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Middle East and North Africa
- Afghanistan Research Group: An informal association of scholars, writers, diplomats and of aid and development experts who have worked or still work in or on Afghanistan. Provides links and on-line information.
- Afghanistan Online: Directory for news and broad information on Afghanistan, based in the United States.
- Al-Bab: Portal to the Arab world for country guides and a wide range of topics and news, including economics.
- Al-Bawaba: Portal for economy, business, politics, tourism, culture, law, health, entertainment, sports, and more.
- AME Info: Business information search engine, directory, and regional guide.
- ArabNet: Aim is to provide the most comprehensive online resource on the Arab world, primarily dealing with countries in the Middle East and North Africa.
- Center for Lebanese Studies: An independent academic institution, founded in 1984 by a group of Lebanese concerned with the state of affairs in their country. Their objective was to set up an institution that would undertake impartial and balanced research and contribute towards Lebanon's recovery.
- Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University: Its mandate includes a primary emphasis on the centuries since the rise of Islam and a concern with the wider Islamic world as well. CMES serves Harvard as the coordinating body and the primary source of additional support for the various academic programs that cover the vast region from Morocco and North Africa to Turkey and Iran.
- Center for Middle Eastern Studies, University of Texas at Austin: Has three primary objectives: To train specialists capable of advancing knowledge of the Middle East through research and teaching, or applying their knowledge of the Middle East to careers in business, government and the professions; To provide a supportive environment for faculty research and teaching on the Middle East; To promote understanding between the people of the United States and the Middle East.
- Center for Strategic Studies, University of Jordan: Concerned mainly with research in the fields of regional conflicts, international relations and security. As a result of the country's democratization process that started in 1989, however, the center has expanded its scope of activities to include planning and research in such new fields as democracy, political pluralism, development, the economy and the environment.
- Daily Star Online - Lebanon: Source of Lebanese news. Updated daily, the web-site allows you to access continuous Lebanese news coverage of local and regional politics, business, features and much more.
- Egypt's Information Portal: This portal includes indicators related to the general economic situation as well as economic publications such as International market trends, International economic trends, Egyptian economic bulletin, Labor market trends as well as an information infrastructure guide. It also includes data elements in different sectors and fields.
- Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research, Abu Dhabi: Mission of the Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research is threefold: To conduct research on topics relevant to the national security and economic and social well-being of the United Arab Emirates and the Gulf region. To facilitate the scholarly exchange of ideas and provide outreach services to the community through the convening of symposia and conferences on topics related to the research agenda of the Center.To actively assist and promote the professional development of UAE nationals through the conduct of training programs.
- 4Arabs Search Engine: Regional and Islamic sites, plus topical and country directories.
- Iran Report: Review of developments in Iran prepared by the regional specialists of the Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty newsline team.
- Iran: Tehran Times
- Islamic Republic News Agency: Iran's official news agency.
- Jihad Monitor : Jihad Monitor is a guide to open internet resources on Islamist radicalism and Jihadism. It was created by a group of university researchers. Members of the Jihad Monitor also provide analysis in the JMA section of the website
- Lebanese Center for Policy Studies, Beirut: An independent, non-profit research institute. Its mission is to provide policy research on issues relevant to the political, social, and economic development in Lebanon and the Arab World.
- Lebanese Foundation for Permanent Civil Peace, Beirut: Aims at promoting theoretical and practical works concerning the Lebanese experience.
- Middle East Institute: Principal objective has been to increase Americans' knowledge and understanding of the region. In support of this mission, MEI offers program activities, language courses, scholars-in-residence and an academic journal.
- Middle East Intelligence Bulletin: A free monthly publication, sponsored by the United States Committee for a Free Lebanon, dedicated to providing informed analysis of political and strategic developments in Lebanon, Syria & the Middle East.
- Middle East Internet Pages
- Middle East Policy: Journal that provides a forum for viewpoints on recent developments that affect U.S.-Middle East Policy. Selected articles are on-line available.
- Middle East Policy Council: Founded to expand public discussion and understanding of issues affecting U.S. policy in the Middle East. The Council is a nonprofit, tax-exempt 501(c)3 educational organization whose activities extend throughout the United States.
- Middle East Review of International Affairs: An on-line journal owned and edited by Prof. Barry Rubin. It is produced in conjunction with the Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies. Goal is to advance research on the Middle East and foster scholarly communication and cooperation. They want to be a non-partisan publication involving people across the geographical and political spectrum.
- Middle East News sites from World News Network
- Middle East Studies Internet Resources: An on-going compilation of electronic bibliographic resources and research materials on the Middle East and North Africa (in the broadest sense) available on the global Internet, created under the purview of the Middle East Studies Department of Columbia University Libraries.
- Middle East Virtual Library: MENALIB is an information portal for Middle East and Islamic Studies.
- Middle East Times: Weekly newspaper.
- Political Resources on the Middle East
- Saban Center for Middle East Policy: Brookings Institution
- Syria-Net: email newsletter for Academics only and links.
- Turkey analist: The Turkey Analyst is a publication of the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute & Silk Road Studies Joint Center, designed to bring authoritative analysis and news on the rapidly developing domestic and foreign policy issues in Turkey.
- Turkije Instituut: "De Stichting Turkije Instituut is een onafhankelijke instelling die in nauwe samenwerking met derden (debatcentra, onderwijsinstellingen, studentenverenigingen, uitgeverijen, media) activiteiten ontwikkelt die bijdragen aan een betere kennis van Turkije vanuit een Nederlands perspectief. Hierbij gaat het onder meer om de betrekkingen tussen Nederland en Turkije, de relatie EU-Turkije, de strategische ligging en betekenis van Turkije in de regio, het snel groeiende belang van de Turkse economie en de verhouding tussen de Turkse migranten in Europa en hun moederland."
- United Nations Economic and Social Commission For Western Asia: ESCWA promotes economic and social development through regional and subregional cooperation and integration and serves as the main general economic and social development forum within the United Nations system for the ESCWA region.
- US State Department-Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs
- Washington Institute for Near East Policy: A public educational foundation dedicated to scholarly research and informed debate on U.S. interests in the Middle East.
- Washington Report on Middle East Affairs: Focuses on news and analysis from and about the Middle East and U.S. policy in that region. The Washington Report is published by the American Educational Trust (AET), a non-profit foundation incorporated in Washington, DC by retired U.S. foreign service officers to provide the American public with balanced and accurate information concerning U.S. relations with Middle Eastern states.
- World Bank Middle East and North Africa Information: Papers, discussion notes, and reports on economic, environmental, and social issues in the Middle East and North Africa today.
- WWW Virtual Library: Middle East
- WWW Virtual Library on Middle Eastern Studies: Portal maintained by the Middle East Network Information Center, University of Texas.