Middle East Quarterly
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| Discipline | Middle East and Islam |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Edited by | Efraim Karsh |
| Publication details | |
| History | 1994-present |
| Publisher | Middle East Forum (United States) |
| Frequency | Quarterly |
| Yes | |
| Standard abbreviations | |
| ISO 4 | Middle East Q. |
| Indexing | |
| CODEN | MEQUFZ |
| ISSN | 1073-9467 |
| LCCN | 94660065 |
| OCLC no. | 644061932 |
| Links | |
Middle East Quarterly (MEQ) is a quarterly journal, a publication of the think tank Middle East Forum (MEF) founded by Daniel Pipes in 1994. It is devoted to subjects relating to the Middle East and Islam and analyzes the region "explicitly from the viewpoint of American interests".[1] From its inception, content in the MEQ was not peer-reviewed because its editors felt that most experts in the field were insufficiently devoted to advancing American interests. In 2009, the editors of the MEQ stated that it would institute peer review, utilizing expert reviewers whom the editors deemed "not hostile to the United States and its allies".[1]
Overview
Middle East Quarterly's publisher, the Philadelphia-based Middle East Forum, is a think tank founded in 1990 by historian and columnist Daniel Pipes, who also serves as its director.[2] The Forum founded the Middle East Quarterly in 1994.
According to the Middle East Forum, the Middle East Quarterly deals with "Middle Eastern affairs". It states that:
"[P]olicy-makers, opinion-makers, academics, and journalists" consult it "for in-depth analysis of the rapidly-changing landscape of the world's most volatile region" and that it publishes "groundbreaking studies, exclusive interviews, insightful commentary, and hard-hitting reviews that tackle the entire range of contemporary concerns – from politics to economics to culture, across a region that stretches from Morocco to Afghanistan."[3]
One of its goals was also to provide a voice to academics who felt that the mainstream academic press was not giving voice to their views on Islam. Until 2009, it did no peer review, leaving nearly all publishing decisions with its editors.[1] The MEQ website explained then that "The Quarterly has become an outlet of choice for policy practitioners and senior scholars secure in their tenure and displeased with the ideological rigidity of the peer-reviewed journals."[1] According to its founder Daniel Pipes, "In the halls of academe, the Quarterly delivers a welcome balance to the many materials that relentlessly attack the United States and Israel."[4]
Edited by Efraim Karsh, it is published in print, and all but the current issue are also available as full texts from the website of the Middle East Forum, which does provide links to full texts of some selected current articles. In 2009, MEQ introduced peer review both to improve the quality of articles and "to give junior faculty an opportunity, while building their careers, to express their views freely."[1]
Contributors
A full list of contributors can be found at the website.[5]
Staff
From the organization's website:
- Dr. Daniel Pipes, publisher
- Dr. Efraim Karsh, editor
- Dr. Patrick Clawson, senior editor
- Dr. Michael Rubin, senior editor
- Judy Goodrobb, managing editor[6]
Board of editors
From the organization's website:
- Fouad Ajami, Johns Hopkins University
- David Cook, Rice University
- Martin Kramer, The Shalem Center
- Timur Kuran, Duke University
- Habib C. Malik, Foundation for Human and Humanitarian Rights in Lebanon
- James Phillips, The Heritage Foundation
- Steven Plaut, University of Haifa
- Dennis Ross, Washington, D.C.
- Barry Rubin, Global Research in International Affairs Center
- James R. Russell, Harvard University
- Franck Salameh, Boston College
- Philip Carl Salzman, McGill University
- Saliba Sarsar, Monmouth University
- Robert B. Satloff, The Washington Institute for Near East Policy
- Sabri Sayarı, Sabancı University
- Kemal Silay, Indiana University
- Lee Smith, Washington, D.C.
- Steven L. Spiegel, University of California, Los Angeles
- Kenneth W. Stein, Emory University
Reception
Juan Cole, professor of Middle Eastern history at the University of Michigan, accused the Middle East Quarterly of making "scurrilous attacks on people".[7]
Notes
- ^ a b c d e Editors' Note: On Peer Review, Middle East Quarterly, Winter 2009, p. 3 [1]
- ^ "Middle East Forum" listed in "Search Results" and "Resource Library" on the website of the Foreign Policy Association; cf. organization website for Middle East Forum, one of "Daniel Pipes's websites" (incl. its "Mission" statement), all accessed February 24, 2007.
- ^ Middle East Quarterly. Publication website hosted by its sponsoring organization Middle East Forum, accessed February 19, 2007.
- ^ Middle East Forum - Daniel Pipes
- ^ Authors
- ^ Board of Editors, Middle East Forum: Middle East Quarterly.
- ^ "Mau-mauing the Middle East". Salon.
External links
- Middle East Quarterly. Publication website hosted by its sponsoring organization Middle East Forum. Contains full-text versions of all but current issue of the print edition of Middle East Quarterly, with links to selected current articles provided as "MEF's latest releases". Accessed February 19, 2007.