Youssef Choueiri is Reader in Islamic Studies at the University of Manchester

• Contents: Arabism, society and economy in Syria, 1918-1920, Abdul-Karim Rafeq; an evaluation of the Arab goverment in Damascus, 1918-1920, Khairia Kasmieh; le grand-Liban et le projet de la confederation Syrienne d'apres des documents Francais, Wajih Kawtharani; les orthodoxes entre Beyrouth et Damas - une millet chretienne dans deux villes Ottomanes, May Davie; greater Lebanon - the formation of a caste system?, Sofia Saadeh; laissez-faire, outward-orientation, and regional economic disintegration - a case study of the dissolution of the Syro-Lebanese customs union, Carolyn L. Gates; linkages and constraints of the Syrian economy, Huda Hawwa; Syrian foreign policy at the crossroads - continuity and change in the post-Gulf War era, Ghayth N. Armanazi; the treat of brotherhood, co-operation and co-ordination - an assessment, Fida Nasrallah; concepts of nation and state with special reference to the Sunnis in Lebanon, al-Fadl Shalaq.

Youssef Choueiri is Reader in Islamic Studies at the University of Manchester

• Contents: Arabism, society and economy in Syria, 1918-1920, Abdul-Karim Rafeq; an evaluation of the Arab goverment in Damascus, 1918-1920, Khairia Kasmieh; le grand-Liban et le projet de la confederation Syrienne d'apres des documents Francais, Wajih Kawtharani; les orthodoxes entre Beyrouth et Damas - une millet chretienne dans deux villes Ottomanes, May Davie; greater Lebanon - the formation of a caste system?, Sofia Saadeh; laissez-faire, outward-orientation, and regional economic disintegration - a case study of the dissolution of the Syro-Lebanese customs union, Carolyn L. Gates; linkages and constraints of the Syrian economy, Huda Hawwa; Syrian foreign policy at the crossroads - continuity and change in the post-Gulf War era, Ghayth N. Armanazi; the treat of brotherhood, co-operation and co-ordination - an assessment, Fida Nasrallah; concepts of nation and state with special reference to the Sunnis in Lebanon, al-Fadl Shalaq.

Youssef Choueiri is Reader in Islamic Studies at the University of Manchester

• Contents: Arabism, society and economy in Syria, 1918-1920, Abdul-Karim Rafeq; an evaluation of the Arab goverment in Damascus, 1918-1920, Khairia Kasmieh; le grand-Liban et le projet de la confederation Syrienne d'apres des documents Francais, Wajih Kawtharani; les orthodoxes entre Beyrouth et Damas - une millet chretienne dans deux villes Ottomanes, May Davie; greater Lebanon - the formation of a caste system?, Sofia Saadeh; laissez-faire, outward-orientation, and regional economic disintegration - a case study of the dissolution of the Syro-Lebanese customs union, Carolyn L. Gates; linkages and constraints of the Syrian economy, Huda Hawwa; Syrian foreign policy at the crossroads - continuity and change in the post-Gulf War era, Ghayth N. Armanazi; the treat of brotherhood, co-operation and co-ordination - an assessment, Fida Nasrallah; concepts of nation and state with special reference to the Sunnis in Lebanon, al-Fadl Shalaq.