoliticsBetween Dialogue and Conflict
(Esther Webman. )
Palestinian Affairs
(Elie Rekhess and Meir Litvak. )
Middle East Economic And Demographic Issues
The European Union and the Mediterranean Area: Emerging Economic Relations
(Paul Rivlin. )
Demographic Developments and Population Policies in Kuwait
(Onn Winckler and Gad G. Gilbar. )
Country-by-Country Survey
Middle East Countries: Social and Economic Indicators
Algeria
(Meir Litvak. )
Bahrain
(Joshua Teitelbaum. )
Egypt
(Ami Ayalon. )
Iran
(David Menashri. )
Iraq
(Ofra Bengio. )
Israel
(David Horovitz and Elie Rekhess. )
Jordan
(Asher Susser. )
Kuwait
(Joseph Kostiner. )
Lebanon
(William W. Harris. )
Libya
(Yehudit Ronen. )
Morocco
(B. Maddy-Weitzman. )
Oman
(Joshua Teitelbaum. )
Qatar
(J. Teitelbaum. )
Saudi Arabia
(J. Teitelbaum. )
Sudan
(Y. Ronen. )
Syria
(Eyal Zisser. )
Tunisia
(Marie Miran. )
Turkey
(Hugh Poulton. )
United Arab Emirates
(J. Teitelbaum. )
Yemen
(J. Kostiner.)