Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs

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Bureau overview
Formed	August 24, 1992; 33 years ago (August 24, 1992)[1]
Preceding bureau	Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs
Jurisdiction	Executive branch of the United States
Headquarters	Harry S. Truman Building,Washington, D.C., United States
Employees	2,125 (as of FY 2016)[2]
Annual budget	$1.52 billion (FY 2016)[2]
Bureau executive	Mora Namdar, ActingAssistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs
Parent department	U.S. Department of State
Website	state.gov/nea

TheBureau of Near Eastern Affairs (NEA), also known as theBureau of Near East Asian Affairs,^[3] is an agency of theDepartment of State within the United States government that deals with U.S. foreign policy and diplomatic relations with the nations of theNear East. It is headed by theAssistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs, who reports to theUnder Secretary of State for Political Affairs.

The offices of the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs direct, coordinate, and supervise U.S. government activities within the region, including political, economic,consular,public diplomacy, and administrative management issues.^[3][4]

• Office of Levant Affairs – Responsible for U.S. relations withJordan,Lebanon, andSyria
• Office of North African Affairs – Responsible for U.S. relations withAlgeria,Egypt,Libya,Morocco, andTunisia
• Office of Arabian Peninsula Affairs – Responsible for shaping, coordinating and implementing foreign policy inBahrain,Kuwait,Oman,Qatar,Saudi Arabia, theUnited Arab Emirates, andYemen
• Office of Israel and Palestinian Affairs – Responsible for diplomatic issues associated with theIsraeli–Palestinian conflict
• Office of Iraqi Affairs – OverseesIraq–United States relations
• Office of Iranian Affairs – Develops, coordinates, recommends, and executesU.S. policy on Iran
• Office of Regional and Multilateral Affairs – Responsible for regional political and economic issues, including political-military affairs, multilateral organizations, labor and social affairs, counternarcotics, environment, refugees, counterterrorism, and human rights^[3]
• Office of Press and Public Diplomacy – Responsible for the coordination of public diplomacy activities in the NEA region, and preparing press guidance for theDepartment Spokesperson in theBureau of Public Affairs
• Office of Middle East Partnership Initiative – Responsible for programming in support of reform throughout the region, with special emphasis on empowering women and youth, education, strengthening economies, and broadening political participation

Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs

• Hanks, Robert S. (1982).The US military presence in the Middle East: problems and prospects. Institute for Foreign Policy Analysis.

• United States Department of State agencies
• Government agencies established in 1992
• 1992 establishments in Washington, D.C.
• United States–Middle Eastern relations
• Algeria–United States relations
• Bahrain–United States relations
• Egypt–United States relations
• Iran–United States relations
• Iraq–United States relations
• Israel–United States relations
• Jordan–United States relations
• Kuwait–United States relations
• Lebanon–United States relations
• Libya–United States relations
• Morocco–United States relations
• Oman–United States relations
• Qatar–United States relations
• Saudi Arabia–United States relations
• Palestine–United States relations
• Syria–United States relations
• Tunisia–United States relations
• United Arab Emirates–United States relations
• United States–Yemen relations

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