North Africa

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The Information Revolution in the Middle East and North Africa

Explores the future of the information revolution in the countries of the Middle East and North Africa.

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Population Growth in Egypt: A Continuing Policy Challenge (Arabic version)

This paper examines demographic trends in Egypt in terms of how present and future challenges affect the nation and how addressing them will benefit it.

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NATO's Mediterranean initiative : challenges and opportunities

NATO's Mediterranean initiative : challenges and opportunities

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Mediterranean Security: New Issues and Challenges — Brussels, October 15-17, 1995

On October 15-17, 1995, RAND, in conjunction with the NATO Office of Information and Press, held a conference in Brussels on Mediterranean security issues.

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Strategic Exposure: Proliferation Around the Mediterranean

Explores proliferation trends in North Africa and the Levant (the Eastern Mediterranean and its hinterlands), the motives of proliferators around the region, and the implications for European security and for U.S., NATO, and Army policy.

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Algeria: The Next Fundamentalist State?

This study deals with the prospect of a fundamentalist victory in Algeria, the largest and one of the most important Arab states.

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Towards NAFTA: A North African Free Trade Agreement?

If, as some argue, conflict between the Islamic world and the West is on the horizon, then the frontline of such disputes is in the Mediterranean area, where North Africa and southern Europe meet. The fear of increased migration from North Africa int...

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Snakes in the Eagle's Nest: Ground Attacks on Air Bases, 1940–1992

Shows that ground attacks on air bases have been much more frequent and successful than is commonly appreciated.

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Snakes in the Eagle's Nest: A History of Ground Attacks on Air Bases

This report presents a comprehensive overview of ground attacks on air bases from the first known attacks in 1940 to the most recent in 1992.

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Security in North Africa: Internal and External Challenges

Trends in Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia have an important bearing on north-south security relations.

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Economic imperatives and political systems in the Middle East and North Africa

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New Political Realities and the Gulf: Egypt, Syria, and Jordan

This report highlights points of vulnerability in Egypt, Syria, and Jordan that could lead to future internal and regional instability.

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Prospects for a lasting peace in the Middle East: impressions from a trip to Syria, Jordan, and Egypt

In the wake of the turbulent events of 1990 and 1991, the states of the Middle East are in the process of redefining their political agendas, their relationships with each other, and their visions of the future. This paper describes the political cli...

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The Impact of Missile Proliferation on U.S. Power Projection Capabilities

Addresses the proliferation of ballistic missiles with conventional warheads, including chemical warheads.

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Long-Term Economic and Military Trends, 1950-2010

This Note presents estimates of certain key economic and military trends for the period 1950-2010 for 15 countries (the United States, the Soviet Union, Japan, China, West Germany, the United Kingdom, France, India, South Korea, Taiwan, Turkey, Egypt...

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Fixing the blame: international terrorism and attacks on Americans

This paper, which originally appeared as an op-ed piece in the Los Angeles Herald Examiner, reviews recent terrorist attacks against American targets, and considers both the causes and pitfalls of fixing blame on such visible figures as Libya's Muamm...

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Qaddafi: Idealist and Revolutionary Philanthropist

This paper, an expanded version of an op-ed piece that originally appeared in the Los Angeles Herald Examiner on December 15, 1985, reviews the motivations for the use or sponsorship of terrorism by Libya's Colonel Muammar Qaddafi; discusses his policies

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New directions for Soviet Middle East policy in the 1980s: implications for the Atlantic Alliance

An overview of the traditional mode of Soviet behavior in the Middle East as it evolved between 1955 and 1975, with special reference to its difficulties in Egypt and Iraq. The paper then analyzes the steps that the Soviets have taken over the past ...

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Saudi-Egyptian relations: the political and military dimensions of Saudi financial flows to Egypt

Examines the complex Saudi-Egyptian relationship in the past decade and focuses on the political and military dimensions of Saudi aid flows to Egypt. Preceded by an appraisal of Egyptian capital needs as contrasted with Saudi capital assets, a conce...

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Men and Arms in the Middle East: The Human Factor in Military Modernization

Assesses the contributions of improvement in manpower and organization quality to military effectiveness of Egypt, Syria, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, and Iraq, plus Iran and Turkey.