Wikipedia's first sentence called it “center within the brookings institution focused on the united states ' involvement in the middle east”. Today it says “kept in order to preserve the edit history of this page after its content was merged into the content of the ta”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Research centre within the Brookings Institution”. It now reads “Redirect to: Brookings Institution#”.
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The opening as it read in 2025
Center for Middle East Policy From a merge : This is a redirect from a page that was merged into another page. This redirect was kept in order to preserve the edit history of this page after its content was merged into the content of the target page. Please do not remove the tag that generates this text (unless the need to recreate content on this page has been demonstrated) or delete this page. To a section : This is a redirect from a topic that does not have its own page to a section of a page on the subject.
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The opening as it stood in 2010
Saban Center for Middle East Policy is a center within the Brookings Institution focused on the United States ' involvement in the Middle East . It was founded in May 2002 and according to its website, “The Saban Center conducts original research and develops innovative programs to promote a better understanding of the policy choices facing American decision makers in the Middle East.” "About Us" .
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The Center for Middle East Policy (formerly the Saban Center for Middle East Policy ) is a center for research within the Brookings Institution focused on the United States' involvement in the Middle East .It was founded in May 2002 and according to its website, it "brings together the most experienced policy minds working on the region, and provides policymakers and the public with objective, in-depth and timely research and analysis.Our mission is to chart the path—political, economic and social—to a Middle East at peace with itself and the world." "About Us" .
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The Center for Middle East Policy (formerly the Saban Center for Middle East Policy ) is a center for research within the Brookings Institution focused on the United States' involvement in the Middle East . It was founded in May 2002 .
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
Research centre within the Brookings Institution Not to be confused with the RAND Corporation Center for Middle East Public Policy. The Center for Middle East Policy ("CMEP", formerly the Saban Center for Middle East Policy ) is a center for research within the Brookings Institution focused on the United States' involvement in the Middle East . It was founded in May 2002 .
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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “center within the brookings institution focused on the united states ' involvement in the middle east”. Today it says “kept in order to preserve the edit history of this page after its content was merged into the content of the ta”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Research centre within the Brookings Institution”. It now reads “Redirect to: Brookings Institution#”. Read the current article and compare.
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center within the brookings institution focused on the united states ' involvement in the middle east
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kept in order to preserve the edit history of this page after its content was merged into the content of the ta
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