International Affairs - West Asia

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British Memorandum of September 1922, Dividing the Palestine Mandate

The creation of Transjordan thus dividing Palestine into two - full text. Article 25 to the Palestine Mandate Memorandum by the British...

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The Palestine Mandate 1922 Covered Areas East of River Jordan

The Palestine Mandate The Council of the League of Nations: Whereas the Principal Allied Powers have agreed, for the purpose of giving...

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Syria and the Wider Region: The Hydrocarbon Dimension

December 2018 The Geopolitics of Oil and Gas in Central and West Asia over the Decades This is an update of an earlier essay on the same...

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Afghanistan After Omar's Death

Omar [L] and Mansour [R] – Omar’s death in 2013 was hidden for two years; Mansour was chosen as his successor. A good starting point for...

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