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The Middle East Institute regularly publishes a variety of timely and crucial research and analysis on the modern Middle East. Our flagship publication, The Middle East Journal, has been the premier peer-reviewed scholarly journal on the modern Middle East since it began publication in 1947. We also publish a variety of web-only publications - Policy Briefs, Commentaries Viewpoints, and Encounters - that feature a vast range of perspectives on the history, culture, and future of the region.
 


 
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  Viewpoints

Afghanistan, 1979-2009: In the Grip of Conflict

The 53 essays contained in this edition revisit the tortured path that Afghanistan has followed over the past three decades. The essays, which are grouped under five subject headings, paint a revealing picture of Afghanistan’s complex social, political, and economic landscape...

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  Policy Briefs

Economic Peace in the West Bank and the Fayyad Plan: Are They Working?

Adam Robert Green

This Policy Brief asks whether the muted Palestinian economic revival can be deepened and sustained in the absence of a peace agreement with Israel or a unified Palestinian leadership.

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  Encounters

Trajectories of Change in Omani Poetry

by Mara Revkin

Driving down a thoroughfare studded with beauty parlors and cell phone stores, it’s hard to believe that less than 40 years ago... 

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  Commentaries

Building Trust Begins with Trust

By Wendy J. Chamberlin
The bipartisan Kerry Lugar Bill provides a multi-year, super-sized economic aid program to the people of Pakistan.  This is the right approach to improved US-Pakistan relations.   The majority of Pakistanis distrust the US because they believe we favor military dictators over civilian democrats and are quick to abandon promised economic aid programs once we have achieved our security goals.   

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Viewpoints Special Edition: The State of the Arts in the Middle East

 

Art unlocks the imagination, compels us to think, and reveals and emphasizes non-negotiable as well as inconvenient truths. The Middle East and North Africa are bursting with artistic production in literature and the visual and performing arts. The 17 short essays comprising this volume are intended as a sampling of the rich and diverse menu of artists and artistic products in the contemporary Middle East.


Viewpoints Special Edition: The Legacy of Camp David, 1979-2009

This edition’s collection of 21 original essays explores the road to the Egyptian-Israeli peace accord and offers various perspectives on the fruits and limitations of this agreement as well as the role of the United States in fostering peace and cooperation between Egypt and Israel. This special edition of MEI's prestigious web-based Viewpoints series also includes primary documents, maps, a chronology, negotiators’ biographies, photos, and a selected bibliography.

 
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