8vo. English text, tables, documentation, biblio, original wrappers, lightly rubbed at spine, otherwise set clean inside and in very good condition, editor in chief Ghayth Armanazi, published quarterly by the League of Arab States, London, 1986-1990.

Synopsis

A quarterly journal with the aim of constructing a platform for informed and intelligent study, analysis and discussion of the issues that are relevant to the understanding of the contemporary Arab world: issues of politics, economy, history and culture.
The volumes and articles are:
– Number 1: Summer 1986: 222 pp. Arab-European Relations by David Steel / British Middle Eastern Policy by George Joffe / The present Oil Crisis & Implications by Robert Mabro / The Arabs & the West – The Cultural Divide by Derek Hopwood, Rana Kabani & Denis MacEoin.
– Number 2: Winter 1986/87: 219 pp. On the Arab-European Dialogue by Chedli Klebi / The Historical Appeal & Economic Logic of Maghreb Unity by Jon Marks / Arab Contributors to Technology & Engineering by Donald Hill / Presenting the Arab Case – The Politics of Suppression by Paul Findley, David Watkins, Noam Chomsky & Khaled Kishtainy.
– Number 3: Spring 1987: 220 pp. Terrorism, A Clash of Perspectives by Paul Wilkinson & Fuad Zakaria / Recent Trends in US-Arab Relations by Pamela Ann Smith / Joint Arab Action-A General Framework by Hasan El-Zaher / British Trade Unions & Palestine by Helga Graham.
– Number 4: Summer/Autumn 1987: 215 pp. Middle East Peace – The British Position by Adnan Omran / 4 articles on The International Peace Conference on the Middle East by Adnan Omran, Khalid Al-Hassan, Robert Neumann & Igor Belyaev.
– Number 5: Winter 1987-88: 240 pp. Conditions for Middle EAst Peace by Gerald KAufman / The Amman Summit by George Joffe, David Lay, Husayn Aga & Ahmad Khalidi / The Non Oil Economies of the Arab Middle East by Charles Gurdon.
– Numer 6: Spring 1988:199 pp. The Uprising in Palestine by Adam Roberts, Anis Al Qasem, Sari Nusibeh & Wendy Levitt / Arab Integration in Historical Perspective by Roger Owen / The Focal Role of the Lebanese South by Elyas Saba.
– Number 7: Summer/Autumn 1988: 217 pp. The Continuing Intifada by Philip Windsor & Pamela Ann Smith / Ceasefire in the Gulf by Keith McLachlan, Safa Haeri & Fida Nasrallah / The Question of the Golan Heights by Trevor Mostyn.
– Number 8: Winter 1988-89: 215 pp. The State of Palestine by Daoud Kuttab, John Cooley, John Bulloch & Paul Lalor / Water in the Arab Middle East: The Nile by Tony Allan / Neguib Mahfouz: The Arab Voice in World Literature by Faris el-Manssoury.
– Number 9: Spring/Summer 1989: 218 pp. Pan Arabism or Regionalism by Anthony McDermott, Raghid El-Solh & George Joffe / Structure of Occupation by Yezid Sayigh / Understanding Israel’s Intransigence by Ghada Karmi / Lebanon: The Impending Crisis 1814-1975 by Hussein Sirriyeh.
– Number 10: Autumn 1989: 210 pp. The United Nations & The Palestine Question by Anthony Parsons / Ten Years after Camp David by Mohamed Sid-Ahmed / The Israeli Nuclear Threat by Jane Hunter.
– Number 11: Summer 1990: 163 pp. Changes in Arab Nationalism, An Outsider’s View by Sir James Craig / Arab Indebtedness – A Burden for the 1990s by Anthony McDermott / The Right of Self-Determination – Why Not the Palestinians? by Alfred M Lilienthal.
– Number 12: Autumn 1990: 158 pp. Britain & the Gulf Crisis by Ghayth Armanazi / Taking Stock: US Middle East Policy under the British Administration by Robert Neumann / China & the Middle East: An Enigmatic Involvement by Fred Halliday.