MERIA LINKS PAGE

Developed by Barry Rubin
Updating and research by Lawrence Joffe and Cameron Brown


Guidelines

This link list is specifically designed to be useful for researchers on contemporary Middle East issues. It is intended as a selective--not an all-inclusive--guide, including only the most useful or interesting sites. The goal is to save researchers time and to help them find the places which furnish the most data in the shortest period of time. A huge number of additional sites, of course, can be reached through the links of those listed here.

To qualify, sites must have significant Middle East content and orientation. Sites with significant material in English are given preference though, of course, these provide links to materials in Arabic, French, Hebrew, Turkish, Persian, and other languages. Sites which are frequently updated--if relevant--are preferred. Sites are preferred if they contain actual texts rather than just lists of staff members and publications. Individual homepages are only included as sources of non-redundant links. In many cases, if a specific site is not listed separately, that is because it is easily available on a related and listed link page.

Inclusion in this link page does not signify support for the views or goals of any group, nor does exclusion imply the opposite. In case of overlapping sites, the one offering the greater amount of material and links is preferred. If you have an additional link to propose, a broken link to report, or other suggestions, please write <besa@mail.biu.ac.il>.

We request linked sites to establish a link with the MERIA homepage. Please report changed or broken links. Thanks to Lawrence Joffe and Cameron Brown for research assistance.

For more links on specific topics, we also highly recommend MERIA's Reserach Guides.


TABLE OF CONTENTS

I. GENERAL

  1. SELECTED LINK SITES (General)
  2. NEWS SOURCES AND JOURNALS
  3. FACT-CHECKING
  4. BIBLIOGRAPHIES

II. SPECIFIC COUNTRIES
(Sites are classified according to research orientation and not necessarily based on location)

  1. ALGERIA
  2. BAHRAIN
  3. EGYPT
  4. IRAN
  5. IRAQ
  6. ISRAEL
  7. JORDAN
  8. KUWAIT
  9. LEBANON
  10. LIBYA
  11. MAURITANIA
  12. MOROCCO
  13. OMAN
  14. PALESTINIANS
  15. QATAR
  16. SAUDI ARABIA
  17. SUDAN
  18. SYRIA
  19. TUNISIA
  20. TURKEY
  21. UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
  22. YEMEN

III. GOVERNMENTS, INSTITUTIONS, AND RESEARCH CENTERS OUTSIDE THE MIDDLE EAST

  1. Europe and Asia
  2. North America

IV. SELECTED TOPICS

  1. Arms and defense issues
  2. Peace process and peacemaking
  3. Culture
  4. Economics
  5. Water
  6. Women
  7. Human Rights 
  8. Migration 
  9. Central Asia
  10. Kurds

* Sites that MERIA finds to be especially useful are marked with an asterisk.

I. GENERAL  

A. SELECTED LINK SITES (General)

*Gulf/2000 public web site
Recommended site with a wide range of materials about the Gulf 

*Arab.net -- Site Directory
Includes database as well as links for each country

Hejleh
Background and links to educational, economic, and media sites for countries of the region

International Directory of Middle Scholars
A large, searchable list of experts with addresses and areas of research

Middle East Political Resources on the Net
From Italy, good listings especially of opposition groups

*Middle East North Africa Internet Resource Guide
University of Utah

100 Portes du Proche-orient
French-language link directory

"The Web of True Blue's Middle-Eastern and Arab Resources"
Comprehensive, well-organized by topic

Al Bawaba (The Gateway)
Website covering the Middle East and North Africa 

Directory of the Arab World 

Mideast Web

 

B. NEWS SOURCES

International coverage of the Middle East (each link goes directly to the Middle East section where available)

International Herald Tribune (IHT)

Washington Post

New York Times (NYT)

Associated Press (AP) via NYT

Reuters via NYT

ABC newswire

Financial Times 
Includes country surveys

Le Monde (English version available)

The Economist

Cable News Network (CNN)

British Broadcasting Company (BBC)

IntelWeb, Jane's Intelligence Watch Report site
Information and press clips by country

Mideastnews.com

NBC television 

The Oil Navigator website
Specialized news items on oil market

YaleGlobal

Specialized coverage of the Middle East

Arabic News

Arabia.Com 

Al-Bab

Arabic Electronic Mail Journal
London Based Journal supporting Middle East peace, freedom of the press and Human rights 

Kol Israel 
Links to news services throughout the region.

