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Oil and the Middle East

Books on: oil AND (mideast OR "middle east" OR iraq OR kuwait OR arabia OR persian)

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Oil and Labor in the Middle East: Saudi Arabia and the Oil Boom

Book by Peter N. Woodward; Praeger, 1988

Subjects:

Alien Labor--Saudi Arabia, Labor Supply--Saudi Arabia, Petroleum Industry And Trade--Saudi Arabia, Wages--Saudi Arabia

Collections: Entire Library

Based on the author's first-hand research and experience in Saudi Arabia, this monograph presents a highly readable account of the internationalization of the Middle East's labor force during and after the oil boom of 1973-83. Written from the perspective of an active participant rather than that of ...
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Based on the author's first-hand research and experience in Saudi Arabia, this monograph presents a highly readable account of the internationalization of the Middle East's labor force during and after the oil boom of 1973-83. Written from the perspective of an active participant rather than that of an academic observer, Oil and Labor in the Middle East analyzes the expatriate workers' world and the multinational companies employing them. It will prove particularly valuable to those involved in the exchange of labor across national borders.
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Land Reform and Development in the Middle East: A Study of Egypt, Syria, and Iraq

Book by Doreen Warriner; Oxford University Press, 1962

Subjects:

Land Tenure--Middle East, Middle East--Rural Conditions

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...LAND REFORM AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE MIDDLE EAST A Study of Egypt, Syria, and Iraq BY DOREEN WARRINER Second...Flood Control and Irrigation Works in Iraq 123 PREFACE, TO THE FIRST EDITION...edition of Land and Poverty in the Middle East , published in 1948 and long out...2 "'Land Tenure Reform'", Middle East Economic Papers , 1954, Economic...The great landholdings of south Iraq resemble the latifundia of Latin...
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Land Reform and Development in the Middle East: A Study of Egypt, Syria, and Iraq

Book by Doreen Warriner; Greenwood Press, 1975

Subjects:

Land Reform--Middle East, Land Tenure--Middle East, Middle East--Rural Conditions

Collections: Entire Library

...LAND REFORM AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE MIDDLE EAST A Study of Egypt, Syria, and Iraq BY DOREEN WARRINER London...Flood Control and Irrigation Works in Iraq 123 PREFACE IT was my intention...edition of Land and Poverty in the Middle East , published in 1948 and long out...2 "Land Tenure Reform", Middle East Economic Papers , 1954, Economic...The great landholdings of south Iraq resemble the latifundia of Latin...
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Destroying World Order: U.S. Imperialism in the Middle East before and after September 11

Book by Francis A. Boyle; Clarity Press, 2004

Subjects:

Imperialism, Iraq War, 2003, Middle East--Relations--United States, Persian Gulf War, 1991, United States--Relations--Middle East, War On Terrorism, 2001-

Collections: History, Entire Library

Francis A. Boyle discusses U.S. assistance to Iraq during and its conduct of the 1990 Gulf War, the Afghanistan war and the current Iraq war in relation to violations of the laws of neutrality, humanitarian law, the laws of war and the U.S. Constitution. The concluding chapter includes draft ...
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Francis A. Boyle discusses U.S. assistance to Iraq during and its conduct of the 1990 Gulf War, the Afghanistan war and the current Iraq war in relation to violations of the laws of neutrality, humanitarian law, the laws of war and the U.S. Constitution. The concluding chapter includes draft articles for the impeachment of President George W. Bush.
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Selling AWACS to Saudi Arabia: The Reagan Administration and the Balancing of America's Competing Interests in the Middle East

Book by Nicholas Laham; Praeger, 2002

Subjects:

Airborne Warning And Control Systems, American Israel Public Affairs Committee, Lobbying--United States, Middle East--Foreign Relations--United States, Middle East--Military Policy, Reagan, Ronald, United States--Foreign Relations--1981-1989, United States--Foreign Relations--Middle East, United States--Military Policy, Zionists--United States--Political Activity

Collections: History, Entire Library

The AWACS debate represents one of the most critical and controversial events in the history of American diplomacy and legislative politics. It locked the Reagan administration and opponents of the AWACS sale in a fierce and pitched battle over American policy in the most economically and ...
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The AWACS debate represents one of the most critical and controversial events in the history of American diplomacy and legislative politics. It locked the Reagan administration and opponents of the AWACS sale in a fierce and pitched battle over American policy in the most economically and strategically vital region of the world: the Middle East.
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Journal Articles on: oil AND (mideast OR "middle east" OR iraq OR kuwait OR arabia OR persian)

