Subject Guide for Middle East Studies

The Carnegie Middle East Center is a public policy think tank and research center based in Beirut, Lebanon. It was established in November 2006 by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

Freedom House, an independent non-governmental organization that supports the expansion of freedom in the world, has monitored political rights and civil liberties around the world since 1972, and press freedom since 1980. Freedom House's reports are available online. www.freedomhouse.org. Freedom House's survey on women's rights in the Middle East and North Africa is available online.

The International Crisis Group is an independent, non-profit, non-governmental organisation committed to preventing and resolving deadly conflict. Publishes around 90 reports and briefings, containing between them some 800 separate policy recommendations. Conducts some 5,000 advocacy meetings with policymakers and other decision-makers.

OECD iLibrary is the online library of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). It is possible to access the full text of the books, periodicals and statistical databases.

The RAND Corporation is a nonprofit institution that helps improve policy and decisionmaking through research and analysis. RAND focuses on issues such as health, education, national security, international affairs, law and business, the environment, and more.