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16 Apr 2023

Political Parties and Election in the Middle East and North Africa

Summary - 2 pages - Political science

This text is based on "Elections under authoritarianism: Preliminary lessons from Jordan" by Ellen Lust, "Bullets over Ballots: Islamist groups, the state and electoral violence in Egypt and Morocco" by Hendrik Kraetzschmara and Francesco Cavatortab and "Elections and Distributive Politics in...

21 Apr 2023

Political Parties and Elections - Politics of the Middle East and North Africa

Summary - 2 pages - Political science

This text is based on "After the Arab Spring: Do Muslims vote Islamic now?" by Charles Kurzman and Didem Türkoglu, "Elections in the Arab world: Why do citizens turn out?" by Carolina de Miguel, Amaney A. Jamel and Mark Tessler, "The Middle East" by Ellen Lust and "Bricks and Mortar...

05 Aug 2022

In what ways conflicts between political entities in the Middle East have been shaped by the history of state formation in the area?

Essay - 6 pages - Political science

The key terms to understand such situations are "political entities" and "state formation". Speaking of political entities rather than states shows the diversity of actors that make up the political life of the Middle East and can change the configuration of the borders, ranging...

01 Aug 2022

The European Union and its neighbors to the East and South-East of the Continent and to the Middle East

Course material - 11 pages - Political science

The European Union has still very limited means in terms of foreign and security and defense policy, and its members still follow quite different foreign policy agendas. But the EU confronts several and often growing problems and crisis in her immediate vicinity.

17 Apr 2015
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Effect of western powers on the Middle Eastern states Studies

Case study - 2 pages - Educational studies

The prevailing issues concerning health, education and labor within the Middle East are as a direct result of historical influence-and by extension design-of Western nations dating as far back as the Napoleonic wars. The origins osf these states were primarily after World War 1...

17 Apr 2015
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US Role in the Middle East

Case study - 2 pages - Social, moral & civic education

According to the Collins World Dictionary, stability refers to the quality or state of being stable, especially in resistance to deterioration, displacement, or change. It is the constancy of purpose, order, or character. Due to the vastness of energy resources, especially oil, in the...

11 Mar 2015
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Middle Eastern Studies

Case study - 2 pages - Educational studies

The last century, particularly after World War 2, has witnessed high levels of conflict and warfare within the Middle East(Richards and Waterbury 345). The most predominant and extended conflict is that of the Arab-Israeli conflict which has born five major wars and is still at play...

01 Feb 2014
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Why is the Middle East so important for the United States?

Essay - 4 pages - International relations

The Middle East is politically as complex as its position on a map suggests: an addition of states with imprecise and moving borders, situated at the strategic crossing between Europe, Africa and Asia; this juxtaposition of small- and middle-range powers with no big powers...

31 Mar 2014
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Occidental intelligences facing Middle East's quest for nuclear weapons: the case of Israel Vs. the case of Iran

Essay - 10 pages - International relations

The nuclear bomb is much more than a common weapon, it can determine the balance of the powers, it is a crucial point for understanding the international strategic relations: the nuclear bomb represents the possibility for a country to be wiped off the map. Between 1950 and 1990, it is important...

12 Jan 2011
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The future of architecture lies in the Middle East

Thesis - 3 pages - Architecture

Persuasion is one of the strongest weapons in the history of English language. The persuasive powers of the English language are unlimited. Writers have long used English as a creative tool to convey messages to their readers, express certain feelings, reflect specific images, share emotions,...

29 Sep 2010
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Was the establishment of a specifically Jewish state in Palestine the most favorable way for Britain to protect its post-WWI imperial interests in the Middle East?

Essay - 10 pages - Modern history

History textbooks that deal with the birth of the Zionism repeatedly take for granted a major component of the movement's early success underlying British support. The beginning of the history of Israel is commonly preoccupied with Theodor Herzl or the Balfour Declaration, but very rarely is...

18 Nov 2010
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French foreign Policy in the Middle East during the 5th Republic

Thesis - 5 pages - International relations

The roots of the conflict in the Middle East started around 1950 when the British mandate in Palestine was given to the United Nations which decided then to create the state of Israel on the Palestinian lands. Some migratory waves of Jewish settlement had already started to come to...

19 Aug 2010
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Islamism in the Middle East: The new face of nationalism

Thesis - 4 pages - Philosophy

Islamism and nationalism are apparently contradictory terms. One suggests the existence of solidarity is based on religion and faith. In case of Islam it is the "community of believers," the "ummah" which refers to another part of the nation state. This is a recent concept which presupposes the...

12 Aug 2010
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Music and the generational divide within youth of the Middle East

Thesis - 3 pages - Social, moral & civic education

Western culture has infiltrated all corners of globe. Even in Iran, where government officials went to great lengths to preserve their cultural autonomy, pop music created for an Iranian audience is written in English. The identity of Muslim youth is repeatedly combated by examples of Western,...

25 Mar 2010
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Music and the generational divide within youth of the Middle East - published: 25/03/2010

Thesis - 2 pages - Social, moral & civic education

Western culture has infiltrated all corners of globe. Even in Iran, where government officials went to great lengths to preserve their cultural autonomy, pop music created for an Iranian audience is written in English. The identity of Muslim youth is repeatedly combated by examples of Western,...

