Pensée 3: Political Science and the Middle East

2010 ◽  
Vol 42 (1) ◽  
pp. 8-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Gregory Gause
Keyword(s):  
World War Ii ◽  
Middle East ◽  
Political Science ◽  
World War ◽  
Post World War Ii ◽  
The Past ◽  
Definition Of

Over the past five years, from volume 37, number 1 (February 2005) to volume 41, number 3 (August 2009), IJMES published thirty-seven articles that deal with politics in the contemporary Middle East, broadly understood. This is my count, of course, and others might add or drop some articles. I define contemporary as post World War II and have a relatively expansive definition of politics. My count does not include short features, only full articles.

When the past haunts the present: Intergroup forgiveness and historical closure in post World War II societies in Asia and in Europe

2013 ◽  
Vol 37 (3) ◽  
pp. 287-301 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katja Hanke ◽  
James H. Liu ◽  
Denis J. Hilton ◽  
Michal Bilewicz ◽  
Ilya Garber ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
World War Ii ◽  
World War ◽  
Post World War Ii ◽  
The Past ◽  
Intergroup Forgiveness

John Ford's My Darling Clementine (1946)

2003 ◽  
Vol 84 (1) ◽  
pp. 200-212 ◽  
Author(s):  
RICHARD HUTSON
Keyword(s):  
World War Ii ◽  
American West ◽  
Law And Order ◽  
World War ◽  
John Ford ◽  
New Era ◽  
Post World War Ii ◽  
The Past

ABSTRACT In 1946, John Ford made a film about a legend of law and order in the American West as a validation of the American past for the immediate post––World War II era. In an age of doubt and uncertainty, the serene but resolute figure of Wyatt Earp was designed to alleviate anxiety about the irrelevance of the past for the new era.

Britain and the Middle East, 1944–1950

1951 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-38 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. A. Fitzsimons
Keyword(s):  
World War Ii ◽  
Middle East ◽  
First World War ◽  
Suez Canal ◽  
World War ◽  
The Past ◽  
The First World War ◽  
British Policy ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
First World

Since the end of World War II British Policy in the Middle East has been plagued by the devils of the past, joined by a more formidable company of contemporary devils, some of whom bear a mocking resemblance to still earlier ones. Most of this region was once largely in the weak hands of the Turkish Empire. In this area, strategic for the control of the Mediterranean and the security of the Suez Canal, British policy had been to support the Turkish Empire against the heavy pressure of Tsarist Russia, until Turkey's association with Germany drove Britain to moderate its rivalry with Russia, to accept her partnership in Persia (1907), following a similar accommodation of differences with France (1904).During the First World War the British sponsored the Arab Revolt against Turkey, thus shattering the feeble union of those lands, and creating in the Middle East a parody of the Habsburg succession states, complicated by concessions to France (the Sykes-Picot Agreement) and to Zionism (the Balfour Declaration).

scholarly journals Surplus country adjustment: revisiting the post-World War II Scarce Currency Clause

2018 ◽  
Vol 43 (5) ◽  
pp. 1149-1182 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rosario Patalano
Keyword(s):  
World War Ii ◽  
International Cooperation ◽  
Global Trade ◽  
World War ◽  
Automatic Instrument ◽  
Post World War Ii ◽  
The Past ◽  
Trade Imbalances ◽  
Post War ◽  
Automatic Mechanism

AbstractThe Scarce Currency Clause (SCC) in the IMF’s Articles of Agreement (Article VII) was originally designed to establish an effective, automatic mechanism to stimulate the surplus countries to adopt adjustment policies and to correct chronic imbalances. The clause formally authorises countries with a chronic deficit to apply trade discrimination against a surplus country, by imposing tariffs and other restrictions on its exports. But the SCC has never been applied, and its permanence in the IMF’s Articles of Agreement appears today as a relic of the past, an example of post-war international cooperation. This paper presents an analytical survey of the debate on the SCC in the first decade of the IMF, exploring the contemporary opinions on the possibility that this instrument could be effectively used to correct the chronic imbalances in the post-war world and to resolve the problem of dollar shortage. More recently, the persistence of current global trade imbalances has stimulated a renewed reflection on the automatic instrument for encouraging or compelling countries to undertake necessary adjustments. The paper is focusing on recent proposals for correcting imbalances against surplus countries.

Political Amnesia

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alan M. Wald
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
World War Ii ◽  
The Political ◽  
World War ◽  
Post World War Ii ◽  
New York Intellectuals ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
The Way

The career of philosopher Sidney Hook is presented as an example of the way in which the political trajectory of the New York intellectuals is frequently misunderstood. At issue are representations of the post-World War II transformation as explained by William Barrett, William Phillips, and more. Matters such as the definition of intellectuals, the significance of Trotskyism, shifting definitions of Stalinism, and the views of the author are explored.

The Soviet Union and the Middle East: The Post-World War II Era

1976 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 525
Author(s):  
Richard M. Brace ◽  
Ivo J. Lederer ◽  
Wayne S. Vucinich
Keyword(s):  
World War Ii ◽  
Soviet Union ◽  
Middle East ◽  
World War ◽  
Post World War Ii ◽  
The Soviet Union
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