China is a vast and overpopulated country in the eastern Asia whose energy security and supply is the most important factor of economic growth and consequently, economic, social and political security. By the past decades, its leaders have understood the key role of economic growth and development in the economic and political security of china. Thus, they have put all their concentration on th...

The presence of Shii communities in Europe is increasingly felt, especially as they establish independent religious and social infrastructures. Supporters different Shii–Islamist political parties have established transnational links connecting diasporic with their countries origin. These shaped been by religious, dynamics the Middle East. This article examines how lamentation poetry performed ...

Foreign development assistance has been widely used for the last 60 years. In spite of changing conditions in the geopolitical scene and the increasing number of new development actors, development assistance has retained its salience. Most countries around the globe are involved in the aid regime, either as recipients, as donors and frequently as both. Middle-income countries (MICs) that until...

nursing research in the middle east: a multi-layer bibliometric study rashidi a * received: 12 aug , 2013 accepted: 26 oct , 2013 abstract background & aims: nurses along with other clinical professions play important role on people's health around the world. however various bibliometric analysis in medical care have shown a notable level of sophistication, a few bibliometric analysis has ...

Russia after the collapsing of Soviet Union ignored and left behind the Caspian Sea for a short time due to giving preference to relationship with West. Discovery of new sources of energy in the Caspian region and the significance of the geopolitical position of this region in Europe, Asia and the Middle East and the key role that plays in the power balances in the world, also West attention sp...

Safeguarding the energy security is an important energy policy goal of every country. Assuring sufficient and reliable resources of energy at affordable prices is the main objective of energy security. Due to such reasons as special geopolitical position, terrorist attacks and other unrest in the Middle East, securing Iran’s energy demand and increasing her natural gas exports have turned into ...

BACKGROUND The prevalence of type 2 diabetes is increasing dramatically in the Middle East and North Africa region. However, there are few trials that have determined the effect of antidiabetic treatment in an observational setting in these countries. METHODS This was a noninterventional study performed in Morocco in 2006-2007 and in the Middle East in 2005-2006 to observe the efficacy and sa...