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A history of the Middle East
\"The definitive history of the Middle East, thoroughly revised and updated through 2012. One of the most crucial, volatile, and complex regions of the modern world, the Middle East has long confounded the dreams of conquerors and peacemakers alike. This now-classic book, fully updated to 2012 and still the essential work on the subject, follows the historic struggles of the Middle East from Napoleon's campaign in Egypt and Syria, through the slow decline and fall of the Ottoman Empire, to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the history of Islam and its recent resurgence. For this fourth edition, Economist correspondent Nicolas Pelham contributes an extensive new section examining recent developments throughout the Middle East, including the invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan, the situation in Iran, the region's relations with the United States under President Obama, the Arab Spring, and more\"-- Provided by publisher.
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Gaza's Tunnel Phenomenon: The Unintended Dynamics of Israel's Siege
This article traces the extraordinary development of Gaza's tunnel phenomenon over the past decade in response to Israel's economic asphyxiation of the small coastal enclave. It focuses on the period since Hamas's 2007 takeover of the Strip, which saw the industry's transformation from a clandestine, makeshift operation into a major commercial enterprise, regulated, taxed, and bureaucratized. In addition to describing the particulars of the tunnel complex, the article explores its impact on Gaza's socioeconomic hierarchy, strategic orientation, and Islamist rule. The larger geopolitical context, especially with regard to Israel, the Sinai Peninsula, and the Nile Valley, is also discussed. The author argues that contrary to the intentions of its architects, the siege precipitated the reconfiguration of Gaza's economy and enabled its rulers to circumvent the worst effects of the blockade.
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Economist video. Could Iran's regime fall?
Iran is facing its biggest external threat in nearly 50 years. Israel has killed its top generals and set back its nuclear programme. Could its regime fall?
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Economist video. The Baghdad job : history's biggest bank heist
In 2022, news broke that $2.5bn had been stolen in Iraq, the biggest bank heist ever. Nicolas Pelham, The Economist's Middle East correspondent, follows the money.
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Gaza's Tunnel Complex
For an informal smuggling route, the tunnel complex underneath Gaza's border with Egypt is remarkably formal. A security cordon of chicken-wire fencing surrounds the Gazan side of the site, barring entrance from Rafah town a few hundred meters away. At each exit a squad in military fatigues monitors the round-the-clock traffic for blacklisted goods. At one checkpoint, Hamas security men frisked a youth in jeans and a baggy T-shirt, discovering a colored paper bag taped to his waist. Inside were 16 packets of tramadol, an opioid painkiller that can be purchased over the counter in Egypt but is sold by the pill in Gaza. The young mans stash would have fetched 6,000 shekels (over $1,600) on the streets.
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The Crown Prince and the New Saudi Economy
Mohammed bin Salman has to rule like a reformer if he wants to transform the kingdom into a Western-oriented market economy.
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The Crown Prince and the New Saudi Economy
Mohammed bin Salman has to rule like a reformer if he wants to transform the kingdom into a Western-oriented market economy.
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What now for Palestinians?
No sooner had Israel completed its partial withdrawal from Gaza, as set out in the Trump Plan, than it began slicing the strip in two. On October 9th Israeli engineers laid knee-high yellow saddle-stones. Weeks later they added chunky yellow blocks. A concrete wall could follow. The new \"yellow\" line would define a small Palestinian enclave within a larger Israeli-occupied zone. Israel is meant to withdraw fully once Hamas disarms and an international stabilization force takes over. Neither looks imminent. Gaza's partition may therefore become indefinite. The inner enclave will hold Gaza's 2m displaced people, still under Hamas's thumb and living in camps dependent on dwindling UN relief. Israel sees the surrounding zone--\"Gaza East\"--as a showcase for renewal, with a tariff-free trade area at Rafah on the Egyptian border and a new port on Israel's border. Israel would direct the investment, while \"Gaza West\" festers. The division also mirrors the rivalry between Gaza's regional backers. Qatar will bankroll the Hamas-run enclave. The UAE, Israel's anti-Islamist Gulf partner, will fund reconstruction of the outer ring by Egyptian firms.
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