The contents of this book: 1. History and Traditions 2. Government and Foreign Affairs 3. Economic Development 4. Infrastructure 5. Culture and Information
The United Arab Emirates was established in December 197. Since then, it has attracted international attention, at first because of its extensive oil reserves, and its strategic location at the mouth of the Arabian Gulf, but now thanks to its unparalleled programme of economic and social development.
It includes facts which show the activities and document the activities of the various ministries, institutes and authorities in Kuwait. The book also includes figures that reveal the rate of development and efficiency of these activities. These developments and activities accent our national, intellectual, cultural and religious goals and accentuate the civilized state of Kuwait at all levels.
Since the discovery of the worlds third largest oil reserves within its borders, Kuwait has achieved international political prominence far exceeding its physical size. The country had already played a role in history before, however. Local sources take that history back to the beginning of the nineteenth century. The present book takes the history of Kuwait still further back using European so…
Contents: 1. The socioeconomic and political background of the reforms 2. The DPRK's domestic economy 3. The DPRK's foreign economic relations and their dependence on the outcome of the nuclear dispute
The contents of this book: 1. Cultural and Social Changes in UAE - The UAE Evolution and Development - Social development over the years 2. Press and Society - Press establishment in the UAE - Historical Background
This book deals with a phenomenon that has for centuries now cast its dark shadow over the history and politics of that highly sensitive and troubled region: The Persian Gulf. This phenomenon is the uninterrupted "interest" displayed in this region by a whole series of colonialist and imperialist powers. This "interest" has manifested itself in open as well as covert interference, outright inva…
The terrorism phenomenon, which occurred since mankind was created, has been always denounced and rejected throughout history. So it is as old as mankind. But it is in human nature to love goodness, peace, security and stability while evil and violence have remained strange and anomalous manifestations and contrary to God's creation of man. Thus, human history has bad memories of these manifest…
The reference annual, India-2002, contains information on diverse aspects of the country-its geography and demographic features, polity, economy, society and culture. The information is gathered from Central Government Ministries/ states/ union territories and other organizations. As a work of reference, the annual is particularly useful to scholars, authors, students, officials, journalists, a…
Following its liberation from Japanese colonialism, at the end of WWII, Korea was divided into two separate nations. Because the Korean nation enjoyed a long dynastic history, its postwar partition was particularly traumatic. The ensuing Cold War years spawned the Korean War and subsequent decades of strained inter-Korean relations and tensions in the region surrounding the peninsula. This volu…