Spot analysis from Carnegie scholars on events relating to the Middle East and North Africa.
Yezid Sayigh
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The Carnegie Middle East Center, based in Beirut, was ranked "first among the 273 think tanks in the Middle East and North Africa" for 2009 in a study of the world's 6,305 think tanks. Established only three years ago, the Center was also named among "the best five new think tanks in the world."
Spot analysis from Carnegie scholars on events relating to the Middle East and North Africa.
Yezid Sayigh
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