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Symposium on Dual Containment: U.S. Policy Toward Iran and Iraq

Journal article by Martin Indyk, Graham Fuller, Anthony Cordesman, Phebe Marr; Middle East Policy, Vol. 3, 1994

Subjects:

Arab-Israeli Conflict, Middle East, Middle East--Foreign Relations--United States, Middle East--Politics And Government--1979-, United States--Foreign Relations--Middle East

Collections: Entire Library

...any Kuwaiti military capabilities, and frankly Kuwaits treatment of its ethnic and citizenship problems...effective than it was before the invasion. Saudi Arabia has a very effective air force in defensive combat...marginal defense of the Eastern province, if Iraq were able to even get the kind of resupply necessary...going to solve our energy problems by having the Middle East increase its daily oil output from 20 million...its bottom-up review and to the sections on the Persian Gulf and to the buildup of forces and say that...fact is, if Kurds or any other minorities in the Middle East and the rest of the world are desperately unhappy...period from August 1990, when the invasion of Kuwait occurred, until March 1992, when there were the...internationally was favorable. Its archenemy, Iraq, became an international pariah. There was no rhetoric...Baker had some praise for Irans behavior in the Persian Gulf crisis. Iran had $13 billion of added revenue...
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Après Saddam, Le Déuge? Speculating on Post-Saddam Iraq

Journal article by James W. Moore; Middle East Policy, Vol. 6, 1999

Subjects:

Arab-Israeli Conflict, United States--Foreign Relations--Middle East

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...16, 1998 (translated) . 55 Ragheed al-Solh, "More than Meets the Eye to the U.S. Sanctions Policy Against Iraq", Mideast Mirror , December 3, 1997. 56 I am indebted to Dr. Ben Lombardi, Directorate of Strategic Analysis, Canadian...one carrier and more than 24 other ships, 200 aircraft and 20,000 troops at years end Laura Myers, "U.S. Reduces Persian Gulf Force", Associated Press , December 31, 1998 . Since the end of the Gulf War, the estimated cost for the periodic...
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The U.N. Sanctions Against Iraq: Issues Influencing Continuation or Removal

Journal article by Thomas Mattair, Stephen Brannon; Middle East Policy, Vol. 3, 1994

Subjects:

Arab-Israeli Conflict, Middle East, Middle East--Foreign Relations--United States, Middle East--Politics And Government--1979-, United States--Foreign Relations--Middle East

Collections: Entire Library

...calls by the Iraqi press for the "liberation" of Kuwait. Indeed, a recent book by the Rand Corporations...hegemonic ambitions." 13 Thus, the containment of Iraq rests largely on the presence and the threat of...The Storm: The Changing Military Balance in the Middle East (Boulder and San Francisco: Westview Press...Kechichian, Political Dynamics and Security in the Arabian Peninsula in the 1990s (Santa Monica: the Rand...the north and south. Indyk thus argued to the Middle East Policy Council that "it should therefore be clear...Iraqi assets for purchases of food and medicine by Iraq. The Treasury Departments Office of Foreign Assets...INFLUENCES ON IRAQS RETURN TO THE OIL MARKET Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and the Gulf emirates spent approximately $140 billion...
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Special Report: Consultation and Consensus in Kuwait: The 18th GCC Summit

Journal article by John Duke Anthony; Middle East Policy, Vol. 1, 1998

Subjects:

Arab-Israeli Conflict, Middle East, Middle East--Foreign Relations--United States, Middle East--Politics And Government--1979-, United States--Foreign Relations--Middle East

Collections: Entire Library

...arrangement would be akin to casting an Arabian Monroe Doctrine over what is, by...status quo as pertains to Iran and Iraq. Yet, the rub is that it is not Iran...POLITICS At their meetings in Kuwait, the member states leaders addressed...Israel in arming Iran during the Iran-Iraq War -- a major conflict that had...intentions. Barely days afterwards, Kuwaits government asked the Soviet Union...throughout the region. In the annals of Arabian history, this effort among the GCC...had been a reality. At the peak of Arabias power in the generation immediately...men here and there -- in Egypt, Iraq, Libya, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen...
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Balancing State and Society: the Islamic Movement in Kuwait