Middle East Times 

Middle East News Online

Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty 
Regional and country specific news for all of the former Soviet Republics.  

Middle East Broadcasting, from London. Arabic version  

Middle East Newsline 

*Arab Internet Directory Media list
Perhaps the best source for Arab newspapers

Radio Bergen Middle East

MidEast Dispatch
Daily newsletter with specialized sections

Middle East Mirror Web
Extremely useful but expensive daily, analysis/translation

University of Texas Middle East Studies media links

*Arab World Maillists and News Groups
The Oman Studies Center excellent links to publications

Al-Wafd newspaper (in Arabic) 

Middle East News stories by Prof. Charles Lipson (University of Chicago)

Journals

Middle East Economic Survey
Weekly newsletter, archives

Middle East Journal
Table of contents, abstracts, and one article from each issue

Middle Eastern Studies
Respected quarterly focusing on modern history

Middle East Co-operation Newsletter
Search for Common Ground quarterly meetings, research, grants

Middle East Studies Association (MESA) Bulletin
Index reviews, articles, edited books

The Journal Middle East Policy 

Les Cahiers de l'Orient
Main French-language scholarly journal, with special theme issues

Journal of Arabic and Islamic Studies 

Renaissance
Monthly Islamic journal 

The Eurasian Politician 
Online journal covering Europe and Asia

WorldViews Middle East

The International Politics Journal (Al-Siyassa Al-Dawliya) 

 

Country Specific

Turkey

Turk Haber

Hurriyet

Sabah

Milliyet

Cumhuriyet

Yeni Yuzyil

Turkiye

Turkish Daily News

Turkpulse

Independent newspaper of Kosova Turks (in Turkish): 

Syria

Tishreen  

Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA)

Lebanon

Daily Star

Beirut Times  

Israel

Jerusalem Post

Ha’aretz in English or Hebrew

Globes (financial daily)      

Kol Israel 
Links to news services throughout the region.

Yediot Ahronot
Largest Hebrew Daily, includes breaking news 

Ma'ariv
Hebrew Daily

Jerusalem Report
Fortnightly magazine in English

Palestine

Palestine Chronicle

Jerusalem Times

Palestine Times

Palestine Report

Jordan

Jordan Times

The Star, a weekly journal  

Egypt

Al-Ahram Weekly

Cairo Times  

Saudi Arabia

Al Hayat

Bahrain

Bahrain Tribune 

Bahrain Post

Gulf Daily News

United Arab Emirates

Gulf News 

News of the Gulf  

Qatar

Gulf Times  

Kuwait

Kuwait Times 

Oman

Times of Oman

Oman observer

Oman News Agency

Yemen

Yemen Times

Iran

Tehran Times

Salam Iran
Links to newspapers in English and Persian

Afarinesh Daily

Entekhab Daily (conservative). 

The Iranian 
Daily newspaper 

Iran Daily   

Excerpts from the latest Iran Press Analysis (IPA)

Libya

Al-Sidra  

Tunisia

Tunisia on-line  

Algeria

El-Watan

El-Moudjahid 

Horizons

Morroco

Morocco Today

Al-Jarida Al-Maghribia   

Sudan

Sudan News Agency

Sudan Home Page  

Pakistan

Pakistan Today

Dawn

Frontier Post

The International News

Pakistan Observer

Armenia

The Armenian Weekly

Kazakhstan

The Almaty Herald   

Uzbekistan

Internews Uzbekistan

UzReport

Kyrgyzstan

The Times of Central Asia

Azerbaijan

ANS Media Group   

Azerbaijan International   

 

C. FACT-CHECKING

Encyclopaedia of the Orient
Short articles on huge range of topics interlinked, quality varies

