''Middle East Review of International Affairs'' (MERIA) was a quarterly, peer-reviewed,

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issues founded by the late Barry Rubin and edited by Dr. Jonathan Spyer. The journal is no longer active; the last published issue was Vol. 21, No. 3 (Fall/Winter 2017). MERIA was published by the Rubin Center for Research in International Affairs formerly known as Global Research in International Affairs Center (GLORIA) of the

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(IDC) in

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. The Rubin Center for Research in International Affairs also published ''MERIA News'', a monthly magazine on

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; ''MERIA Research Guides''; and ''MERIABooks'', collections of articles from the journal and other sources. According to Rubin's website for MERIA, the mission of the publication is "to advance research on the Middle East and ofoster scholarly communication and cooperation," and MERIA is a "non-partisan publication involving people across the geographical and political spectrum.""What is MERIA?"
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, accessed May 26, 2007:

MERIA is a non-profit publication and welcomes contributions and grants.... MERIA is a project owned and edited by Prof. Barry Rubin. It is produced in conjunction with the Global Research in International Affairs (GLORIA). Our goal is to advance research on the Middle East and foster scholarly communication and cooperation. We are a non-partisan publication involving people across the geographical and political spectrum.

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External links

Rubin Center for Research in International Affairs
– Organization website *
Middle East Review of International Affairs (MERIA)
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