CNN Middle East News- U.N. Security Council to meet on SyriaThe U.N. Security Council is scheduled to meet Saturday and may vote on a draft resolution intended to pressure Syria to end its months-long crackdown on anti-government demonstrators, diplomats said. […]
- Samsung said it didn't make ad that angered IraniansSenior Iranian lawmakers are considering a boycott of Samsung, the South Korean electronics and appliance manufacturer, because of a controversial Israeli ad that pokes fun at the nuclear crisis, state-run Press TV of Iran said Friday. […]
- Iran's leader: War would be detrimental to U.S.The supreme leader of Iran issued a blunt warning Friday that war would be detrimental to the United States -- and that Iran is ready to help anyone who confronts "cancerous" Israel. […]
- Bold, exhilarating stands for freedom inside SyriaAbu Marwan jumps into the back of the small white van. He and his friend, Abu Omar, are heading to a grass-roots demonstration in the Syrian capital to protest the government of President Bashar al-Assad. […]
- Film director shares sights and sounds of Beirut's 'Little Armenia'Film director Nigol Bezjian was born in Syria, raised in Lebanon and studied in the United States, but nowhere does he feel more at home than in Little Armenia. […]
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This page will bring you a variety of political analysis about the Middle East written by GitanJali Bakshi. You are welcomed to comment or send any question you have about the articles.
The website aims to support the readers with information about the Middle East and the important cases which takes place in it. We also wish to support academics that are in need of more information for their education about the region.
Education and Background:
Gitanjali has completed her under graduate degree at Denison University, a liberal arts college in Granville, Ohio, USA, where she majored in comparative religion. While at Denison she completed research courses in the theory of international politics, Gandhian politics and the rise and fall of Nazi Germany.
She joined Strategic Foresight in February 2007.
Area of Specialization:
Middle East
Projects:
Workshop on the Cost of Conflict Middle East, Zurich, Switzerland (August 2008)
Conference on Responsibility to the Future: Business, Peace and Sustainability (June 2008)
Publications:
Global Security & Economy: Emerging Issues, 2008
(Awarded best performance in an internal research competition)
Cost of Conflict in the Middle East (January 2009)
Articles:
- Urbanity, Identity And The New Middle East (August 2009)
- In Search of ‘Hidden Water’: GCC Nations & Food Security (May 2009)
- Where Religion Meets Politics… (April 2009)
_ Building Houses on the Sand – Rehabilitation in Post-war Gaza (March 2009)
- Strategic Foresight Group Reports on the Environmental Cost of Middle East Conflicts (February 2009)
- Why Should We Care About Gaza? (January 2009)
- Polarization Breeds Terrorism (December 2008)
- Is No News Really Good News: Peace between Israel and Palestine in 2009 (November 2008)
- Blue Gold: Somalian Pirates in the Gulf of Aden (October 2008)
- Russia, Georgia & the Middle East: A re-thinking of cold war tactics (September 2008)
- Re-Baathification in Iraq? (February 2008)
- Are we Truly Serious about Democracy in the Middle East? (July 2007)
Interviews:
- Experiments in Arab Renaissance (February 2007)