Journal article by Shafeeq N. Ghabra; Middle East Policy, Vol. 5, 1997

Subjects:

Arab-Israeli Conflict, Middle East, Middle East--Foreign Relations--United States, Middle East--Politics And Government--1979-, United States--Foreign Relations--Middle East

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...Al-Mujatamawal dowlahfi al-Khalij wal Jazirah al-Arabiyya: min manzur mukhtalif (State and Society in the Gulf and Arabian Peninsula: A different Perspective Beriut: Center of Arab Unity Studies, 1989 ), p. 152. 5...Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1984 ). 7. Shafeeq Ghabra, "Voluntary Associations in Kuwait: Foundations of a New Society?" Middle East Journal , Vol. 45, No. 2 ( Spring 1991 ), pp. 199-215. 8. Ibid., p. 206. 9. See Jamiyyat...Kuwait" pp. 199-215. 11. See ibid., pp. 206-11. 12. See James Bill, "Resurgent Islam in the Persian Gulf", Foreign Affairs , Vol. 63, No. 1 ( Fall 1984 ), p. 120. 13. Sawt al-Khalij , March 5...

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Magazine Articles on: oil AND (mideast OR "middle east" OR iraq OR kuwait OR arabia OR persian)

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Can the Clash of Civilizations Produce Alternate Energy Sources? with the War in Iraq and the Muddle of the Middle East, the Time Is Ripe for the U.S. to Reduce Its Dependence on Oil from the Persian Gulf-But Where Can the Country Turn for New Sources of Energy?

Magazine article by Gerald E. Marsh; USA Today (Society for the Advancement of Education), Vol. 135, January 2007

Subjects:

Iraq--Political aspects, Middle East--Political aspects, United States foreign relations--International aspects, United States--Energy policy

Collections: Entire Library

...Sources? with the War in Iraq and the Muddle of the Middle East, the Time Is Ripe for the U.S. to Reduce Its Dependence on Oil from the Persian Gulf-But Where Can the Country Turn for New Sources of Energy? by Gerald E. Marsh IN THE SUMMER...
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The Stupidity of Free-Market Chic ... in the Middle East

Magazine article by James Bennet; Washington Monthly, Vol. 22, November 1990

Subjects:

Economic sanctions--Evaluation, Free enterprise--Middle East, Hussein, Saddam--Economic policy, Iraq-Kuwait Crisis, 1990-1991--Economic aspects, Petroleum industry--Political aspects

Collections: Entire Library

...scheme of this free market seems to be slightly off: Blood may still be thicker than water, but in America its now cheaper than oil. Gas attack The tragedy of the widespread acceptance of this business-as-usual response is that, were Bush willing to...
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A Time for Change and Consolidation

Magazine article; The Middle East, January 1994

Subjects:

Arab countries--Economic aspects, Iraq-Kuwait Crisis, 1990-1991--Destruction and pillage, Petroleum industry--Middle East

Collections: Entire Library

...from oil. Particularly good news for the emirate has been the decision by the joint venture company, Olayan Kimberley Clarke Arabia, to locate a $33m tissue making mill, which will create up to 300 jobs between now and 1997, on the island. The UAEs geographical...entrepreneurial skills rather than dabbling in politics. However, they were undoubtedly unnerved by the Iraqi aggression in Kuwait and have, since the end of the war, spent vast amounts of money on defence equipment to tighten up their national security...
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Gulf Cooperation Council Goes for Growth: High-Growth Gulf Economies Are Poised for Continued Robust Expansion in 2007 and beyond. the Six-Member Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), Comprising Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Could Develop into the World's 10th Largest Economic Power within a Decade

Magazine article by Moin Siddiqi; The Middle East, December 2006

Subjects:

Economic development--Bahrain, Economic development--Forecasts and trends, Economic development--Kuwait, Economic development--Oman, Economic development--Qatar, Economic development--Saudi Arabia, Economic development--United Arab Emirates, Gulf Cooperation Council--Economic policy, International cooperation--Economic aspects, International cooperation--Forecasts and trends

