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About the Editor
Rolin G. Mainuddin (Ph.D., University of Kansas, 1992) is Assistant Professor of Political Science at North Carolina Central University, Durham, North Carolina. Although trained in European alliance politics, he has gradually shifted his research interest to the Middle East. While continuing to work on security issues, he has increasingly focused attention on the interaction between religionparticularly Islamand politics. In addition to contributing a book chapter on democratization and human rights in the Gulf Cooperation Council countries (Paul J. Magnarella, ed., Middle East and North Africa, 1999), his articles have appeared in Indian Journal of Asian Affairs, Journal of Third World Studies, Middle East Policy, and Military Review. A past President (19981999) of the Association of Third World Studies, Dr Mainuddin is currently President-Elect of the North Carolina Political Science Association.
List of Contributors
Sylvia M. Jacobs (Ph.D., Howard University, 1975) is Professor of History at North Carolina Central University, Durham, North Carolina. Her research focus is on the history of the African diaspora. Among her books are The African Nexus: Black American Perspectives on the European Partitioning of Africa, 18801920 (1981) and Black Americans and the Missionary Movement in Africa (1982). She has published numerous articles, essays, and biographical sketches on the relationship of African Americans with Africa and Africans, which have appeared in various journals, including the Journal of Negro History, SAGE: A Scholarly Journal on Black Women, and Western Journal of Black Studies. Aside from teaching and service awards, in 1984 Dr Jacobs won the best book award from the Association of Black Women Historians.
Gershon R. Kieval (Ph.D., The Johns Hopkins University, 1980) is a Senior Analyst at the United States Central Intelligence Agency. A former Adjunct Professor of Political Science and International Affairs at George Washington University, Washington, DC, he is the co-editor of Israel Faces the Future (1986) and co-author of Israel: Land of Tradition and Conflict (1993). In addition, Dr Kievals numerous publications include Party Politics in Israel and the Occupied Territories (1983), Israeli National Security Policy: Political Actors and Perspectives (1988), and Israeli Politics in the 1990s: Key Domestic and Foreign Policy Factors (1991).
Robert Lawless (Ph.D., New School University, 1975) is Professor of Anthropology at Wichita State University, Wichita, Kansas. His research focuses on Southeast Asia (primarily the Philippines) and the Caribbean (primarily Haiti), with an interest in the integration of materialistic and cognitive approaches. Among his books and monographs are The Concept of Culture (1979), Haiti: A Research Handbook (1990), and Haitis Bad Press (1992). Dr Lawless articles have appeared in various journals, including Anthropology, Journal of Anthropological Research, Journal of Ethnic Studies, Studies in Third World Societies, and Urban Anthropology.
Alynna J. Lyon (Ph.D., University of South Carolina, 1999) is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Southeast Missouri State University, Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Her research focuses on the relationship between ethnic conflict and international politics. In addition, she has an interest in the United Nations, conflict resolution, and peacekeeping. Dr Lyon contributed a chapter on East Timor in History Behind the Headlines (2000). In 1999, she was winner of the International Studies Association Graduate Student Paper Competition for the Ethnicity, Nationalism, and Migration Section. She has served as the Chair of ENMISA Communications (19992000), a position she continues to hold.
Bernard Reich (Ph.D., University of Virginia, 1964) is Professor of Political Science and International Affairs at George Washington University, Washington, DC. A consultant to various agencies of the United States Government, he is Chairman of the Advanced Area Studies (Middle EastFertile Crescent) at the Foreign Service Institute, United States Department of State. Dr Reich is the author or co-author of a number of books on the Middle East, including Quest for Peace: United States-Israel Relations and the Arab-Israeli Conflict (1977), The United States and Israel: Influence in the Special Relationship (1984), Israel: Land of Tradition and Conflict (1985), Securing the Covenant: United States-Israel Relations After the Cold War (1995), and Arab-Israeli Conflict and Conciliation: A Documentary History (1995). His articles and reviews have appeared in many journals, including AJAMES: Annals of Japanese Association of Middle East Studies, The Journal of Palestine Studies, The Korean Journal of the Middle Eastern Studies, Middle East Focus, Middle East Insight, The Middle East Journal, Middle East Review, and The New Middle East.
Mohammad Rashiduzzaman (Ph.D., University of Durham, England, 1964) is Associate Professor of Political Science at Rowan University, Glassboro, New Jersey. His research focuses on Bangladesh, South Asia, and political Islam. He is the author of
