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The Next Century Foundation (NCF) is a think tank and track II diplomacy organisation that operates in various conflict zones, primarily the Middle East. Established in 1990 to provide a forum for off-the-record discussions between Palestinians and Israelis, the organisation has expanded its remit by focusing on and operating in Iraq, Kashmir, Kosovo, Sudan, Egypt, Afghanistan, Yemen, Syria and Libya. ==Activities== The Foundation describes itself as a 'think and do tank' which produces policy papers as well as facilitating dialogue between various different factions across the Middle East. Thus, most NCF work is second track and behind the scenes. Examples are wide ranging. For instance the NCF has: *Produced a series of policy reports on the political and security situation in Iraq, Iraq's regional relationships and the disputed territories (including Kirkuk). These usually follow extensive fact-finding missions throughout Iraq, carried out since 2003 and in some of Iraq's most dangerous and volatile areas.〔(NCF Iraq Blog )〕 *Monitored provincial and parliamentary elections in Iraq since 2005 (NCF election monitoring delegates have been the only international monitors to operate in both the Green and Red zones of Iraq).〔(NCF Election Monitoring in Iraq 2005 )〕 *Produced a daily report on the situation in Syria since June 2012, and will continue to do so for the foreseeable future.〔http://ncfsyria.blogspot.co.uk/〕 *Produced casualty figures for the ongoing conflict in Syria since July 2012 to present.〔(NCF Syria )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Next Century Foundation」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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