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MERIA
LINKS PAGE
Updating and research by Lawrence Joffe and Cameron Brown
MERIA Research Guides on Middle Eastern Militaries
Center for Nonproliferation Studies
Monterey Institute of International Studies
The International Center for Counterterrorist Policy
Comprehensive database on terrorism, acts, groups, and sponsors.
Jaffee Center links to strategic studies' sites
Jane's Information Group
Publications on military issues
*Loyola Homepage on Strategic Intelligence
One of the best link lists on intelligence issues
*SIPRI
Sweden, leading strategic research center
*War, Peace and Security Guide
Canadian Forces College. Superb. Includes: armies by country, conflict guides, international relations, journals and documents
US Defense Linkpages
Structure, weapons, news reports,
B. Peace Process and Peacemaking
Arab-Israeli Conflict
Ray Tanter's list of guides, links and documents for use in courses
Ariga: Peace Links: Arabs, Muslims, Palestinians
An eclectic mix but see especially *Arab Countries WWW sites
*Mideast Peace Process
Guide to the Mideast Peace Process and reference documents
Multilateral Negotiations
Guide to Israel-Arab state talks on environment, refugee, arms control, water, development
Middle East Multilateral Negotiations
University of California at San Diego Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation, texts and links
"Jewish-Palestinian Encounter"
Includes large database
for Middle East-related topics
Megastories page on the Mideast
Site on final status issues from Anti-Defamation League
United States Institute of Peace
Library
Israel/PLO Peace Agreements Digital Collection
Iranian Cultural Information Center
Art, literature, poetry, news
Kurdish Information Network
Pro-Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK)
*Al-Mashriq
Superb and huge link list with many texts on Arab culture
Maghreb Net
SUNY-Binghamton doorway to Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria, and Arab mailing lists and sites
Tamazgha
Berber culture
AME Info
Middle East business information, covering the region with business and
financial news, directory service and events in both English and Arabic.
Economic Cooperation & Integration
in the Middle East
Literature survey, Center for International Studies, U. Toronto
*MENAnet
Home of the MENA economic summit organization, excellent site for economic data, documents, and links
Middle East Business Page
U.S. State Department commercial guide, good economic summaries
Privatization in the Middle East and North Africa
*Energy Information Administration site
Production, income, exploration in Middle East countries
*State Department Country Reports on Economics
Data on all aspects of countries' economies and trade
Middle East Water Information Network
Organization, links to other water issue pages, experts directory
Regional Environmental Co-operation and Development Options
Israeli government 1995 paper on regional problems and projects
Stephan Libiszewski 1995: Water Disputes in the Jordan Basin
Full-length paper with detailed analysis
Water Issues Report from SOAS (UK)
Database, database, publication, research paper
*Women's International Net (WIN) Magazine
Monthly, free via email, extensive coverage of Middle East women
Amnesty
International
Annual reports and other resources on every country.
The
Committee to Protect Journalists, section on Middle
East
Monitors
abuses against the press
University
of Minnesota's Human Rights Library
Comprehensive compellation of human rights documents and human rights
organizations
Indigenous Organizations
B’tselem
Monitors Israeli human rights
abuses of Palestinians
The Palestinian Human Rights Monitoring Group (PHRMG)
The
Palestinian Independent Commission for Citizens' Rights (PICCR)
Palestinian national human rights institution established in 1993 by Yasir
Arafat
Adalah:
The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel
The Comite pour le Respect des Libertes et des Droits de l Homme en Tunisie
Kurdish
Human Rights Project
Deals with the Kurdish regions of Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey and the former
Soviet Union
Mazlumder
Turkish human rights organization
The Egyptian Organization for Human Rights (EOHR)
Palestinian Center for Human Rights
Forced Migration Review
Journal of the Refugee Studies Center, University of Oxford
Palestinian Refugee ResearchNet
MERIA Research Guide on Armenia
The Central Asia-Cacusus Institute
Johns Hopkins University
The Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst
The Central Asia-Cacusus Institute's biweekly briefing
Center for Economic Research
Contains policy papers, reports, and statistics
The Harvard Forum for Central Asian Studies
Central Asian Studies World Wide (CASWW)
Comprehensive reference resource from the Forum for Central Asian Studies
Ertan Efegil's website
Contains information on Central Asia including country reports
MERIA Research Guide on the Kurds
Finland’s
Swedish University Kurdish links
Kurdish Institute publications