06 Jun 2008

Geopolitical Analysis and Research on the Middle East, Central Asia and South Asia (ARGO)
ARGO, Rome, Italy
Self-description: "ARGO (Analisi e Ricerche Geopolitiche sull'Oriente / Geopolitical Analysis and Research on the Middle East, Central Asia and South Asia) is a non-profit think tank based in Rome, Italy. It was created by a group of researchers who saw the need for an analysis group capable of comprehensively collecting, processing and sharing insightful information on an area that spans from the Middle East to South Asia. ARGO's task is to produce analytical instruments on the political, economical, social, and security dynamics of the countries in those regions, as well as to prompt debate and formulate recommendations for decision makers."
Site contents:
* About us; * Products (Reports, Chronologies, Basic data [taken from: Asian Development Bank, BBC country profiles, CIA World Factbook, UNDP, U.S. Department of State, World Bank - ed.], Constitutions, Other material); * Countries (Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Georgia, India, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Palestinian territories, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, Syria, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Yemen); * Events; * Links (Governmental/Non Governmental Institutions, Research Centers/International Political Science Journals, Sources [of factual data]); * On the Spot (# Letter of the Democratic Senators on US policy in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Apr, 2008. # Afghanistan, List of the Provincial Governors. Apr, 2008.); * Reports [Executive Summary, Full Report (in Italian)] (# Pakistan: Has the future begun? Apr, 2008. # Afghanistan: The need for a change of course. Mar, 2008. # Pakistan: Between instability and risk of economic crisis. Jan, 2008. # Pakistan: A difficult road to democracy. Dec, 2007. # Pakistan: An uncertain future. Oct, 2007).
[A bi-lingual (IT/EN) site]
URL http://www.argoriente.it/english/index.php
Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]
Link reported by: T. Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek--at--coombs.anu.edu.au)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study/Online Guide
* Publisher [academic - business - government - library/museum - NGO - other]: Other
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: V.Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 100