UAE, Israel and the Economic and Strategic Benefits of Normalization of RelationsIntroductionThe formalization of ties between the UAE and the Israel stands to benefit both states in numerous ways. One of the primary ways in which the two states will Continue Reading...
Affecting the Rest of the World The Arab Spring can and will affect the rest of the world for the foreseeable future by acting as a representation of the will of the people over the tyranny of unpopular dictatorships. This spirit can already be seen Continue Reading...
Egyptian Infitah Policy (1973, Sadat)IntroductionAnwar Sadats Infitah policy was a reversal of Nassers policies. Nasser had presided over a command economy in which market economics were centralized and controlled by the government, with little to no Continue Reading...
The Effects of War and Peace on Foreign Aid on Iran Prior to 9/11 and the invasion of the Middle East by the U.S., the countries in this region, from Afghanistan to Pakistan to Iraq, Egypt and Libya, had used foreign aid and investment to stabilize t Continue Reading...
Sharif Hussein Ibn Saud and the Fall of the Ottoman Empire Introduction The Ottoman Empire was served by a strong military and centralized political structure, but with territory that stretched into both the East and the West, the Ottoman Empire was Continue Reading...
The UAE-Israel Agreement in Comparison to Other Arab CountriesIntroductionThe UAE is not the only state in the Arab world to have normalized relations with Israelbut its normalization is different from what other Arab countries have done. Egypt and J Continue Reading...
In 1990 Saddam Hussein invaded and annexed Kuwait, Iraq’s neighbor, over a dispute regarding oil production and debt. Iraq had protected Kuwait during the Iran-Iraq War the previous decade and Hussein wanted the debt owed by Iraq to Kuwait canc Continue Reading...
Muslim Brotherhood -- Arab Spring in Egypt The Arab Spring of 2010, in which angry citizens in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya and Yemen took to the streets by the hundreds of thousands to demand changes, did not always result in the positive changes envision Continue Reading...
The UAE as a Developmental StateIntroductionIn recent years, the UAE has been ranked as one of the most developed countries in the world: it has achieved, throughout its united journey, record-breaking rates of growth in all fields, which has placed Continue Reading...
Exploring the Future of Arab-Japan Relations in a Changing Energy LandscapeIntroductionIn an era of evolving energy landscapes and geopolitics, the future of Arab-Japan relations, particularly with the United Arab Emirates (UAE), is under scrutiny. T Continue Reading...
Armenian Genocide Research Paper ProposalTopicThe Armenian Genocide refers to the systematic extermination of the Armenian population by the Ottoman Empire during World War I. The events of the Armenian Genocide are widely recognized as one of the fi Continue Reading...
Beginning in December of 2010 in Tunisia, protests and grassroots political activism spread throughout North Africa and the Middle East. The Arab Spring resulted in regime change in Tunisia, Egypt, Yemen, Bahrain, Libya and Syria. However, the Arab S Continue Reading...
Intelligence in War: Iraq, WMDS, and the Rise of the Policymakers In 2003, U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell testified before the UN Security Council that Iraq had mobile weapons labs and was in possession of uranium, which was being used in the Continue Reading...
Turkey and Islam Tensions have existed between Islamic powerbrokers and the state of Turkey since the state was founded. While Islam was the state religion of modern Turkey's precursor, the Ottoman Empire, it was not long after the Republic of T Continue Reading...
Palestine under Occupation: Reaching the ‘Other’ through Bearing Witness and Citizen Journalism Introduction The conflict in Palestine is largely portrayed in the mainstream media as a complex issue (Chomsky & Pappe, 2015). A theoreti Continue Reading...
Political Violence and Extremism in IsraelQ1The Factors of Political ViolenceReligion does not constitute a silver bullet explanation for political violence, as there are a multitude of factors that contribute to radical action. For example, there ar Continue Reading...
Review of Policymaking in a Transformative State Policy-Making in a Transformative State: The Case of Qatar is a collection of scholarly essays, edited by Tok, Alkhater and Pal (2016). The collection addresses the need of Qatar to examine more critic Continue Reading...
