Blogs
Charles Levinson - Conflict Blotter
Global Voices - Amira Al Hussaini
Helena Cobban- Just World News
Histories of Political Imagining - Reidar Visser
Life must go on in Gaza and Sderot
Middle East Diary - Hannah Allam
Middle East Strategy at Harvard
The Third Way, Mitchell Plitnick
Organizations
Alternative Information Center
American Task Force on Palestine
AMIN - Arabic Media Internet Network
Arab Reform Bulletin - Carnegie Endowment
Center for Strategic and International Studies
Committee to Protect Journalists: Middle East/North Africa
Council on Foreign Relations-Middle East Section
Foreign Policy in Focus - Middle East
Foundation for Middle East Peace - Settlement Report
International Middle East Media Center
Israel/Palestine Center for Research & Information
Jerusalem Media & Communication Center
Middle East Program - Carnegie Endowment
MIT Electronic Journal of Middle East Studies
Iraq Intelligence - McClatchy
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Development::Articles
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World Bank - October, 2008
Recurrent destruction of trees, private homes and public infrastructure, as well as settlers'
encroachments on private land create a permanent state of insecurity that deters Palestinian
investment in Area C. At the same time, the land use and planning regulations in effect in Area C
have less obvious consequences but are no less detrimental to Palestinian economic development.
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World Bank - September, 2008
The events of the past months have yielded several conclusions. First, any effort
at revival that excludes Gaza is likely to lead to partial results. Secondly, the more the Gazan and
West Bank economies diverge, the harder it will be to reconcile. Thirdly, aid and reform without
access are unlikely to revive the Palestinian economy. As such, international manifestations of
support towards a viable Palestinian state and institutions are incomplete insofar as they do not
tackle Israeli economic restrictions in parallel.
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World Bank - September, 2008
China and India's spectacular economic rise over the last two decades has accelerated their trade with Africa, Latin America, and the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). Their demands for oil, gas, and other natural resources have been driving new relationships with MENA countries based not only on energy but on trade, investment, and political ties.
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The Economist - September, 2008
The fact is that most of Egypt's 75m people struggle to get by, their ambitions thwarted by rising prices, appalling state schools, capricious judges, a plodding and corrupt bureaucracy and a cronyist regime that pretends democracy but in fact crushes all challengers and excludes all participation. The visitor might well conclude that by damming up the normal flow of politics, Egypt's rulers risk bringing on a deluge.
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Arab Reform Bulletin, Carnegie Endowment - September, 2008
While Kuwait is a rentier state where petroleum accounts for over 90 percent of government income, its politics are atypical of rentierism. Lively parliamentary elections give rise to a collection of disparate political actors; May 2008 elections produced a 70 percent turnout, colossal compared to turnout in some Western democracies.
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Arab Insight - August, 2008
Since independence in 1962, Algeria has had many economic, social, and political turmoil as well as begun to implement new reforms. Mohamed Ratoul analyzes and discusses these problems and reforms paying close attention to market reforms and liberalization.
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International Crisis Group - July, 2008
And while exact numbers are uncertain, the scale of the problem is not in dispute: today, Iraq's refugee crisis -- with some two and a half million outside the country and the same number internally displaced -- ranks as the world's second in terms of numbers, preceded only by Afghanistan and ahead of Sudan. While the security situation in Iraq shows progress, the refugee crisis will endure for some time and could worsen if that progress proves fleeting.
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World Bank - June, 2008
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Carnegie Endowment for International Peace - June, 2008
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Carnegie Endowment for International Peace - June, 2008
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Financial Times - June, 2008
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Brookings Wolfensohn Center - May, 2008
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World Bank - May, 2008
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MERIP - April, 2008
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World Bank - February, 2008
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Carnegie Endowment for International Peace - January, 2008
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World Bank - December, 2007
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Brookings Wolfensohn Center - December, 2007
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Brookings Wolfensohn Center - December, 2007
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Brookings Wolfensohn Center - December, 2007
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Brookings Wolfensohn Center - December, 2007
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Brookings Wolfensohn Center - December, 2007
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Wall Street Journal - November, 2007
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Carnegie Endowment - October, 2007
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World Bank - September, 2007
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