An Analysis of Public Sector Deficits and Debt in Lebanon: 1970-2000 PUBLIC FINANCE IN LEBANON Overview of Fiscal Performance during and After the Civil WarĂ?â??Ă? The Civil War caused a significant deterioration in Lebanon's overall budgetary performance. Tax revenue, which was already low before the outbreak of the Civil War, declined further and simultaneously caused expenditures to rise considerably (Table … [Read more...]
The Politics and Liberation of Lebanon
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What’s Wrong: The Arab Liberal Critique of Arab Society

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Chechnya, Wahhabism and the Invasion of Dagestan
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The Impact of the Iraq War on Israel’s National Security Conception

The impact of the Iraq war on Israel's national security conception H1 { FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; TEXT-ALIGN: center } SPAN.MsoEndnoteReference { VERTICAL-ALIGN: super; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman' } SPAN.t13 { } H6 { FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; TEXT-DECORATION: underline; text-underline: single } div.Section1 {page:Section1; } div.Section2 … [Read more...]
CIVIL SOCIETY AND DEMOCRATIZATION IN THE ARAB WORLD
Published by the GLORIA Center,Interdisciplinary Center, Herzliya Volume 9, No. 4, Article 2 - December 2005 Total Circulation 22,500 CIVIL SOCIETY AND DEMOCRATIZATION IN THE ARAB WORLDBy Sean L. Yom* This article attacks the "civil society" thesis, a prevailing assumption of political analysis toward the Arab world today, which argues that vigorous civic activism … [Read more...]
Azerbaijan: Islam in a Post-Soviet Republic
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VOL. 9 No. 1 - March 2005 Published by the GLORIA Center, Interdisciplinary Center, Herzliya Volume 9, No. 1 - March 2005 Editor and Publisher: Professor Barry RubinAssistant Editors: Cameron Brown, Joy Pincus MERIA Journal Previous Issues Get the Acrobat Format of MERIA Cover Page … [Read more...]