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Showing 1 to 20 of 20 for “"Arab states"”.
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West German foreign policy towards the Arab states, 1967-1979: history of a disappointment
… are relations between West Germany and the Arab states after 1945. The thesis addresses this gap by providing original research, based primarily on archival material, on West German foreign policy towards the Arab states during the Cold War. It shows how, during the 1970s, West Germany …
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International Relations Theories and International Organizations: Realism, Constructivism, and Collective Security in the League of Arab States
… aggression against another member. I used the Arab League's responses to the Iraq-Kuwait crises in 1961 and 1990 as case studies. These cases are especially appropriate for testing necessary conditions because they are the only cases in which the Arab League invoked its collective security …
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Ballistic Missile and Insurgency Threats to Israel: Effects on Security Posture and Implications For Nuclear Weapons
… the fact that Israel's ability to deter an Arab attack may be declining. Although it has not been engaged in a high-intensity war of survival for nearly twenty-five years, a combination of insurgency related terrorism and the augmenting of Arab arsenals with ballistic missiles armed with …
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The projected Arab Court of Justice: a study to its draft statute and rules, with specific reference to the International Court of Justice and principles of Islamic Shariah
The present thesis deals with the projected Arab Court of Justice (ACJ) as a regional court, expected to be created within the League of Arab States system. Chapter one deals mainly with the basic structure of the League of Arab States itself, its membership, its organs, the settlement of disputes, …
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Multinational corporations in the Arab world with particular reference to the contribution of industrial joint ventures to development in the Gulf region
… the role of Multinational Corporations in the Arab World. Its main hypothesis is that the Multinationals today represent a permanent feature as the major world-wide source of modern technology. As such, the Arab countries will continue relying, into the foreseeable future, upon technology …
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Neoliberal Modernizers: The American Friends of the Middle East and Its Subversion of Arab Nationalism, 1951-67
… analyzes its activities and interactions with Arab states, particularly Egypt, during the early Cold War era. The AFME was committed to an agenda of neoliberal modernization. Its operations aimed to improve the political, economic, and cultural conditions of the Middle East via integration into …
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The Strategic Importance of Africa to Arab National Security From the Perspective of Libyan Foreign Policy
… the perception of Libyan policy-makers towards Arab National Security since the 1969 Revolution. Also this study proves a link between Libyan foreign policy towards African and Arab national security. This perception has resulted in creating an in-depth strategy incorporating Africa. The study …
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The social base of divide-and-rule : left-Islamist opposition alliances in North Africa’s Arab Spring
… collapsed on the national-level. Why do these Arab states, despite their similar culture, demography, and French colonial heritage, have such different histories of left-Islamist alliances? Using a multi-method approach, including over 100 Arabic field interviews and an original dataset, this …
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A Study of Developing Secondary Industry In the Arab World Based on Joint-Venture Between Kuwait and Morocco
… of surplus capital from the oil producing Arab Gulf States has allowed joint ventures to become an economic reality and important Arab World phenomenon. Using appropriate methodology, projections have been made of population growth, petrochemical production levels and per capita income with …
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Islam, Modernity, and the Liminal Space Between: A Vertical Case Study of the Institute of Traditional Islamic Art and Architecture, Amman, Jordan
… founding of the Institute within the context of Arab and Jordanian higher education, the role of traditional Islamic philosophy in the function of the Institute, and the role of the anthropological concept of liminality in the clarification of students' values during the academic program.</p> …
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The Golden Lariat : explaining American aid to Israel
… of a pro-Israel domestic lobby in the United States, but also that it had to do with Cold War containment, common values, or precedent. It was ultimately concluded that the domestic lobby hypothesis could not account for American support, since the level of that support correlated negatively …
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The development and structure of Libyan television broadcasting, 1968-1995
Libya, as one of the main Arab States, was once inhabited by Arab Bedouins and farmers. It was a poor country and experienced underdeveloped economic, political and social circumstances. It is a country which, until the discovery of petroleum in the 1960s, developed slowly over centuries because it …
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Contradictions in the Arab media: The case of Arabsat
… of their media infrastructure, most of the Arab countries are spending millions of dollars on US and Western contracts. Regarded as one of the fastest growing and dynamic markets for media technologies in the world, the region may lack a clear media policy as a guideline to shed light upon …
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Playing favorites : Washington's meddling for peace in the politics of Israel and the Palestinian Authority
… topic focuses on occurrence: when are sender states likely to engage in this behavior, and when are they less likely to do so? The second topic focuses on efficacy: when does this policy help achieve the sender state's objectives, and when does it fail? This project seeks to answer these …
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A Global Education Transition: Computer Simulation of Alternative Paths to Universal Basic Education
… countries showed when they were at a comparable stage of development. However, some of the developing regions will still be far away from universal participation or gender parity in primary and lower secondary, largely due to the low initial condition in these regions.</p> <p>Forecasts …
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Security cooperation as a way to stop the spread of nuclear weapons? : Nuclear nonproliferation policies of the United States towards the Federal Republic of Germany and Israel, 1945-1968
… Nuclear Nonproliferation Policies of the United States towards the Federal Republic of Germany and Israel, 1945-1968', I study the use of security assistance as nonproliferation policy. I use insights of the Structural Realist and the Rational Institutionalist theories of International Relations …
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Islamic ceramic ornamentation and process: proposals for a new aesthetic vocabulary in contemporary architectural embellishment within kuwait
… architectural developments occurring in the Arab states. The building revolution in the Gulf countries has dramatically increased momentum since the onset of the ‗oil economy‘, echoing the phenomena of globalization. This research project explores these concerns, discussing the erosion of …
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Socioeconomic factors and hypertension in Al-Ain, UAE
The United Arab Emirates (UAE), like many other developing countries, has witnessed a rapid development in many aspects of life during the last three decades. The discovery of oil in the middle of the last century has contributed to significant social change and UAE, along with other Gull Arab …