Egypt, Fashion and Merchandising Religion, culture, national pride and tradition all play a part in merchandising approaches and fashion businesses in Egypt. The tradition of the family, gender issues, the roles of men and women in society, the exten Continue Reading...
Mubarak instated sweeping reforms that liberalized Egyptian economic policy within a neoliberal framework, but those reforms came at the price of repression, oppression, and corruption leading to widespread income disparity and disenfranchisement esp Continue Reading...
This makes it possible for the general public to comprehend that a community that seems to be strong can easily be divided by people's personal beliefs and by their backgrounds. It is very likely for individuals to express interest in detaching them Continue Reading...
Middle East Literature: Portrayal of women in the Arabian Nights Introduction Women play a significant role in the Arabian Nights. Many of the stories and tales in the collection explore the nature, potential dangers, and limits of the sexual drive o Continue Reading...
To avoid repeating negative historical experiences, regulatory regimes need to block the control and domination by networks/platforms. In the report, "Infrastructure and Development: A Critical Appraisal of the Macro Level Literature," Stephane Stra Continue Reading...
The Particularity of UAE-Japan Relations: How Japan-UAE Relations Stand Out in the Arab LandscapeIntroductionThe relationship between Japan and the Arab world, and especially the United Arab Emirates (UAE), represents a convergence of politics, histo Continue Reading...
Israeli-Palestinian Conflict and the Middle East The land where Israel is currently established has been characterized by fierce fighting and change in control over this region for centuries. These battles have been in existence since the period bef Continue Reading...
interventionism from the perspective of realism vs. idealism. Realism is defined in relationship to states' national interests whereas idealism is defined in relation to the UN's Responsibility to Protect doctrine -- a doctrine heavily influenced by Continue Reading...
Weapons of mass destruction are just an excuse. But is known that "President George W Bush and Vice-President Dick Cheney were both oil company executives before entering politics, as was half the present US administration," which means that not onl Continue Reading...
They however fail to see the strategic linkage in the U.S. foreign policy. Israel is the most trusted ally of United States in the region. It has the same strategic interest as the United States and has a firm foundation of democratic support. The Continue Reading...
In these very conservative Islamic countries, and even those less conservative like Jordan and Egypt, we see symbols of capitalism. This gives rise to the question of whether or not these countries can in fact be a part of a world economy without su Continue Reading...
At this time there is no uniform consensus about what agencies have authority in the Middle East. The Dubai police are working with agencies including the Department of Homeland Security to establish a more democratic policing system. Despite their Continue Reading...
Middle East countries, and also former colonies around the world, struggled to find their freedom and independence from any imperial forces. Therefore, being once again in charge of their own natural resources became "paramount to the extent that di Continue Reading...
However, despite this sweeping generalization offered by the government, U.S. foreign policy has always been clear and direct about its stance against terrorism. Even President Clinton, far prior to the tragedy of 9/11 addressed the United Nations Continue Reading...
As this paper has already implied, U.S. policy concerning Syria is only the tip of an iceberg -- as Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad has intimated, and as the PNAC papers and President G.W. Bush himself have blatantly revealed. Yet, the Bush Administra Continue Reading...
Holocaust affected Israeli society and culture and how Jews memorialize/Remember it today There exists no doubt regarding the massacre of the Jews during the phase of World War II and its impact on the lives of the Jewish people and the people who Continue Reading...
Fallout A section of commentators have taken issue with the manner in which the federal government denied suspected terrorist the due process of law as stipulated under the constitution. The government even commissioned the establishment of a tort Continue Reading...
As recent events in the Middle East have clearly demonstrated, Facebook is more on the side of the politically disadvantaged and the poor as they have increasingly embraced Facebook and other social media while the governments in the region tried to Continue Reading...
The most prominent downsides of globalization are succinctly revealed below: the populations in the highly developed economies loose their jobs as the corporations outsource positions to more cost-effective regions the populations in the less devel Continue Reading...