MERIA Research Guide "Web Guide to Maps of the Middle East"

*The CIA's World Factbook
Detailed facts and statistics by country

*Chief of State and Cabinet Members
By country

US State Dept Background Notes: Middle East and North Africa
Fact sheets

Election Resources on the Internet 

Virtual Library Middle East / North Africa Project

Ariga 
Collection of documents on the Arab-Israeli conflict

Encylopaedia Britannica Primer on the Arab-Israeli Conflict 

D. BIBLIOGRAPHIES

*Bibliographies on Middle East
Extraordinarily useful dozens of choices by country and subject including Algeria, democratization, economic integration, Kurds, reference sources, Turkey, World of Islam reference guide.

Jewishnet - Libraries
Links to Hebrew materials and Israeli research libraries

Libraries with MidEast Collections
Excellent comprehensive overview of university libraries

Zionist Library
Contains the full text for most of the important Zionist writings

MERIA bibliography on water issues

MERIA Research Guides on Jerusalem, Syria-Israel Negotiations, and Militaries 

MidEast Web's bibliography of the Palestine-Israel conflict


II. SPECIFIC COUNTRIES

A. ALGERIA

Algeria via Arab Net
A range of basic facts about Algeria

*Algeria: a bibliography of events since 1991
Compiled by Ali Houissa, of Cornell University

*Algeria, index on Africa
Collection of links, articles, material on culture and economy

Islamic Front for Salvation (FIS)
Algerian Islamist opposition group

Algeria information page 
Includes maps, articles and related topics, organizations and news groups and mailing lists

Law Library of Congress - entry for Algeria

Media

El-Watan

El-Moudjahid 

Horizons

 

B. BAHRAIN

Bahrain links via Political Resources on the Net
Articles and key links, including opposition movements

Bahrain via Arab Net
A range of basic facts about Bahrain

Guide to Bahrain 
Including Government and Politics

Law Library of Congress - entry for Bahrain

Media

Bahrain Tribune 

Bahrain Post

Gulf Daily News

 

C. EGYPT

Government

Parliament
Members, constitution

President's Office
Speeches, news conferences and activities

State Information Service
Cairo press review, yearbook

Centers and Journals

al-Ahram Center for Political and Strategic Studies
Report, books monographs

Civil Society
Monthly newsletter on democracy and civil society in the Arab world

Egyptian Human Rights Organization
Issues and specific cases

Egyptian University Network Home Page
A variety of academic news and sites

Egypt Magazine from SIS 

Media

Al-Ahram Weekly

Cairo Times

Cairo Press Review
Summary of Egyptian press

Other

Law Library of Congress - Egypt 

Copts.com
Site on Egyptian Copts

Christian Coptic Orthodox Church of Egypt 

Coptic Network

Egy.Com
Site dealing with Cairo's history and culture

 

D. IRAN

Government

Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs

President of Iran
Includes speeches, list of cabinet, news, and president's stand on numerous issues

Media

Tehran Times

Salam Iran
Links to newspapers in English and Persian

Afarinesh Daily

Entekhab Daily (conservative). 

The Iranian 
Daily newspaper 

Iran Daily   

Excerpts from the latest Iran Press Analysis (IPA)

Other

*Institute for Political and International Studies (IPIS)
Events, journals, government policies

Society for Iranian Studies

Iran Teachers Association
Directory of experts

Search for Common Ground (SFCG) with Iran

Foundation for Iranian Studies
A very extensive site focusing on cultural and social issues

Law Library of Congress - Iran

Iran via Political Resources on the Net
Especially good on opposition groups

*Net Iran
Good information on politics and media links

Avizhegan 
Historical / geographical Iranian site (in French)

 

E. IRAQ

United Nations Iraq-Kuwait Observer Mission (UNIKOM)
Detailed fact sheet

Iraq Foundation
News of Iraq, opposition groups, UN resolutions

"al-Mutammar" 
Weekly from the Iraqi National Congress

Iraq report from Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty's Iraq Service

Iraq Research and Documentation Project (IRDP)

Law Library of Congress - Iraq

 

F. ISRAEL

Government Sites

State of Israel Government Gateway

*Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Excellent site for documents on peace process, factbook

Israeli Prime Minister homepage
Official policy statements

Israel Defense Forces
Official site of Israel's military

Israeli Knesset (English Version)
Israel's parliament

Central Bureau of Statistics
Economic, census data, statistical abstract

Zionism: The First One-Hundred Years
Historical narrative, timeline/reading list

Embassy of Israel, Washington, D.C.

