Essays and Research Papers on Israel / Middle East

This 10 page paper looks at the history of both countries and finds common ground. Pakistan's attitudes are discussed and it is suggested that the nation recognize Israel as a legitimate state. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

20 pages in length. Establishing a Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in Jordan that reflects the system and organizational structure found in the United States will require the need to overcome significant barriers that are ingrained in the Jordanian social, political and economic process. The questionable activity that has existed with regard to ...

This 5 page paper outlines the reasons why one would find Golda Meir a worthy role model. Direct quotes by Gold Meir are featured. The Yom Kippur War is discussed briefly. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This paper discusses what, exactly, the Middle East can offer the rest of the world because of its geographic location, as well as its resources. The paper discusses the Middle East's status as a player in the global economy as well. Bibliography lists 8 sources.

This paper attempts to examine available literature referring to the attitude of the United States toward the Middle East and Middle Easterners, particularly in the wake of the 2001 terrorist attack of the World Trade Center and Pentagon. The information was collected to help determine an appropriate survey to explore the attitudes of Americans. Bibliography ...

This 5 page report discusses issues related to the security of The Kingdom of Morocco. National security and the domestic and external threats faced by Morocco are often something that belongs to an earlier century and a very different world than what one normally considers as issues of national security. However, the nation also faces ...

6 pages in length. Lost in a sea of political, social and religious disregard, Ethiopian Jews – called Falashas meaning "the alien ones" – were no more considered a welcome part of their homeland than any other infiltrator would be. That they were half a million strong did nothing to maintain their cultural ...

A 6 page paper which examines whether we are truly in a time that calls for a new style of warfare following the attacks of September 11. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

A 7 page discussion of terrorism in the Middle East. This paper asserts that radical Islamics account for the vast majority of this terrorism. The author presents a brief review of the ideologies and actions of terrorist Osama Bin Laden to substantiate this view. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 5 page paper discussing a system of classifying Arab nations devised by Clement Henry and Robert Springborg. Under this system, Algeria, Syria and Iraq are “bunker states;” Egypt is a “bully praetorian” state. The paper assesses this classification method and concludes that Henry and Springborg’s method is a useful one. Bibliography ...

This 34 page paper considers the oil and Gas industry in Syria. The paper considers the development of the petroleum industry, the role and development pf OPEC, the impact on demand and process and the ability of Syria to play a part in the future demands for petroleum products. The paper ends with a PEST ...

This 12 page report discusses foreign policy issues of the Clinton Administration and the important role played by the Middle East and issues of the Middle East in the development and strategy of overall foreign policy. Bibliography lists 10 sources.

A 10 page paper which examines Anwar Sadat’s decisions and position during his lifetime. The paper examines how Sadat led his country, took some risks, and perhaps got too far ahead of his people in the process. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 5 page paper discusses the prophet Muhammad and how he has been viewed by the Western World since the Middle Ages. The crusades are discussed as is the present day situation. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 6 page paper discusses the difference between a terrorist group and a National Liberation Orgnaization. This paper uses 5 specific terrorist organizations as examples. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

15 pages in length. Cyprus gained its independence from the United Kingdom in 1960 accompanied by constitutional guarantees supported by the Greek Cypriot majority to the Turkish Cypriot minority. An attempted Greek-endorsed seizure in 1974 met Turkish opposition, a military move that culminated in Turkey's control of nearly forty percent of the island ...

A 5 page paper discussing the state of the industry in Syria, a middle-tier oil producer. The oil and gas industry in Syria is in a state that most of the rest of the world fails to understand can exist in the Middle East. The country faces declining reserves of oil, and faces ...

This 5 page report discusses Sahar Khalifeh’s chronicle of life in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, “Wild Thorns,” which is actually more topical today than when it was first published in Arabic in 1976. The novel offers some startling and unsentimental portrayals of everyday life under occupation. The unspoken feelings of the characters in her novel ...

A 5 page essay that summarizes and critiques an essay by Anton Shammas, "Finding Palestine," which considers the concepts of identity and of returning home in regards to a Palestinian girl living in the US. No additional sources cited.

A 5 page essay that summarizes and critiques Shammas' essay on what it is like to an immigrant in the US, specifically a Palestinian immigrant, within the context of current-day American culture. No additional sources cited.

This 5 page paper discusses the Ottoman Empire and the reasons for its downfall. Specifically, this paper illustrates the effects of its downfall on the Balkans and the Middle East. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This is a 5 page paper discussing U.S. relationships within the Middle East and possible priorities and resolutions. The situation and the conflicts in the Middle East are various, interconnecting and have intensified greatly within the past six months due to the recent terrorist attacks in New York and the subsequent retaliation by the United ...

This paper examines the role that the United States took in attempting to mediate the 2000 Camp David summit between Palestinian leader Yassir Arafat and Israeli prime minister Ehud Barak. The paper examines, objectively, why the summit failed. Bibliopaphy lists 6 sources.

7 pages. This paper covers the period from 1945 to present as regards the United States and its involvement with the Middle East. We have gone through many fluctuating cycles with the Middle East in that time period and this paper will help to make that picture more easily seen and understood. ...

This 6 page paper details the history of Arab immigration from the fifteenth century to the present day. Reasons given for the immigration, examples and quotes given from testimonials. Bibliography lists 6 sources.