Research Paper (postgraduate) from the year 2012 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Region: Far East, University of Southern Denmark (Middle East Studies Center), course: Master, language: English, abstract: Since 1950, Morocco has received more U.S. aid than any other Arab or African country, except for Egypt. Indeed, since the beginning of the war over Western Sahara, Morocco has received more than one-fifth of all U.S. aid to the continent, totalling more than $1 billion in military assistance and $1.3 billion in economic aid ( Zunes). This aid is more relevant if one takes...

Research Paper from the year 2012 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Region: Near East, Near Orient, grade: 12, University of Southern Denmark, course: Middle East Studies, language: English, abstract: The Sahara issue reminds us of one of the longest and stagnated conflicts in this period and according to some scholars and the United Nations, it is the "last big decolonization conflict in the world." Despite having been labelled, many times, as the "forgotten conflict" the truth is that the Sahara conflict has an international importance higher than some authors have afforded...

Research Paper (undergraduate) from the year 2012 in the subject Cultural Studies - Middle Eastern Studies, grade: B, University of Southern Denmark (Middle East Studies), course: Culture and Religion in Middle East, language: English, abstract: The concept of modernity and democracy has taken up many discussions in the Arab World. A constant feature is the debate as to whether or not the Arab or Islamic World is compatible with the idea of modernity, and understanding this idea from a Western perspective, in relation to a set of abstract values such as liberty or democracy. The aim of this...