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 <title>Studying Middle East</title>
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 <title>Burke Chair in Strategy</title>
 <link>http://csis.org/program/burke-chair-strategy</link>
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&lt;p&gt;The Arleigh A. Burke Chair in Strategy was established and endowed in honor of CSIS&amp;rsquo;s first director and cofounder, Admiral Arleigh A. Burke.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://csis.org/program/burke-chair-strategy&quot;&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
 <category domain="http://csis.org/category/topics/defense-and-security">Defense and Security</category>
 <category domain="http://csis.org/category/topics/defense-and-security/international-security">International Security</category>
 <category domain="http://csis.org/category/topics/defense-and-security/military-strategy">Military Strategy</category>
 <category domain="http://csis.org/category/topics/defense-and-security/nuclear-weapons">Nuclear Weapons</category>
 <category domain="http://csis.org/category/topics/defense-and-security/terrorism">Terrorism</category>
 <pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 11:57:14 -0500</pubDate>
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 <title>Middle East Program</title>
 <link>http://csis.org/program/middle-east-program</link>
 <description>&lt;p&gt;The CSIS Middle East Program covers all aspects of U.S. policy toward the region, concentrating especially on identifying new voices, framing emerging challenges, and developing opportunities for positive change in the Middle East. To the greatest degree possible, we seek to be &amp;quot;opportunity driven&amp;quot; rather than &amp;quot;threat driven.&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Our work is intended to:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://csis.org/program/middle-east-program&quot;&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
 <comments>http://csis.org/program/middle-east-program#comments</comments>
 <category domain="http://csis.org/category/topics/energy-and-climate-change/regional-analysis">Regional Analysis</category>
 <pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2009 11:57:58 -0400</pubDate>
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 <title>Burke Chair Books and Major Works</title>
 <link>http://csis.org/program/burke-chair-books-and-major-works</link>
 <description>&lt;p&gt;The Burke Chair in Strategy provides political and military analysis of key strategic challenges facing the United States and the world by Anthony H Cordesman. Efforts include Middle East issues, U.S. national security, Chinese military development, lessons of war analysis, the global military balance, asymmetric warfare, and global energy security.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://csis.org/program/burke-chair-books-and-major-works&quot;&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
 <category domain="http://csis.org/category/topics/defense-and-security">Defense and Security</category>
 <category domain="http://csis.org/category/topics/defense-and-security/military-strategy">Military Strategy</category>
 <category domain="http://csis.org/category/topics/defense-and-security/terrorism">Terrorism</category>
 <pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 16:07:42 -0400</pubDate>
 <dc:creator>ian</dc:creator>
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 <title>Middle East Notes and Comment</title>
 <link>http://csis.org/program/middle-east-notes-and-commentproj</link>
 <description>&lt;p&gt;Middle East Notes and Comment is the program&#039;s monthly e-newsletter. For more information, please contact &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:middleeastprogram@csis.org?subject=Middle%20Notes&quot;&gt;Middle East Program&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;a href=&quot;http://csis.org/menc&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://csis.org/menc&quot;&gt;Check all archives&amp;gt;&amp;gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://csis.org/program/middle-east-notes-and-commentproj&quot;&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
 <pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2009 14:38:12 -0400</pubDate>
 <dc:creator>sherry</dc:creator>
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 <title>Middle East Program Past Projects</title>
 <link>http://csis.org/program/middle-east-program-past-projects</link>
 <description>&lt;h3&gt;2007&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;Understanding Islamic Charities&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://csis.org/program/middle-east-program-past-projects&quot;&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
 <pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2009 09:36:43 -0400</pubDate>
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 <title>Muslim Networks</title>
 <link>http://csis.org/program/muslim-networks</link>
 <description>&lt;p&gt;Increasingly, Muslim identity goes beyond the way in which people live their daily lives and extends to the way they view their neighbors, their governments, Muslims outside their countries, and the non-Muslim world.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://csis.org/program/muslim-networks&quot;&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
 <pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2008 10:42:29 -0400</pubDate>
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 <title>Regional Analysis</title>
 <link>http://csis.org/program/regional-analysis</link>
 <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/program/africa-program&quot;&gt;&lt;img hspace=&quot;4&quot; height=&quot;80&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; width=&quot;80&quot; vspace=&quot;4&quot; src=&quot;/images/stories/globalhealth/africa.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;Africa&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/program/africa-program&quot;&gt;Africa&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/program/africa-program&quot;&gt;:&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://csis.org/program/regional-analysis&quot;&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
 <category domain="http://csis.org/category/topics/global-health">Global Health</category>
 <category domain="http://csis.org/category/topics/global-health/global-health-policy">Global Health Policy</category>
 <pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2009 13:34:26 -0400</pubDate>
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 <title>The Changing Gulf</title>
 <link>http://csis.org/program/changing-gulf</link>
 <description>&lt;p&gt;Sustained high oil prices have not only affected life in the oil-rich Gulf profoundly, they have also created soaring wealth that changes the way the region relates to the rest of the world.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://csis.org/program/changing-gulf&quot;&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
 <comments>http://csis.org/program/changing-gulf#comments</comments>
 <category domain="http://csis.org/category/topics/energy-and-climate-change/regional-analysis">Regional Analysis</category>
 <category domain="http://csis.org/category/topics/trade-and-economics">Trade and Economics</category>
 <pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2008 10:39:33 -0500</pubDate>
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 <guid isPermaLink="false">13357 at http://csis.org</guid>
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 <title>U.S.-Turkey Strategic Initiative</title>
 <link>http://csis.org/program/us-turkey-strategic-initiative</link>
 <description>&lt;p&gt;The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) has undertaken a year-long initiative to develop a comprehensive assessment of Turkey&amp;rsquo;s internal developments and changing relations with its neighbors and the United States.&amp;nbsp; This assessment will inform a policy report that will propose both a new strategic framework to enhance U.S.-Turkish relations and a plan for its implem&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://csis.org/program/us-turkey-strategic-initiative&quot;&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
 <category domain="http://csis.org/category/topics/defense-and-security">Defense and Security</category>
 <category domain="http://csis.org/category/topics/defense-and-security/international-security">International Security</category>
 <pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2009 23:17:10 -0400</pubDate>
 <dc:creator>scotta</dc:creator>
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