24 Sep 2010
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China-Middle East relations and how the natural resources affect their relations

Thesis - 6 pages - International relations

It remains without a doubt that the economic boom that China has witnessed in the last few decades had many implications for other regions of the world, including the Middle East. To fuel its ever increasing production and consumption patterns, and its ultimate search for economic...

29 Sep 2010
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The United States foreign policy orientation in the Middle East after September 11 in a neorealist perspective

Essay - 4 pages - International relations

September 11, 2001 brought changes to the rules of the international system established at the end of the Cold War. The collapse of the Soviet Union allowed the United States to reign at the top of the international area. It was able to dominate the world as the only superpower in possession of...

29 Sep 2010
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Middle East Communication: indigenous advertisements to a local country or region (2006)

Case study - 7 pages - Management

The Middle East region is booming and is now the second fastest growth area in the world after China. Political and economic reforms across the region provide a new dynamic business atmosphere where consumer demand and consumption is on the rise. High oil revenues coupled with low...

29 Sep 2010
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European union and regulation of the peace process in the Middle East since 1991

Essay - 10 pages - International relations

Launched with the Madrid Conference in 1991, the israeli-Palestinian peace process led to the historical handshake between Yasser Arafat and Shimon Peres at the White House in Washington. American president Clinton, thus sealed the signature of a statement of principles, and reaffirmed the...

29 Sep 2010
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The emergence of Al-Jazeera in the Middle East

Essay - 2 pages - Arts and art history

Olfa Lamloul, in her book entitled Al-Jazeera, Defiant and Ambiguous Mirror of the Arab World wrote, ‘The short history of the disrespectful Arabic channel Al-Jazeera, broadcast from the emirate of Qatar,provides valuable reference points in the maze of Middle Eastern issues in the...

24 Apr 2009
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Kuwait: The hidden moneymaker of the middle East

Thesis - 8 pages - Geography

Kuwait is a small sovereign emirate strategically located on the northwestern coast of the Persian Gulf, tucked between Saudi Arabia and Iraq. The name comes from an Arabic word translating to “fortress built near water,” which it very much looks like on a map. It has a rich history...

07 Oct 2009
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The role of private equity firms as an alternative investment model in the Middle East and globally

Tutorials/exercises - 27 pages - Finance

The global economic reality has witnessed a recent international increase in the private equity markets. This fact has brought up many concerns as to whether this will have a positive or negative outcome (Financial Services Authority, 2006). This document will present an overview of private...

15 Jan 2009
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Towards a democratisation of the Middle-East?

Essay - 6 pages - Political science

The Middle East has traditionally been a region where democracy has never really managed to break through. The times of the caliphs had been replaced by a more or less violent period of colonisation. When the time for decolonisation finally came, most of the states -some more or...

15 Jan 2009
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During the Cold War, what role did oil play in driving western intervention to the Middle East?

Essay - 5 pages - Modern history

After the Second World War in 1945, a new world order came up: Western Europe had to recover from the damages the war caused, and the US and the Soviet Union were competing against each other for power in a Cold War period. During this era, lasting up to the collapse of the Soviet Union in...

17 Jun 2008
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Critically Examination of US policy toward the Middle East in the twentieth century

Essay - 6 pages - International relations

Throughout the course of its history, the United States has utilized its foreign policy objectives for the purposes of pursuing its own needs. Although the United States has, in rare instances, pursued foreign policy objectives for the purposes of altruistically improving outcomes for citizens in...

04 Nov 2008
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Religious belief and religious identity as separate forces in politics in the Middle East

Essay - 7 pages - Social, moral & civic education

In the debate over slavery that took place in America in the nineteenth century, apologists for both sides appealed to Christianity, the Union's dominant religion, to justify their respective cases. George Armstrong, in his 1857 book The Christian Doctrine of Slavery, stated that, “[I]t...

11 Feb 2008
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The situation of homosexuals in the Middle-East

Essay - 9 pages - Sociology & social sciences

Prejudice in the Muslim world has been present since the earliest of times, but homophobia in current terms has magnified in Islam since the 1800s. Throughout its history, Islam has been generally tolerant of homosexuals, despite verses in the Koran condemning homosexual activity. Like most...

03 Jun 2008
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The feminist movement in the Middle East in comparison to the feminist movement in the U.S

Thesis - 6 pages - Social, moral & civic education

The feminist movement in the United States began more than a century ago. Although it was not labeled as such until the late 1950s, a review of women's history in the United States reveals that women have long fought for social, economic and political parity. While the roots of the feminist...

05 Nov 2008
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In-depth Country-by-Country analysis of distance learning in the Middle East

Essay - 17 pages - Sociology & social sciences

In this context, underdeveloped countries such as those in the Middle East (i.e. The Arab States, Israel, Palestine, Iran, Turkey, Sudan and Egypt) must increasingly turn to distance learning as a means of broadening access to education for their populations. In 1981, fourteen of...

29 Jun 2008
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Examining issues of credible commitment from third parties in the Middle East and Aceh, Indonesia

Essay - 5 pages - International relations

There are universal aims for international intervention in conflict resolution that should be used as a guide by all third parties. Kimberly Maynard mentions some of these aims in her book, Healing Communities in Conflict: International Assistance in Complex Emergencies, addressing issues of...