Middle East Archive

BACKGROUND Since the end of the 1980s, a conflict emerged berween Azerbaijan and Armenia over the region of Nagorno-Karabakh. In 1992 the conflict culminated into the war between these countries. Cornell (2001), in his book Small nations and great powers: a study of ethnopolitical conflict...

In the Middle East, the increasing urbanization rate with the increase in income that is gained from oil caused a  big demand rise in consumption and importation. As a result, the necessity for water raised and states, which  share a river, stream, lake or any...

In addition to the Zaydis’ rebels in its northern regions, Yemen again came to the top of the world media, yet for another reason: Al-Qaeda’s presence in the region, and its possible threats against Western targets. The very presence of radical Islamists in Yemen is...

Few words about Sudan Sudan, the largest country in Africa, is bordered by Egypt to the north, the Red Sea to the northeast, Eritrea and Ethiopia to the east, Kenya and Uganda to the southeast, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Central African Republic to the southwest, Chad to the west and Libya to the northwest. Despite of the drought of Africa,...