Middle East / Central Asia
IDE's Middle Eastern Studies Group conducts research on important topics concerning the vast Middle East/Central Asia region (which includes the 22 Arab League members, Turkey, Israel, Commonwealth of Independent States members, Afghanistan, etc.). The group's current research is focused on Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Yemen, Syria, Lebanon, Egypt, Iran, Turkey, Kazakhstan and Afghanistan.
What's New!!
Critical Updates
- Round table discussion: an insight into the political changes in the Middle East and the Arab world (December 2011)
- An Assessment of the International Aid Conference in Kabul, Afghanistan, 20 July 2010 (August 2010)
- After the 2009 Presidential Election in the Islamic Republic of Iran (September 2009)
Discussion Paper
- No.291 "Negotiating Social Assistance: The Case of the Urban Poor in Turkey" March 2011
- No.290 "Domestic, Vertical, and Horizontal Multinationals: A General Equilibrium Approach using the “Knowledge Capital Model”" March 2011
- No.286 "Neither Exit nor Voice: Loyalty as a Survival Strategy for the Uzbeks in Kazakhstan" March 2011
- No.284 "Preliminary Discussions on the Urbanization of Rural Areas in Modern Iran" March 2011
- No.262 "The Making of a State-Centered “Public Sphere” in Turkey: A Discourse Analysis" November 2010
Research Projects
FY 2011/2012
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