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MIDDLE EAST
The Middle East has been the focus of U.S. security concerns
for some time now. This initiative particularly recogizes
the administration's war against terrorism and the urgent
need improve security and foster democratic governments in
the Middle East.
Biweekly News
The LDESP program also sends out a biweekly news update
that includes important events related to the political situation
in the region, the status of democratic instituitions in these
countries, and reports on "security cooperation"
efforts between these countries and the US.
Note: The sites, articles, and reports linked
below do not necessarily reflect the views of the LDESP Faculty.
Agencies & Operations
Coalition
Provision Authority
International Committee of the Red Cross-Middle East and North Africa
Multinational
Force and Observers
UN
Iraq
UNTSO--UN
Mission, Middle East
UNDOF-
UN Mission, Golan Heights
UNIKOM--UN
Mission, Iraq-Kuwait
UNIFIL--UN
Mission, Lebanon
USAE
SPTBATT
USBATT
UNDP:Jordan
UNDP:Iraq
UNDP:EGYPT (& SINAI)
USAID:
Mission in EGYPT (& SINAI)
USAID:
Mission in Lebanon
USAID:
Mission in West Bank and Gaza
OCHA:
Iraq
UNHCR:
Iraq
Iraq:
Oil for Food Program
Background
Iraq
Maps - Global Security
Iraq
Maps - Perry-Castañeda Map Collection
Maps
- Israel - Palestine
Maps
- Israel - Palestine - Conflict
Iraq
Military Guide - Global Security
History
of Iraq
Iraq
- CIA Word Fact Book
Languages
- Iraq
Iraq-
Iran War - Encylopedia Orient
Kurdish Regional
Government
Iran
- CIA Fact Book
Iran
Military Guide - Global Security
Iran Mission
- UN
Israel
Military Guide - Global Security
Jordan
CIA World Fact Book
Syria
CIA World Fact Book
Syria
Military Guide - Global Security
Egypt
Military Guide - Global Security
Middle
East: History
Middle
East: Background to Conflict
Lebanon
History
Syria
Country Study
Syria
History - Ministry of Information Syria
Occupied
Golan -National Information Center, Damascus, Syria.
History
of Saudi Arabia - Saudi Embassy's website
Interactive
Guide to Arab-Israeli Conflict: The Guardian (Need Flash Plugin)
Timeline Middle East (BBC)
Country
Profile: Iraq (BBC)
Iraq Crisis: Military Analysis Network
Mideast Maps
Resources/News
UN Peacekeeping Best Practices
USIP:
Focus on Iraq
IRIN:
Iran
Iraq Daily
Iran
Daily
Tehran
Times
Iran
Weekly
Jordan
Times
The Star
- Joran
The
Daily Star - Lebanon
Syria
Times
IWPR
- Iraq
ReliefWeb
- Iraq
ReliefWeb
- Iran
ReliefWeb
- Jordan
ReliefWeb
- Israel
ReliefWeb
- Occupied Palestinian Terroritory
ReliefWeb
- Lebanon
ReliefWeb
- Saudi Arabia
ReliefWeb
- Syria
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Publications
Establishing
the Rule of Law in Iraq (May 2003)
The USIP report linked above by Ray Salvatore Jennings suggests
steps to ensure that post-conflict reconciliation and reconstruction
in Iraq go forward successfully.
How
to Build a Democratic Iraq June 2003
The Foreign Policy article linked above suggests that what follows
the war in Iraq will be at least as important as the war itself.
Nurturing democracy there after Saddam won't be easy. But it may
not be impossible either.
Middle
East Road Map
The document linked above is a performance-based and goal-driven
roadmap with clear phases, timelines, target dates, and benchmarks.
The destination is a final and comprehensive settlement of the Israel-Palestinian
conflict by 2005, as presented in President Bush’s speech of
24 June, and welcomed by the EU, Russia and the UN in the 16 July
and 17 September Quartet Ministerial statements.
Israel
and Palestine - Can the Middle East Have Peace
BBC analysis of the conflict in the Middle East.
US
Dept. of State: Patterns of Global Terrorism-Middle East
Middle East overview released by the Office of the Coordinator for
Counterterrorism on May 21, 2002.
PBS:
Evolution of Islamic Terrorism (Frontline)
John Moore provides an overview of how modern terrorism has evolved
in the Middle East and South Asia.
Challenges
of Peace Operations: Into the 21st Century
This independent report was presented by the Minister of Foreign
Affairs of Sweden to the UN. It continues the debate on peace operations
reflecting different national and international perceptions, complementing
the analyses and recommendation contained in the Brahimi Report.
Concluding
Report
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