The National Photo Collection

Media

Daily News

*Ha'aretz English or Hebrew editions
Israeli newspaper with archive and breaking news

*Jerusalem Post
English language daily newspaper, includes archive and breaking news

*Globes business magazine
Daily coverage of economic issues with archive

Yediot Ahronot
Largest Hebrew Daily, includes breaking news 

Ma'ariv
Hebrew Daily

Kol Israel (Voice of Israel)
Radio with links to news services throughout the region.

Jewish Students On-Line Research Center (J-SOURCE)
News, background information

"Behind the News

Tzemach News Service

Journals

Jerusalem Report
Fortnightly magazine in English

Israel Affairs
Quarterly journal focusing on contemporary Israel

Israel Insider
News and opinion pieces by rightwing, leftwing, religious and secular authors 

Israel Internet News Service
Daily free email publication with archives

Israel Studies
Contents of quarterly journal

*U.S. Information Service in Israel
Includes current magazine articles and U.S. government positions

Jerusalem Quarterly

Research Centers/Scholarly Organizations

*Begin-Sadat (BESA) Center for Strategic Studies
Thinktank on regional strategic and political issues

Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies
Project researchers events, publications and access to computerized database.

Association for Israel Studies
Academic group for research on Israel

The Leonard Davis Institute for International Relations (Hebrew University)

Haifa University Middle East History Department
Links to newspapers and Islamic studies sour

Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies
Thinktank on strategic issues

Israel/Palestine Center for Research and Information (IPCRI)
Joint Israel-Palestinian group, economics and development

The Dinur Center for Research for Research in Jewish History

Steinmetz Center polls
Assessing the mood of Israelis 

Searching Aids
*The (almost) Complete Guide to WWW in Israel
See especially: news, politics, government, peace

Ariga: Peace Links: Israelis, Jewish, Zionist
Includes speeches, documents

Neil Lazarus Educational Services
Good introductory essays on key issues, documents, database

Other

Zionist Library
Contains the full text for most of the important Zionist writings

University of Wuerzburg, Germany, Index to Israel's Basic (Constitutional) Laws 

Law Library of Congress - Israel 

Hebron Jewish Community

Amana - settlement body for Gush Emunim

Givat Haviva

Sephardi Connection 

 

G. JORDAN

Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
List of groups, newspapers, and other sites

National Assembly (Maglis Al-Umah)  

Embassy of Jordan, Washington, D.C.

Jordan National Information System

The Jordan Institute of Diplomacy

Media

Jordan Times

Jordan on line
Roundup of news from Jordan, political, cultural and business

Jordan Star
Weekly online news with archive

Petra News Agency
News summaries and articles


H. KUWAIT

Kuwait via Political Resources on the Net
Links to government, press, and educational sites

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kuwait 

The Kuwait Information Office, Washington DC, 
Includes Current Issues, Newsroom, FAQs, Factsheets, The Gulf War POWs, Scholars Corner

Kuwaiti National Assembly

History of the Kuwait-Iraq Border Dispute 

Kuwait National Petroleum Company

MERIA Research Guide on Kuwait

Media

Kuwait Times 

Al-Seyassah

Al-Watan

Al-Qabas

 

I. LEBANON

Government Sites

President of Lebanon

Lebanese Parliament
Still under development, government links

Lebanese election website

Lebanese MPs by district
Includes biographies

National News Agency of Lebanon 

Future TV

Revue du Liban
Lebanese weekly newsmagazine 

Al-Anwar newspaper
News, wire service items, from both local and international sources

