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Middle East Policy: July 2005
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Informing about Middle East policies, realities, and research from the democratization perspective. Muslim-American Scholars Issue Fatwa Condemning Terrorism. Dozens of Muslim-American organizations endorse the ruling. Washington File Staff Writer. Washington A group of top Muslim-American scholars issued a fatwa, or religious ruling, July 28 condemning all acts of terrorism and religious extremism as being fundamentally un-Islamic. The fatwa also cited the words of the Prophet Muhammad, who said, All cr...
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Middle East Policy: August 2005
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Informing about Middle East policies, realities, and research from the democratization perspective. The international comments on the Iraqi draft constitution. Britain's Blair Praises Completion of Iraqi Constitution Draft. Prime Minister urges participation in constitutional referendum in October. Following is the text of Blair's statement on the Iraqi constitution:. Begin text) Prime Minister's Office. 10 Downing Street 29. PM STATEMENT ON THE IRAQ CONSTITUTION. The United Kingdom will continue to supp...
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Middle East Policy: September 2005
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Informing about Middle East policies, realities, and research from the democratization perspective. A Transatlantic Front: United Against Iranian Nukes. International Herald Tribune, September 15, 2005. Philip H. Gordon. Director, Center on the U.S. and Europe. Charles Grant, Director, Center for European Reform. Last February, a group of European and American foreign policy experts issued the " Compact Between the United States and Europe. The European proposal, which had explicit support from the Unite...
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Middle East Policy: March 2006
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Informing about Middle East policies, realities, and research from the democratization perspective. The End of International Isolationism. Would the post-Cold War international system survive? Internal affair," the extremely important term in the international relations is subject to re-identifying because the internal situation is no longer just an internal concern and, thereby, an internal affair, it becomes an international concern too, especially after 9/11. The change has begun and it is real now...
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Middle East Policy: June 2005
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Informing about Middle East policies, realities, and research from the democratization perspective. Key Documents: CHALLENGES TO DEMOCRATIZATION IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND CENTRAL ASIA. Testimony by Michael Kozak, Acting Assistant Secretary Democracy, Human Rights and Labor Bureau Department of State. At a hearing entitled: 9/11 Recommendations Implementation Act Oversight, Part 1 - Oppressors vs. Reformers in the Middle East and Central Asia. May 4, 2005. As Secretary Rice said, We recognize that each count...
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Middle East Policy: October 2005
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Informing about Middle East policies, realities, and research from the democratization perspective. Middle East Dictators' System. That is a very important point must be considered in the Middle East policy-making process. The motives of Mubarak's Middle East recent initiative are understandable, but the nature of his initiative indicates that either he did not understand the significant changes in the Middle East and in the international input of the Middle East, or he does not want to understand them&#...
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Middle East Policy: November 2005
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Informing about Middle East policies, realities, and research from the democratization perspective. Middle East Reform: Saudi Arabia's Municipal Councils and Libya's Paradigm Shift. Here are two articles were included in The Arab Reform Bulletin, November 2005. On reform in Saudi Arabia and Libya:. Saudi Arabia: Municipal Councils and Political Reform. Jafar M. Al-Shayeb. Jafar Al-Shayeb is a Saudi writer and an elected member of the Qatif Municipal Council. Libya: Status Report on the Paradigm Shift.
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