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A report on the outcome of Sudan's general elections of April 1986, in which the Umma Party and the Democratic Unionist Party won most of the votes. The implications for Sudan's relations with Egypt and Libya are discussed against the background of a rising tide of anti-American feeling. (DÜI-Asd)

A report on the current speculations in Sanaa about the chances of South Yemen's former president and about the role, which North Yemen might play in them. Because of the latter's military debt to the Soviet Union in excess of half a billion dollars, Moscow is depicted a having considerable leverage at Sanaa, while a more foreward American policy is constrained by a reluctant Congress. (DÜI-Asd)

An analysis of the various implications, which the latest clash between Libya and America may have had for US interests in the Middle East. The boost of the rising tide of anti-US feeling in the area is seen as undermining those regimes which are traditional US allies. It is argued that while the Middle East will continue to provide a useful testing-ground for the West's weapons, it ultimately could prove to become a graveyard for the West's interests. (DÜI-Asd)

The article discusses the various implications for government and society of oil production and oil export by North Yemen by 1988. The oil development near Marib by the American Hunt Oil Company, in which Exxon has a 49% interest, as well as the problems of constructing a pipeline to the Red Sea are described in some detail. (DÜI-Asd)

By sectoral examplification and statistical presentation this special report argues, that although Bahrain's economic growth has slackened over the past four years, the country has been less affected by the world oil glut than most other crude producers, thanks largely to its long-standing policy of diversification away from oil and into a steadily-broadening economic basis. (DÜI-Asd)

The comprehensive survey features OPEC's eclipse, the diversions among the world's oil producers as well as the impact of the Gulf war and America's responsibility for the deteriorating situation in the Middle East, politically and economically. However, it is argued that the energy problem is at root a global dilemma requiring a global solution. (DÜI-Asd)

A report on the difficulties, with which Turkish contractors in such Middle Eastern countries as Libya, Iran and Iraq are faced since the oil-price collapse. A number of the larger companies, however, are said to have set their sights on markets further east such as Malaysia, Thailand and Indonesia or else on East European markets, which all together makes them appear less dependent. (DÜI-Asd)

A report on the financial system in the occupied territories which is said to comprise a growing number of Palestinian money-changers, branches of Israeli banks, some Arab financial institutions, merchants and landowners, who provide agricultural credit, and finance from institutions in Amman. The money-changers, who operate in every town, are depicted as playing a key role. However, owing to the Israeli authorities' opposition to any significant Palestinian financial and economic development, they hardly can function as a germ to any long-term development of an independent Palestinian economy. (DÜI-Asd)

A report on Turkey's multifarious links with the Organisation of the Islamic Conference and, in particular, on its role in the OIC's Standing Commitee for Economic Co-operation. Prime Minister Turgut Özal is depicted as a fervent supporter of inter-Islamic trade and of an Islamic free-trade zone. (DÜI-Asd)

The survey on Middle Eastern governments' fresh look at the role of cotton in foreign exchange earnings - as contrasted with the drop of oil prices - states that although cotton is likely to be increasingly important in the Middle East over the next few years, it is no panacea for the region's economic problems. From 1990 onwards, Middle East cotton-growers will face a threat from China, which is expected to export some 3mn bales a year. (DÜI-Asd)

A report on Israel's new crackdown on Palestinian trade unionists in the West Bank and Gaza, who are seen as playing an important role in the Palestinian struggle against the occupation. Light is shed, in particular, on the measures of administrative detention, which include deportation. Rabin's "iron fist" policy is said to have weakened successfully the mass movement among Palestinian workers. (DÜI-Asd)

Bericht über die Annäherung zwischen Syrien und Jordanien anläßlich des Besuchs des jordanischen Premierministers in Damaskus im November 1985 und Darstellung der Hauptdifferenzen zwischen den beiden Staaten (Palästinaproblem, PLO, iranisch-irakischer Krieg). (DÜI-Sdt)

Überblick über die Wirtschaftslage in Ägypten; Reaktionen auf das Wirtschaftsreformprogramm, das der Premierminister am 30. November dem Parlament vorlegte; Mubaraks Wirtschafts- und Investitionspolitik. (DÜI-Sdt)

Titelgeschichte über die Person Hafiz al-Asad und seine Rolle im Nahostkonflikt unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der syrischen Versöhnung mit Jordanien, der Beziehungen zum Libanon und zum Golf sowie der wirtschaftlichen Lage. (DÜI-Sdt)

Sonderbericht über die wirtschaftliche Situation in Saudi-Arabien mit einem Überblick über die Ziele des laufenden Fünfjahresplans, über die Lage auf dem Industriesektor, über die Entwicklung in der Petrochemie und auf dem Gebiet der Landwirtschaft sowie im Luftverkehr. (DÜI-Sdt)