Working Paper no. 45 -Regional and Global Axes of Conflict - NOTHING BUT FAILURE? THE ARAB LEAGUE AND THE GULF COOPERATION COUNCIL AS MEDIATORS IN MIDDLE EASTERN CONFLICTS Marco Pinfari London School of Economics and Political Science March 2009 Crisis States Working Papers Series No.2 ISSN 1749-1797 (print) ISSN 1749-1800 (online) Copyright © M. Pinfari‚ 2009 Crisis States Research Centre Nothing but Failure? The Arab League and the Gulf Cooperation Council as Mediators in Middle
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Multimedia University BRM8014 Advanced Marketing Case Writing The Low Cost Carrier Model - Air Arabia Student Name: Abdelbaset Queiri Student ID: 1111800065 1. Introduction Amidst the global crisis in the airline industry‚ figures from the International Air Transport Association (IATA) report that actual passenger traffic worldwide has increased 5.9% from the previous year for the period Jan-Sep 2006. Alarmingly‚ the Middle East has shown the strongest
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Nick Wood Movements essay October 15‚ 2014 Hamas The word Hamas is an acronym‚ from the Arabic for Islamic Resistance Movement. Hamas grew out of the ideology and practice of the Islamic fundamentalist Muslim Brotherhood movement that arose in Egypt in the 1920s. Sheikh Ahmed Yassin founded this Palestinian Islamic group in 1987 during the first intifada‚ as a result of the Israeli taking up most of the West Bank or Gaza strip and later emerged at the forefront of armed resistance to Israel
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efforts of Western oil companies to drive oil prices down. The original members of OPEC included Iran‚ Iraq‚ Kuwait‚ Saudi Arabia‚ and Venezuela. OPEC has since expanded to include seven more countries (Algeria‚ Angola‚ Indonesia‚ Libya‚ Nigeria‚ Qatar‚ and United Arab Emirates) making a total membership of 12. The first move towards the establishment of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) took place in 1949‚ when Venezuela approached Iran‚ Iraq‚ Kuwait and Saudi Arabia and
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Is Life Expectancy More Correlated with Obesity or Poverty? Hypothesis: When obesity and poverty rates are tested to see which is more correlated with life expectancy I would expect poverty to be more correlated and for it to be a negative correlation as well. I say this because obesity is in a way a subcategory of poverty. For example‚ people who are poorer tend to buy the less healthy foods because they are at a cheaper price‚ thusly causing obesity. Procedure: Research and Identify the obesity
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United Arab Emirates Business Environment Shell Analysis by Trever Morley 1. Introduction and Disclaimer In our group’s effort to match our enthusiasm for this class with our love for engineering marvels and innovative ideas‚ the country of choice for us was the United Arab Emirates. Thanks mostly to the recent oil boom and spikes in demand for petroleum based products‚ the UAE and most other Oil and Petroleum Exporting Countries are now finding themselves in a position of power
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richest countries in the Arab market were not as severely affected by the recent economic crisis than the West. According to Chalhoub Group the most promising cities for luxury consumption in the Gulf are Abu Dhabi (UAE)‚ Riyadh (KSA) and Doha (Qatar). In the long term‚ despite of the recent political instabilities potential of Egypt‚ Kingdom of Saudi Arabia‚ and Iran should not be underestimated either. All three countries have rapid population growth with a large proportion of young people
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The Al-Buraimi is an Oasis town that borders the United Arab Emirates and is adjacent to the city of Al Ain which belongs to the Emirate of Abu Dhabi. The Geographical Landscape of this Oasis town is extremely different from its neighbor the city of Al Ain because its mostly gravel and rocks. Also‚ the city of Al-Buraimi is smaller in size than Al Ain which results in it being less prosperous than its neighbor. For decades‚ the cities of Al-Buraimi and Al Ain have had an open border between them
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1. Introduction: Service provision is often an economic activity where the buyer does not generally‚ except by exclusive contract‚ obtain exclusive ownership of the thing purchased. The benefits of such a service‚ if priced‚ are held to be self-evident in the buyer ’s willingness to pay for it. Public services are those‚ that society (nation state‚ fiscal union‚ regional) as a whole pays for‚ through taxes and other means. By composing and orchestrating the appropriate level of resources‚ skill
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How globalization have encouraged humans to disregard the moral rights of animals? Animals are used in food as much as they are used in sports in the Middle East‚ in that when camels are used for racing using robot jockeys who whips camels to win. Qatar has seen a lot of camel racing‚ which they believe as their tradition‚ where the best camels who can run faster are fed well to bring money to their owners. Poor camels are not encouraged for sports but are converted to food as
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