Editors
Amin Saikal is Professor of Political Science and Director of the Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies (The Middle East & Central Asia) at the Australian National University, Canberra. Albrecht Schnabel is an Academic Programme Officer in the Peace and Governance Programme of the United Nations University, Tokyo.

Contents
Introduction: A Rough Journey: Nascent Democratization in the Middle East • Part One: Democratic Peace, Conflict Prevention and the United Nations • Democratization and Peacebuilding • Towards a Democratic Peace in the Middle East • The Role of the United Nations in the Middle East • Part Two: Secularization and Democracy • Disenchanted Worlds: Secularization and Democratization in the Middle East • The Influence of Islam on Attitudes Toward Democracy in Morocco and Algeria • Part Three: Regional and National Experiences • The Democratic Process in Syria, Lebanon, and Jordan • "Democratic Peace" and the Jewish Political Tradition • Democracy and Peace in Iran and Iraq • State Power and Democratization in North Africa: Developments in Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and Libya

Contributors
Kamel S. Abu Jaber • Tom Najem • Amin Saikal • Albrecht Schnabel • Etel Solingen • Gerald Steinberg • Majid Tehranian • Mark Tessler