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Title The countries of North Africa : background and issues / Vincent G. Luciano, editor
Published New York : Nova Science Publishers, Inc., [2011]

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Description 1 online resource
Series Global political studies
Global political studies series.
Contents THE COUNTRIES OF NORTH AFRICA: BACKGROUND AND ISSUES; THE COUNTRIES OF NORTH AFRICA: BACKGROUND AND ISSUES; CONTENTS ; PREFACE ; ALGERIA: CURRENT ISSUES; SUMMARY; GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS ; TERRORISM; COUNTER TERRORISM ; HUMAN RIGHTS ; ECONOMY ; FOREIGN AFFAIRS; RELATIONS WITH THE UNITED STATES ; End Notes ; COUNTRY PROFILE: ALGERIA; COUNTRY; HISTORICAL BACKGROUND ; GEOGRAPHY ; SOCIETY ; ECONOMY ; TRANSPORTATION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS ; GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS ; NATIONAL SECURITY; EGYPT: BACKGROUND AND U.S. RELATIONS; SUMMARY ; LATEST DEVELOPMENTS
CURRENT ISSUES IN U.S.-EGYPTIAN RELATIONS Presidential Succession: Who Will Follow Hosni Mubarak?; Egypt and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict; Overview ; Current Egyptian Mediation Efforts ; The Smuggling Tunnels ; U.S. Border Monitoring and Tunnel Detection Assistance ; The Economy and U.S-Egyptian Trade and Investment ; U.S.-Egyptian Trade; Qualified Industrial Zones ; Human Rights, Religious Freedom, and Women's Rights ; Religious Freedom ; Women's Rights ; Quota for Women in Parliament ; GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE ; The Role of the Military in Egyptian Society
The National Democratic Party (NDP)The Judiciary ; POLITICAL OPPOSITION AND CIVIL SOCIETY ; The Muslim Brotherhood; Civil Society in Egypt ; Organized Labor; U.S. FOREIGN ASSISTANCE TO EGYPT ; Overview ; The Debate over U.S. Assistance to Egypt ; Promoting Democracy in Egypt: Differing Perspectives ; Economic Aid ; The Endowment ; Military Aid ; Recent Arms Sales Notifications; APPENDIX. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND ; Egypt during the Colonial Era ; The Constitutional Monarchy and the British ; Nasser and Egypt during the Cold War ; Egypt-Israeli Peace
The Camp David Agreement and 1979 Peace Treaty Egypt under Mubarak ; Author Contact Information ; End Notes ; LIBYA: BACKGROUND AND U.S. RELATIONS; SUMMARY ; RECENT DEVELOPMENTS ; BACKGROUND AND RECENT HISTORY ; The Qadhafi Era ; The Green Book and Qadhafi's Ideology ; Terrorism and Confrontation with the United States ; Qadhafi's Arab-Israeli Intransigence ; International Isolation and Signs of Change; CURRENT ISSUES IN U.S.-LIBYAN RELATIONS; Comprehensive Claims Settlement Agreement ; Settlement Details ; Settlement Eligibility and Adjudication; U.S. Foreign Assistance to Libya
Funding for New U.S. Embassy Construction Counterterrorism Cooperation ; POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC PROFILE ; Muammar al Qadhafi: A Profile ; Political Dynamics ; Government Structure ; The "Authority of the People" ; Proposals for the Dissolution of State Ministries and Revenue Dist-ribution ; Opposition Groups ; Exiles ; The Muslim Brotherhood ; Libyan Islamic Fighting Group (LIFG) ; Al Qaeda Affiliation and Recantations ; Political Reform and Human Rights ; Legal and Institutional Reform ; Human Rights Monitoring ; Fathi al Jahmi ; Libyan Foreign Policy
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Terrorism -- Africa, North
Human rights -- Africa, North
HISTORY.
Diplomatic relations
Economic history
Human rights
Politics and government
Terrorism
SUBJECT Africa, North -- Politics and government -- 21st century
Africa, North -- Economic conditions -- 21st century
Africa, North -- Foreign relations
Africa, North -- Foreign relations -- United States
United States -- Foreign relations -- Africa, North
Subject North Africa
United States
Form Electronic book
Author Luciano, Vincent G
LC no. 2019714363
ISBN 9781617615276
1617615277