*IDREL
Good links, ShuFiMaFi newsletter, business and political news

Think Tanks and Information Resources

Lebanese Center for Policy Studies
Research topics and publications

Center for Arab & Middle Eastern Studies
American University of Beirut (CAMES)

MIRSAD (Multi-Initiative on Rights: Search, Assist & Defend)
Independent human rights NGO in Lebanon

Lebanese Forces
Maronite nationalists, publication, documents

MERIA Research Guide on Lebanon

Other

UN and Lebanonese site on South Lebanon

United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL)
Fact sheet

Free Lebanon
Lebanese Nationalist Site

Lebanese Supreme Council (Shi'ite) site

Sayyid Hussain Fadlallah Bayynat homepage
Spiritual guide of Hizbollah

 

J. LIBYA

Libya government site
Qadhafi's writings

*Libya, index on Africa
Collection of links, articles, material on culture and economy

K. MAURITANIA

Mauritania
Arab Net, links

*Mauritania, index on Africa
Collection of links, articles, material on culture and economy

 

L. MOROCCO

*Morocco, index on Africa
Collection of links, articles, material on culture and economy

Welcome to Morocco
Selection of addresses for key groups and facts on government

Western Sahara, background briefing
British Foreign Office, issue backgrounder

Media

Morocco Today
English language Moroccan newspaper online

Al-Jarida Al-Maghribia     

 

M. OMAN

Ministry of Information

*Oman Studies Center
Very well-organized and includes experts list

Media

Times of Oman

Oman observer

Oman News Agency

 

N. PALESTINIANS

Palestinian Authority sites

Palestinian National Authority
Official site: statements, speeches, press summaries

Palestinian Ministry of Information

Palestine Liberation Organization

Office of the President

*Palestinian National Authority Central Bureau of Statistics
Official site, laws and statistics.

Palestinian Development InfoNet
Economic reports, PA directory, aid, discussion list, Palestine Economic Forum, Palestine Economic Pulse

The Palestinian Initiative for the Promotion of Democracy and Global Dialogue (MIFTAH) 

Negotiations Affairs Department 

Palestine Net 

Palestinian Legislative Council

Parliamentary Horizons
Bi-monthly newsletter about the Palestinian Legislative Council

The Palestine mission in the UN 

Who's Who at the PNA (PNA Information Ministry)
Lists/contact data, ministers/Assembly members

Searching Aids

PA's link list 

"Guide de Palestine sur web" (in French)

Links to Palestinian organizations and bios of major political figures

Internet Resources on Hamas

Think Tanks

Jerusalem Media & Communication Centre (JMCC)

*Center for Palestine Research and Studies (CPRS) 
Conducts opinion polls among Palestinians

*Israel/Palestine Center for Research and Information (IPCRI)

Applied Research Institute-Jerusalem (ARIJ)
Water and environment, settlements

Arab Studies Society
Jerusalem, land issues

Baraka
Descriptions, factsheets and contacts for research and non-government organizations

Institute for Palestine Studies
Washington-based, publications lists 

Israel/Palestine Center for Research and Information (IPCRI)
Joint Israel-Palestinian group, economics and development

Khalil Sakakini Cultural Center
Cultural issues: activities, exhibits, bibliography, poetry

Passia
Publications and activities

Palestinian Information Center
Hamas site including documents, press releases 

Palestine Economic Forum (PalEcon)

Palestinian Refugee ResearchNet

Badil Resource Center

Citizen's Rights Center

Amnesty International Palestine site (In Arabic)

UNSCO
Economic data, quarterly UN reports, NGO directory

YAP (Young Arab Programme)

 

Media

Palestine Chronicle

Jerusalem Times

Palestine Times

Palestine Report

Gaza News

Palestine's State Information Service (Arabic or English)

Daoud Kuttab website
Good links, Kuttab's articles on peace process, human rights in PA

O. QATAR

Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Ministry of Endowments (Awqaf) & Islamic Affairs 

Highlights on Qatar

Gulf Times

News on Qatar
Qatar news

Al Jazeera Satelite TV station

 

P. SAUDI ARABIA

Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Majlis Al Shura (Consultative Council)

Governmental, business, and philanthropic links

The Saudi Government Directory (ministries, agencies, offices abroad)

Links to various Saudi institutions

Saudi Arabian Information Service

Saudi Press Agency (Arabic or English)

Al Hayat

Q. SUDAN

Embassy of the Republic of the Sudan in Washington, D.C.

