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State structure and political system of Kuwait Kuwait is a constitutional monarchy. The active constitution is of 1962. Administrative subdivision - 3 governorships. The largest city (in thousands): Kuwait, Salmiya (c. 130), Mina al-Ahmadi (Al-Ahmadi) (c. 120). Principles of governance: the power entrusted to the Emir, who exercise it through the government. Emir can formulate policies and laws that can veto laws adopted by Parliament. Laws come into force only after approval by Parliament. Parliament may pass a vote of confidence in government ministers, with the exception of the Prime Minister. Read more >>>

Policy and political system of Palestine Palestinian Legislative Council has 88 attendees. The Government consists of 26 people. Its functions include: regulation of economic life and security in the area of responsibility of the PNA, taxation and social security, education, health, culture and tourism. Chief executive in the power structure in the PNA, which determine its domestic and foreign policy, was Yasser Arafat. He combined the posts of PNA president and chairmans of the PLO Executive Committee, uniting in their hands, all three branches of government Palestinian National Authority - the legislative, executive and judicial branches. Formation of the judicial system in the PNA, as well as other authorities, is in its infancy. Operate both secular and religious courts. Read more >>>

Policy and political system of Oman The legislative body, which develops recommendations to the Sultan on economic, social, environment, culture and education, is the Shura Council (Majlis Ash-Shura). Its competence does not include political issues. Executive body is the cabinet of ministers. Sultan Qaboos retains the post of prime minister, foreign minister, defense minister and finance minister. The Cabinet is formed directly by the Sultan. There operates a bicameral advisory body - the Council of Oman, consisting of a Shura Council (82 members) and the State Council (Majlis al-Daúl) (48 members). Shura Council is formed by the sultan from among the elected candidates in 59 provinces for a period of 3 years with a right of re-election for subsequent terms. Women may also qualify for membership in the Council. Read more >>>

Kuwait's political system Kuwait is a constitutional monarchy. The Constitution of 1962 has subdivisions - 3 governorships. The largest cities (in thousands): Kuwait, Salmiya (c. 130), Mina al-Ahmadi (Al-Ahmadi) (c. 120). The principles of governance: the power is entrusted to the Emir, who exercise it through the government. The Emir is able to formulate policies and laws and may also veto laws adopted by Parliament. Read more >>>

Political system of Syria Syria is a republic. The legal base of the state system established by the Constitution, has been approved by a national vote and came to life on 13 March 1973. The supreme organ of the legislative branch is the unicameral National Council (parliament). The head of the People's Council is Mohammed Naji Otri. The supreme executive body is the Council of Ministers (Government). Read more >>>

Political system of Lebanon Lebanon is a parliamentary republic. The current Constitution dates back to 1926, though it had several amendments, just after the signing of the Taif Agreement in October 1989. The territory is divided into 5 provinces (governorates): Beirut, North (Shimal) with the administrative center of Tripoli, South (Janub) with the center in Saida, Mount Lebanon (Jabal lubnan) administrative centre in Baabda and the Bekaa Valley with the administrative center in Zahle. Read more >>>

How Middle East affects on US economy? Contemporary energy regime has strongly concentrated political influence. The determining factor affecting the development of the oil market remains U.S. policy. Ensuring national security is the issue, which reports to the entire foreign policy concept of the United States. Its most important component is to ensure energy security. This is determined by the direct dependence of the U.S. economy, which consumes a quarter of all Read more >>>

Policy of Iran 2010. Current policy of Iran 3-28 May 2010 in New York should take place the NPT Review Conference, held every five years, where the Middle East issue will be one of the key in the discussions on non-proliferation regime. 24 February in Moscow with the participation of U.S. Ambassador in Russia John Byerly, the representatives of the Foreign Ministry and Defense Ministry of Russia Federation there were discussed the preparations for the Review Conference. The Deputy Director of the Department of Security and Disarmament Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Read more >>>

State and political system of Qatar Officially, Qatar is a sovereign Arab state with an absolute monarchy. There is a temporary constitution in the country, adopted on April 2, 1970. All power in the country belongs to the emirs of al-Thani dynasty and can be inherited only by the sheikhs of this family. According to administrative division the country consists of 10 municipalities (Baladiyat): Al-Davvi, Al-Dzhuvariya, Al Jumaliyah, Al-Khor, Al-WARC, Ar-Rayyan, Al-Dzharayyan Batna, Al-Shamal, Umm Sa'id, Umm Salyal. The head of the municipality has all state Read more >>>

Political and state system of Turkey Turkey is a unitary state with a mixed form of government (it combines elements of both parliamentary and presidential republic). The Constitution is of 1982, Turkey is divided into 81 il (province): Adana, Adiyaman, Afen, Ağrı, Aksaray, Amasya, Ankara, Antalya, Ardahan, Artvin, Aydin, Balikesir, Bartın, Batman, Bayburt, Bilecik , Bingöl, Bitlis, Bolu, Burdur, Bursa, Van, Gaziantep, Giresun, Gümüşhane, Denizli, Diyarbakır, Düzce, Zonguldak, İçel, Igdir, Isparta, Istanbul, Izmir, Yozgat, Kahramanmaraş, Karabük, Karaman, Kars, Kastamonu, Read more >>>

The political and state system of Bahrain Kingdom of Bahrain is a sovereign Arab Islamic state with a monarchical form of government (constitutional hereditary monarchy). There is a Constitution of 1973. Administrative divisions - five provinces: Manama, Muharraq, Central, Southern and Northern provinces. The largest cities (in thousands): Manama, Al Muharraq (91.939), Al-Reef (79.985). The supreme body of legislative power is a bicameral parliament consisting of Read more >>>

The state and political system of Yemen According to the new constitutional amendment in 2001, there was created a two chamber legislative body. It consists of the Consultative Council (Shura), which includes 111 members, appointed by the President and the House of Representatives (deputies) - 301 members who are elected by direct voting for a term of 5 years. The highest legislative body is the Advisory Board. It is headed by Abd al-Aziz Abd al-Ghani. Chamber of Deputies is headed by Abdullah bin Hussein al-Ahmar. Head of the state - the president - the Marshal Ali Read more >>>

The state and political system of Israel Israel is a parliamentary republic. In Israel there is developed a set of constitutional statutes, including a number of basic laws. These laws, entered separately for several years, do not constitute a formal constitution, but they define the scope of competence of the executive, legislative and judicial bodies and govern critical areas, such as the state's economy and land, civil-military relations, the status of Jerusalem. The basic laws were adopted by the Knesset as well as other laws of the country. The constitutional importance of these laws is determined by their essence and some of them - the introduction of “legalized Read more >>>

The state and political system of the United Arab Emirates UAE are the federal state consisting of 7 emirates (absolute monarchy) with special powers delegated to the federation. The action constitution is of 1971, and in 1996 it was converted from temporary to permanent. Administrative divisions: emirates Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah, Ras al-Khaimah, Fujairah, Umm al-Quwain, Ajman. Emirates are administratively divided into municipalities. The largest cities (in thousands people): Abu Dhabi, Dubai (737), Sharjah (435). Read more >>>