Agriculture and Economy
Asher Orkaby
in Yemen:
This chapter assesses agriculture and economy in Yemen. Yemen was a latecomer to the Arabian oil
market, as significant reserves were discovered only in 1986 by the ...
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Ahmadinejad, Rouhani and Iran now
Michael Axworthy
in Iran: What Everyone Needs to Know®
How did Ahmadinejad become president in 2005?
Among the presidents Iran has had since the revolution, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was the joker in the pack. He was not part of the charmed ...
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Ali Abdullah Saleh’s Regime, Unification, and al-Qaeda
Asher Orkaby
in Yemen:
This chapter evaluates how Ali Abdullah Saleh was appointed president of Yemen in July of 1978.
In the months following the assassination of both al-Ghashmi and ...
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Ancient and Islamic Iran
Michael Axworthy
in Iran: What Everyone Needs to Know®
What do we know about the Indo-European peoples and the origins of Iran?
What we know begins with the fact that the Persian language (known to Iranians in their own tongue as ...
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The Arab Spring in Yemen
Asher Orkaby
in Yemen:
This chapter explores the Arab Spring in Yemen, which arrived as a wave of popular dissent
directed against the regime of Ali Abdullah Saleh in early 2011. What made ...
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The Arab Uprisings and their Fallout
James L. Gelvin
in The New Middle East: What Everyone Needs to Know®
How did the Arab uprisings begin?
On December 17, 2010, a Tunisian street vendor, Muhammad Bouazizi, set himself on fire in front of the local government building in Sidi Bouzid, ...
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The Arab-Israeli Wars
Dov Waxman
in The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: What Everyone Needs to Know®
How many Arab-Israeli wars have there been, and how many people have been killed?
It is not as easy as you might think to count the number of Arab-Israeli wars or tally the number ...
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Arabia Felix—An Early History of Yemen
Asher Orkaby
in Yemen:
This chapter presents an early history of Yemen. What is the connection between the biblical
story of Noah's flood and Yemen? The answer to this question can tell us ...
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Arabian Minorities
Asher Orkaby
in Yemen:
This chapter addresses the minorities living in Yemen. There is a long tradition of migration
between the Horn of Africa and Yemen. This cross-Red Sea migration has ...
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The Basics
Dov Waxman
in The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: What Everyone Needs to Know®
Who is the conflict between?
To understand any conflict, the first and most basic task is to accurately identify the parties involved. When it comes to the Israeli-Palestinian ...
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Before the Deluge: The Middle East, 1945–2011
James L. Gelvin
in The New Middle East: What Everyone Needs to Know®
What is the Middle East?
The Middle East
“Middle East” is one of several terms that refer to the territory of southwest Asia and North Africa. Other terms for the same ...
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The Beginning: Tunisia and Egypt
James L. Gelvin
in The Arab Uprisings: What Everyone Needs to Know® (2 ed.)
What characteristics do Tunisia and Egypt hold in common?
At first glance, it would seem that no two countries in the Arab world differ from each other more than Tunisia and Egypt. ...
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The Beginning of the Conflict
Dov Waxman
in The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: What Everyone Needs to Know®
When did the conflict begin?
By far the most enduring popular myth about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is that it is an age-old conflict. All too often, one hears the claim that ...
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Building a New Regime: Nasser, Sadat, and Mubarak
Bruce K. Rutherford and Jeannie L. Sowers
in Modern Egypt: What Everyone Needs to Know®
What Caused the Military Coup in 1952? What Were Its Goals?
The political order created after Egypt’s independence in 1922 was a disappointment to many Egyptians. The struggle for ...
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Conclusion
Andrew Finkel
in Turkey: What Everyone Needs to Know®
What sort of future does Turkey face?
Since this is the last question, I allow myself the luxury of answering it obliquely, or at the very least with an anecdote or two. In 2007 I ...
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Conclusion: The Long Path to Peace
Dov Waxman
in The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: What Everyone Needs to Know®
Is a two-state solution still possible?
A two-state solution to the century-old conflict over Palestine has been recommended for more than eight decades. The British government was ...
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“Coup-Proofed”: Bahrain and Syria
James L. Gelvin
in The Arab Uprisings: What Everyone Needs to Know® (2 ed.)
What do Bahrain and Syria have in common?
Like Tunisia and Egypt, Bahrain and Syria make an unlikely pair. Bahrain is an archipelago of thirty-two islands in the Persian Gulf. The ...
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Economic Development and Human Welfare
Bruce K. Rutherford and Jeannie L. Sowers
in Modern Egypt: What Everyone Needs to Know®
What Is Egypt’s Level of Human Development?
For many decades, national development was measured in terms of simplistic economic indicators such as gross national product (GNP). ...
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Economy
Andrew Finkel
in Turkey: What Everyone Needs to Know®
What is Turkey’s economic potential . . . ?
Turkey comfortably takes its place at G20 summits. It is, according to most reckonings of nominal GDP, the seventeenth largest economy ...
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Education and Society
Asher Orkaby
in Yemen:
This chapter describes education in Yemen. Beginning in the 19th century, there was a transition
from oral to written religious instruction and legal decisions. Oral ...
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