Umma Party

Sudan Home Page

Sudan News Agency

Sudan Foundation

 

R. SYRIA

Syria Ministry of Information

Syria-Net
Email newsletter plus good links to other Syria-related sites

Syria Online

Syrian news agency, SANA

Tishreen

MERIA Research Guide on Syria under Bashar al-Asad 

S. TUNISIA

Center for Maghreb Studies in Tunis (CEMAT)
Information for visiting researchers and on libraries

*Tunisia, index on Africa
Collection of links, articles, material on culture and economy

Tunisia and the World
Detialed survey of Tunisian foreign policy

Tunisia on Arabnet
Profile and links

 

T. TURKEY

Government 

The President's Office

The Prime Minister's Office, Directorate General of Press and Information and the State Planning Organization

Turkish Grand National Assembly

Turkish Foreign Ministry
News, speeches, documents, agreements

Turkish Embassy in Washington D.C.

Turkish Embassy in Israel

Demokratik Sol Parti (DSP - Democratic Left Party, social-democratic) 

Anavatan Partisi (ANAP) (Motherland Party) 

Dogru Yol Partisi (DYP - True Path Party) 

Cumhuriyetci Halk Partisi (CHP - Republican People's Party) 

Milliyetci Hareket Partisi (MHP - Nationalist Movement Party) 

Political Parties
Links to sites for a large variety of parties

The Ari Movement 

Pointers to Politicians in Turkey 

Media

Turkish Daily News

Turkey Update
Weekly roundup of news about Turkey

TRT-Avrasya-Turkiye'den (From Turkey) website 
Includes in Turkish, English and Russian material from the weekly TV program "Turkiye'den"

Turk Haber

Hurriyet

Sabah

Milliyet

Cumhuriyet

Turkiye

Turkpulse

Other

MERIA Research Guide on Turkey

Bilkent University
Includes excellent links to other Turkish sites

Turkey on True Blue web
Links list

Eurasia Strategic Studies Center-ASAM (in Turkish)

 

U. UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

Government

Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid al Maktoum, the Crown Prince of Dubai and Defence Minister of UAE

Ministry of Planning

United Arab Emirates Federal National Council 

Think Tanks and Information Resources

Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research
Focuses on economic issues

UAE On-Line
Good link selection

Abu Musa.com
Information and varied viewpoints regarding the islands of Abu Musa and Tunbs 

Media

Gulf News 

News of the Gulf  

Gulf States Newsletter (UK-based)

Emirates News Agency

 

V. YEMEN

General People's Congress
Yemen's parliament, elections, and factsheets

MERIA Research Guide on Yemen

Yemen Times

French Centre for Yemeni Studies

American Institute for Yemeni Studies (AIYS)

Yemen on the Internet
Comprehensive link list


III. GOVERNMENTS, INSTITUTIONS, AND RESEARCH CENTERS OUTSIDE THE MIDDLE EAST

A. Europe and Asia

Governmental Institutions

United Nations: Question of Palestine

The European Union and the Peace Process

British Foreign Office
Includes speeches and position papers on Middle East

European Commission's page on Euro-Med partnership
Mediterranean issues

Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Japan's Middle East policy

Research Centers

European Association of Middle Eastern Studies
List of many affiliated groups

Institut du Monde Arabe
Arab World Institute, Paris, French cultural-oriented site

*International Relations and Security Network (ISN)
Swiss, excellent, well-organized links

*Nordic Society for Middle Eastern Studies
University of Bergen, monthly bulletin, best conference list on the web

The Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies

*Research Institute for European and American Studies - RIES (Athens)
Innovative young scholars group, paper series, Mediterranean issues

