Review: The Middle East at the Crossroads
| Author | John Sigler |
| Published date | 01 March 1984 |
| Date | 01 March 1984 |
| DOI | http://doi.org/10.1177/002070208403900122 |
| Subject Matter | Review |
238 INTERNATIONAL
JOURNAL
makes
it
almost
possible
for
a
child
to
consult.
The
chronological
list
is
followed
by
the
numerical
system
as
it
is
found
in
the
Canadian
Treaty
Series,
so
that
if
one
is
confronted
with such
a
citation
as
CTS
1946/2
it
takes
little
effort
to
ascertain
that
this
is
Convention
63
of
the
International
Labour
Organization
and
concerns
statistics
of
wages
and
hours
of
work.
Volume
2
enables
one
to
find
the
complete
bilateral
treaty framework
of
Canada,
country
by
country
and
alpha-
betically
according
to
subject
matter.
In
addition
the
volume
contains
an
alphabetical
listing
of
Canada's
multilateral
commitments,
as
well
as
an
alphabetical
index
of
the
entire
treaty
network.
It
is
to
be
hoped
that
Professor
Wiktor
will
provide
us
with
peri-
odic
supplements keeping
his
Calendar
completely
up-to-date,
even
though
the
Treaty
Series
is
not
as
easily
available
as
one might
wish.
L.C.
Green/
University
of
Alberta
THE
MIDDLE
EAST
AT
THE
CROSSROADS
Regional
Forces
&
External
Powers
Edited
by
Janice
Gross
Stein,
David
B.
Dewitt
Oakville,
Ontario:
Mosaic
Press,
1983,
233PP
The
papers
presented
in
this
volume
were
originally
given
at
the
1982
conference
of
Canadian
Professors
for
Peace
in
the
Middle
East,
a
group
with
a
mission
of
'education
about
and
support
for
the
pursuit
of
peace
in
the
Middle
East.'
The
goal
is
an
admirable
one,
but
there
is
always
the
problem
of
peace
on
whose
terms
and
from
whose
per-
spective.
As
negotiators
know
well,
the
critical
question
is
who
deter-
mines
the
agenda.
From the
agenda
given
in
this
volume,
the
regional
forces
which
we
must
understand
are the
Organization
of
the
Petro-
leum
Exporting
Countries
(OPEC),
terrorism,
and
fundamentalist
Islam.
On
OPEC,
Sally
Zerker argues
that
'the Arab
oil
weapon
is
dead;
OPEC
producers
now
need
oil
revenue
more
than
the
United
States
needs
oil.'
D.J.C.
Carmichael
and
Ross
Rudolph
engage
in
an
a-histor-
ical
and
philosophical
debate
on
the
ethics
of
terrorism
and
counter-
terrorism.
Saleem
Qureshi
interprets
fundamentalist
Islam
as
a
move-
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