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meepas is an
independent political and economic
analysis company.
Our Mission Statement
Primary Goal:
Production of focused, objective and accurate
analysis reports on the economy and politics of all 16
countries of the Middle East for all clients.
Secondary Goal:
As a
Middle Eastern company our secondary goal is to
encourage investment and economic development in the
Middle East as a whole.
This is
in line with our belief that economic development is one
of the most effective long term solutions to the
political and economic problems plighting the lives of
many innocent people in the region.
Delivery
of objective and accurate information on the economy and
politics of all Middle Eastern countries, some of which
is free on our website for potential investors is our
method of achieving this goal.
Subscribers from the UAE, Iran, Lebanon,
Palestinian Authority and Israel is a testament to the
accuracy and objectivity of our analysis.
meepas is established and managed by Meir
Javedanfar MA, MSc. 
Meir Javedanfar
(right) has been described as “a respected, Iranian-born
writer and analyst specializing in Israeli-Iranian
relations” by TIME magazine; a prominent
Iranian-Israeli analyst by The Daily Telegraph; “one
of the best informed observers” by Asia Times; and as “one of
the most objective analysts” by Negarkha, a leading
reformist news blog based in Iran.
Meir is an Iranian born and Iranian and British
educated Middle East Analyst based in Tel Aviv. He has a
Masters in International Relations and Strategic Studies
from Lancaster
University , as well as extensive experience in the
analysis of Middle Eastern economic and political
issues.
Mr. Javedanfar is multilingual. He speaks Farsi,
Hebrew, English, Spanish and Portuguese. He has been
consulted in all of the aforementioned languages by
numerous media organizations
including CNN, FOX News, BBC, The New York Times and
others. He has also lectured at numerous universities
and conferences, such as George Washington University,
Foreign Affairs Symposium of University of Baltimore,
Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Tel Aviv University and
conferences in Brazil, Nigeria, Spain and
Italy.
Meir Javedanfar is a regular contributor to The Guardian,
Real Clear World, as well as Al Jazeera English and France 24. He
is also the co-author of “The Nuclear Sphinx of Tehran – Mahmoud
Ahmadinejad and The State of Iran
”. Published in
English, Hebrew, Dutch and Polish, the book focuses on
the mysterious past of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, as
well as Iran’s nuclear
program.
Meir is also the author of “The Islamic Republic
of Iran: The Ministry of Information and Security
(VAVAK)” for the book “PSI Handbook of Global Security and Intelligence: National
Approaches (Intelligence and the Quest for
Security )”, by Praeger Security
International.
He serves as an
expert on the United Nation Alliance of
Civilisations - Global Experts Resource
Project.
Meir is also a
member of the prestigious Club Of Rome – TT30 Think Tank
, where he
founded and currently manages the
Beyond Oil
project.
He is also a
member and contributor to the Gulf 2000 Middle East
Project which is run by School of International and
Public Affairs of Columbia University in New York
City.
Meir
Javedanfar 's contact details can be found here
Senior
Researcher and analyst
Alon van
Dam spent 5 years as an international-affairs
journalist, contributing to Ha'aretz, NRC, Metro and
others before becoming a researcher for the Jerusalem
Center for Public Affairs and the Jabotinsky Institute
and later spokesman for the Kadima Party. His special
interests are the European media's perception of the
Middle East and US foreign policy. Alon studied
International Relations at Utrecht
University.
Intern
Analysts
Fernando Ariel Gimenez has recently joined our
team. He is from the city of Rosario in Argentina and is
currently studying International Relations at Universidad Abierta
Interamericana. Fernando speaks English,
Spanish, Portuguese fluently. He is also studying
Arabic. His professional areas of interest are Syria,
Hezbollah, Afghanistan and Pakistan. Fernando runs the Oriente Miedo blog, which
analyzes events in the Middle East in
Spanish.
The
graphics work for the meepas.com web site was designed
and implemented by Ivette Barmac .
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