Royal Institute of International Affairs
List of meetings, publications list, briefing papers texts

Center for Defense & International Security Studies
Lancaster University, studies on region; Missile News

Center for Islamic and Middle Eastern Law
SOAS, London, materials on net, books and lectures

Centre for Middle Eastern & Central Asian Studies
Australian National University

Durham University Center for Middle East and Islamic Studies
Publication list; online library catalog; well-annotated links

French Centre for Yemeni Studies

American Institute for Yemeni Studies (AIYS) 

Bulgarian Center for Middle East Studies

CERI - (French) Centre for International Research & Studies

Institut de Recherche sur le maghreb Contemporain

International Eurasian Institute for Economic and Political Research
Research on Central Asian States of the former Soviet Union  

The London- and Gulf-based Gulf Centre for Strategic Studies (GCSS)

B. North America

Governmental Institutions

MERIA's comprehensive Research Guide "Internet Resources on U.S. Foreign Policy" lists websites for all US government agencies that deal with foreign policy in the Middle East.

Central Intelligence Agency
Maps, factbook, heads of state and cabinet members, Persian Gulf war task force

Government INFOMINE
University of Southern California index of U.S. government publications

I.C.R.J 
L’Institut canadien de recherches sur le judaïsme (I.C.R.J.), situé à Montréal, est un groupe indépendant formé d’universitaires dédiés à la recherche et à la diffusion d’informations sur Israël, le Judaïsme et le Moyen-Orient.   

Middle East Peace Process
State Department official positions

*U.S. State Department: Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs
Speeches, policy statements, background notes

US State Department Reports on Human Rights, Patterns of Global Terrorism 

The U.S. Department of Energy, Country Analysis Briefs for the Middle East 

The World Bank site, MENA division

Department of Commerce's Middle East Business Page

Research Centers

*Washington Institute for Near East Policy
Includes publications and the PeaceWatch / PolicyWatch Series

Carnegie Commission on Preventing Deadly Conflict
Publishes several studies on Middle East issues

Center for Middle Eastern Studies, University of Arizona

Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Univ. of California, Berkeley

Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard

Council on Middle East Studies, Yale Graduate School

UCLA Centre for Near East Studies

The Institute of Turkish Studies 
Georgetown University

The Center for Contemporary Arab Studies
Georgetown University

Institute for Islamic-Judaic Studies
Group on comparative studies

Inter-university Consortium for Arab Studies (Canada)
Palestinian refugees, NGO, development and UNSCO, and publications

Middle East Institute

United Nations Documents
Includes research guide with UN documents

University of Texas - Middle East Studies website

Washington Kurdish Institute
Links, history, Kurdistan Observer newsletter

The Central Asia-Cacusus Institute
Johns Hopkins University

The Harvard Forum for Central Asian Studies

The Near East - South Asia Center for Strategic Studies 
National Defense University, Washington, D.C.

Center for Nonproliferation Studies
Monterey Institute of International Studies 

Free Media 
Reports on press freedom in all Middle East countries

The National Democratic Institute's section on the Middle East and North Africa 

The Institute of Druze Studies (IDS)
San Diego State University (SDSU)

Middle East Policy Council

Federation of American Scientists 
includes information on the Iran-Iraq War (1980-1988), The Iraq Crisis, Iraq's WMD program


IV. SELECTED TOPICS

A. Arms and Defense Issues

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 

C. Culture

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

D. Economics

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

NUSACC

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

E. Water and Environment

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

F. Women

*Women's International Net (WIN) Magazine
Monthly, free via email, extensive coverage of Middle East women

G. Human Rights

Amnesty International
Annual reports and other resources on every country.

Human Rights Watch 

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) 

Ad-Dameer 

Palestinian Center for Human Rights 

Al Haq

H. Migration 

Forced Migration Review
Journal of the Refugee Studies Center, University of Oxford 

Palestinian Refugee ResearchNet

I. Central Asia

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

J. Kurds

MERIA Research Guide on the Kurds

Latest News concerning Kurds

Finland’s Swedish University Kurdish links

Kurdish Institute publications

 

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