The Role of Think Tanks in Influencing Policy-Making in Israel (*)
Abstract: This paper examines the emergence and role of research think…
Iraq’s Stunted Growth: Human and Economic Development in Perspective (*)
Abstract: This article studies Iraq's recent economic development. It…
The political economy of China–Arab relations: challenges and opportunities(*)
Abstract: Steady development of China–Arab economic…
Do elections lead to reform? Assessing the institutional limits of representative bodies in Bahrain, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia (*)
Abstract: Over the past decade, the states of the Arabian Peninsula have…
Vanishing point: the abatement of tradition and new architectural development in Baghdad's historic centers over the past century (*)
Abstract: This article gives an extensive, detailed historic overview of…
Repercussions of the economic reform policies on the urban poor in Egypt (*)
Abstract: As a result of empirical data gathered through sociological surveys,…
Crucial challenges to global and oil-rentier economies (*)
Abstract: This article highlights the limitation of the traditional…
Islamist political movements in Yemen(*)
Abstract: This article presents an overview of Yemeni society before…
Youth and the revolution in Egypt: what kinship tells us (*)
Abstract: Studies of youth in Arab societies have tended to posit and…
Female labour participation and pay equity in Arab countries: commonalities and differences (*)
Abstract: While there is a common belief that female labour indicators…