Globalization in the Middle East & North Africa
Class resources and maps (including blank map of the extended Middle East and North Africa)

  1. China Tries a New Tack to Go Solar, NYT Jan 9, 2010
  2. Stratfor Annual Forecast - 2010
  3. Is China an Enron? (Part 2) - Tom Friedman op ed, NYT Jan 20, 2010
  4. Hillary Clinton Internet Speech Blasts China, Others For Web Blocks, Huffington Post, Jan. 21, 2010
  5. University Branches in Dubai Are Struggling, NYT Dec. 28, 2009
  6. Jersualem Fund, The Palestinian Economy 2010 - online video
  7. China Rebuffs Clinton on Internet Warning, NYT Jan 23, 2010 ["information imperialism"?]
  8. Russian Oligarch’s Long Road to a Hong Kong I.P.O., NYT Jan 23, 2010
  9. At Davos, the globalizers are gone, Washington Post, Jan. 30, 2010
  10. U.S. Deal With Taiwan Has China Retaliating, NYT, Jan. 30, 2010
  11. Hamas Official Murdered in Dubai Hotel, NYT, Jan. 30, 2010
  12. Deficits May Alter U.S. Politics and Global Power, NYT, Feb 1, 2010
  13. China Willing to Spend Big on Afghan Commerce , NYT, Dec 31, 2009
  14. China Renews Opposition to Iran Sanctions, NYT, Feb 4, 2010
  15. China Shows Little Patience for U.S. Currency Pressure, NYT, Feb 4, 2010
  16. U.S. Report Details Money Laundering, NYT, Feb 4, 2010
  17. Algeria corruption case 'part of political struggle', African News service (polity.org.za), Feb 9, 2010
  18. Algerian leader spars with security chiefs, UPI, Feb 3, 2010
  19. Power struggle between Algeria's President Abdelaziz Bouteflika and the Head of Military Intelligence, (Moroccan source) Feb 7, 2010
  20. World's tallest tower in UAE closes, Al Jazeera, Feb 9, 2010
  21. GFH woes offer glimpse into Bahrain banks, The Peninsula - 13 February, 2010
  22. Over half of Saudi firms plan recruitment Saudi Gazette - 15 February, 2010
  23. The Middle East Job Index Survey, Jan 2010, summarized here and carried out by bayt.com (where you can register for a job or link to other research reports)
  24. World Bank, Middle East and North Africa: Global Economic Prospects 2010: Regional summaries, Jan 21, 2010 - 8 page appendix
  25. Dubai police: Interpol should nab Mossad chief if Israel behind Hamas killing , Haaretz, Feb. 18, 2010
  26. Interpol puts Dubai killing suspects on wanted list, BBC News, Feb. 18, 2010
  27. Israelis Share Suspicions in Hamas Leader’s Killing, NYT, Feb 18, 2010
  28. Will Stabilization Limit Protectionism? 4th GTA Report, Global Trade Alert, London, Feb 15, 2010 - Executive Summary (download) - Entire (entire e-book) - Country by Country (download)
  29. Banks Bet Greece Defaults on Debt They Helped Hide, NYT, Feb 25, 2010
  30. Inquiry Grows in Dubai Assassination, NYT, Feb 25, 2010
  31. Piers Brendon, Like Rome Before the Fall? Not Yet (op ed), NYT, Feb 25, 2010
  32. Nial Ferguson, Complexity and Collapse: Empires on the Edge of Chaos, Foreign Affairs, March-April 2010
  33. Saudi Arabia no longer on US copyright watch list, Arab Neews, Feb. 26, 2010
  34. Office of US Trade Representative, 2009 Special 301 Report, Accessed Feb 26, 2010
  35. Jundallah arrest proves timely for Iran, by M K Bhadrakumar, Asia Times, Feb 26, 2010
  36. Michael Ferrantino, Policy Anchors: Do Free Trade Agreements and WTO Accessions Serve as Vehicles for Developing-Country Policy Reform? -accessed by Philip Clark Feb 23, 2010
  37. I.M.F. Chief Suggests Look at New Reserve Currency, NYT, Feb 27, 2010
  38. Germany’s Export Prowess Weighs on Euro-Zone , NYT, Feb. 27, 2010
  39. Memo From Tripoli - Unknotting Father’s Reins in Hope of ‘Reinventing’ Libya, NYT, March 1, 2010
  40. Seattle Syndrome - a CD online for you (282 meg download)
  41. CPJ trip to Morocco reveals gap between rhetoric and reality, CPJ blog March 4, 2010
  42. Sovereign debt: the grim rater, The Economist, March 4, 2010 (as Greece goes so might USA some day...)
  43. WHY SAUDI ARABIA DOES NOT SUPPORT A STRIKE ON IRAN, March 8, 2010
  44. Europe Looks at the I.M.F. With Unease as Greece Struggles, NYT March 25, 2010
  45. Rami Khouri, On the Verge of Historic Change? Middle East online, March 24, 2010
  46. Bahrain?s torture problem, Posted By Joe Stork, Human Rights Watch, Monday, March 29, 2010
  47. Saudi Stock Market Opens To Foreigners, All Headline News, March 28, 2010
  48. Dubai upholds kissing couple ruling [strains of globalization!], Al-Jazeera, April 4, 2010
  49. Migration and the Mashreq , Viewpoints - Middle East Institute, March 30, 2010
  50. No repeat of Kyrgyzstan in Arab states, The Guardian (London), April 9, 2010
  51. The First, the Last Fight in Tunis, The National - Abu Dhabi, April 2, 2010 (not April Fool's Day but showing a great bully atmopshere)
  52. Moody's upgrades Lebanon's sovereign ratings to B1, Daily Star , April 15, 2010
  53. Dialogue to resume amid US arms 'concerns' -Tensions rise over weapons held by non-state actors in Lebanon, Daily Star , April 15, 2010
  54. Israel Says Syria Gave Missiles to Hezbollah, NYT April 15, 2010
  55. Obama signals shift in US Middle East policy, NYT April 15, 2010
  56. Mood Is Dark as Israel Marks 62nd Year as a Nation, NYT April 20, 2010
  57. Bill Quandt, Obama's Middle East straddle: time to get off the fence, Foreign Policy, April 21, 2010
  58. Privilege Pulls Qatar Toward Unhealthy Choices, NYT April 27, 2010
  59. Dubai on April 23, 2010, in 45 gigapixels, online May 2, 2010 (Gerald Donovan)
  60. Qatar sets aside $ 20bn for tourism, Arab News - 06 May, 2010

     

 
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Last updated 6 May 2010 | Globalization seminar
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