Collections: Entire Library

...revenues fuelled by soaring oil and gas prices are significant...Mohsin Khan, director of the Middle East and Central Asia department...government revenue (especially in Kuwait and Saudi Arabia). Despite a rapid accumulation...countries. FDI inflows to the Middle East and North African region...br/ Kuwait A+/stable...br/ Saudi Arabia A+/stable A2...
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Iraq: High Tech Hit and Miss

Magazine article by Alan George; The Middle East, July 1993

Subjects:

Iraq-Kuwait Crisis, 1990-1991--Military aspects, Military art and science--Reports, United States. Air Force--Military policy

Collections: Entire Library

Iraq: high tech hit and miss by Alan George The war to liberate Kuwait in 1991 continues to provide new lessons...operations. DESPITE CLAIMS during the Kuwait war, coalition air and ground forces probably...intelligence on targets and target systems in Iraq. While staff Intelligence officers did...only the most general understanding of Iraq, its society, infrastructure or military...

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Newspaper Articles on: oil AND (mideast OR "middle east" OR iraq OR kuwait OR arabia OR persian)

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Kuwait Fears Iraq May Launch New Onslaught: Official Sees Threat in Rebuilt Force, Troop Exercises

Newspaper article by Refet Kaplan; The Washington Times, January 31, 1997

Subjects:

Hussein, Saddam, Iraq, Kuwait

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...deeply concerned by Saddam Husseins latest military actions and is convinced he will eventually try another strike at the oil-rich emirate, according to a top Kuwaiti minister. "Having 150,000 to 180,000 Iraqi troops just 50 kilometers 31 miles from...
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Kerry Hints at Link between Oil, Iraq War; Energy Plan Calls for Independence from Middle East

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, May 25, 2004

Subjects:

Kerry, John F.

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

Kerry Hints at Link between Oil, Iraq War; Energy Plan Calls for Independence...reason the United States went to war with Iraq. "A strong America begins at home - with energy independence from the Middle East. Lets ensure that no young American soldier...
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Officials Say U.S., Saudi Arabia Can Fill an Iraq Oil Gap

Newspaper article by Patrice Hill; The Washington Times, September 20, 2000

Subjects:

Iraq

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

Officials say U.S., Saudi Arabia can fill an Iraq oil gap. by Patrice Hill Top Clinton officials, amid mounting pressure from Congress, said yesterday that any attempt by Iraq to disrupt world oil supplies and send prices higher would...
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Terror Seen Top Threat to Mideast Oil Supply; OPEC Eyes Offset of Loss in Iraq War

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, November 21, 2002

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

Terror seen top threat to Mideast oil supply; OPEC eyes offset of loss in Iraq war Byline: John Zarocostas, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES GENEVA - Terrorist attacks in oil-rich Persian Gulf countries would disrupt crude oil supplies more...
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Clinton Defends Anti-Iraq Actions

Newspaper article by Joyce Price; The Washington Times, September 15, 1996

Subjects:

Hussein, Saddam, Iraq, Kuwait, Nunn, Sam

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Saddam from moving against his oil-rich neighbors to the south...expanding the no-fly zone over Iraq "from the border of Kuwait to the southern suburbs of...for him to threaten Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, and easier for...discuss "bilateral ties." Saudi Arabia has tried to distance itself...air defenses. Yesterday, Kuwaits government renewed its call...neighbors and dissidents in Iraq, all of whom feel threatened...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: oil AND (mideast OR "middle east" OR iraq OR kuwait OR arabia OR persian)

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Kuwait

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Western and Arab coalition forces, the largest part of which were American, drove Iraqi forces from Kuwait in the Persian Gulf War . Thousands of foreign workers who were based in Kuwait fled to Iran, Turkey, and Jordan, or were housed in temporary refugee camps throughout the Middle East. Iraqi forces devastated the country, setting fire to Kuwaiti oil wells before retreating. Over 80% of all wells were destroyed or damaged, causing phenomenal environmental hazards. The sheikh returned to Kuwait from Saudi Arabia in Mar., 1991. The Palestinians remaining in Kuwait after the war were expelled because of the Palestine Liberation Organization s support of Iraq. In the wars wake, Kuwait concentrated on restoring its oil industry and on rebuilding the country. Parliamentary...
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Persian Gulf Wars

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology,