Friday, May 30, 2008

New Issue: International Review of the Red Cross

The latest issue of the International Review of the Red Cross (Vol. 89, no. 868, December 2007) is out. This is the first of two issues on the "Conflict in Iraq." (The second issue is here.) Contents include:
  • Conflict in Iraq I
    • Interview with His Royal Highness Prince Hassan of Jordan
    • Joost Hiltermann, A new sectarian threat in the Middle East?
    • Reidar Visser, Ethnicity, federalism and the idea of sectarian citizenship in Iraq: a critique
    • Inga Rogg & Hans Rimscha, The Kurds as parties to and victims of conflicts in Iraq
    • Pierre-Jean Luizard, Islam as a point of reference for political and social groups in Iraq
    • Wael Adhami, The strategic importance of the Internet for armed insurgent groups in modern warfare
    • Daoud Kuttab, The media and Iraq: a blood bath for and gross dehumanization of Iraqis
    • Ahmad Abdel Majid, The crisis of professional responsibility in Iraqi journalism: avoiding incitement to violence and armed conflict
    • Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu, Assessing the human tragedy in Iraq
    • Nasir Ahmed Al Samaraie, Humanitarian implications of the wars in Iraq
    • Beth Osborne Daponte, Wartime estimates of Iraqi civilian casualties