EDITORIAL

An Open Letter to Abu Jerry
Lea Tsemel

The Middle East at the Millennial Turn
Fred Halliday

Water and Women: The Middle East in Demographic Transition
Sally Ethelston

No Jubliee for the Middle East?
Robert Naiman

NATO’s Future in the Middle East
Karim El-Gawhary

The Fate of Small Nations: The Karabagh Conflict Ten Years Later
Graham Usher

Change and Stasis in Syria: One Step Forward…
Bassam Haddad

Abdullah’s Jordan: New King, Old Problems
Beverley Milton-Edwards and Peter Hinchcliffe

Faith, Money and the Millennium: A View from Palestine
Naim Ateek

"The Land without the People": Contesting Jerusalem on the Eve of the Millennium
Tom Abowd

21st Century Palestine: Toward a "Swiss Cheese" State?
Roni Krouzman

The WWW in Palestine: An Informational and Organizing Tool
Adam Hanieh

The Mediterranean Free Trade Zone: Duty-Free Environmental Degradation
David Katz

EDITOR’S PICKS
New and Recommended Reading

PHOTOS/GRAPHICS Angel E. Chevrestt/Impact Visuals, Thomas Dallal/Impact Visuals, Peter Fryer/Panos Pictures, Jan de Jong, Leena Sarate, J.C. Tordai/Panos Pictures, Norbert Schiller. COVER PHOTO Children in Rafah, Gaza (J.C. Tordai/PanosPictures)