Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs

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bureau of the United States Department of State organizational unit

The Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs is the U.S. State Department division responsible for managing American foreign policy and diplomatic relations in the Middle East and North Africa.

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Observed surface forms (9)

Surface form	Occurrences
Office of Israel and Palestinian Affairs	2
Near Eastern Affairs Bureau	1
Office of Arabian Peninsula Affairs	1
Office of Iranian Affairs	1
Office of Levant Affairs	1
Office of Maghreb Affairs	1
Office of North African Affairs	1
Office of Syrian Affairs	1
https://www.state.gov/bureaus-offices/under-secretary-for-political-affairs/bureau-of-near-eastern-affairs/	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	bureau of the United States Department of State ⓘ organizational unit ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Middle East ⓘ Middle East ⓘ surface form: Near East region North Africa ⓘ
continent	North America ⓘ
coordinatesWith	U.S. consulates ⓘ surface form: United States consulates in the Near East United States embassies in the Near East ⓘ other regional bureaus of the U.S. Department of State ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
fieldOfWork	diplomacy ⓘ foreign policy ⓘ international relations ⓘ
hasPart	Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Office of Arabian Peninsula Affairs Office of Assistance Coordination ⓘ Office of Egyptian Affairs ⓘ Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Office of Iranian Affairs Office of Iraqi Affairs ⓘ Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Office of Israel and Palestinian Affairs Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Office of Levant Affairs Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Office of Maghreb Affairs Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Office of North African Affairs Office of Public Diplomacy ⓘ surface form: Office of Press and Public Diplomacy Office of Regional and Multilateral Affairs ⓘ Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Office of Syrian Affairs
hasPosition	Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
inception	20th century ⓘ
jurisdiction	United States government ⓘ surface form: United States federal government
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	District of Columbia ⓘ
missionStatement	to advance U.S. interests and promote stability, security, and prosperity in the Near East region ⓘ
officialLanguage	English ⓘ
parentOrganization	United States Department of State ⓘ
partOf	executive branch of the United States ⓘ surface form: Executive branch of the United States government United States Department of State ⓘ
responsibleFor	American foreign policy in North Africa ⓘ American foreign policy in the Middle East ⓘ American foreign policy in the Near East ⓘ U.S. diplomatic relations with Middle Eastern countries ⓘ U.S. diplomatic relations with Near Eastern countries ⓘ U.S. diplomatic relations with North African countries ⓘ
shortName	NEA ⓘ
subordinateTo	United States Secretary of State ⓘ surface form: Secretary of State of the United States Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs ⓘ
topic	Arab–Israeli conflict ⓘ counterterrorism in the Near East ⓘ economic development in the Near East ⓘ regional security in the Middle East ⓘ
uses	United States foreign policy guidelines ⓘ
website	Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: https://www.state.gov/bureaus-offices/under-secretary-for-political-affairs/bureau-of-near-eastern-affairs/

Referenced by (21)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

NEA → abbreviationFor → Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs ⓘ

NEA → alsoKnownAs → Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Near Eastern Affairs Bureau

Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs → associatedOrganization → Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs ⓘ

NEA → fullName → Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs ⓘ

Office of Iraqi Affairs → hasParentAgency → Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs ⓘ

Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs → hasPart → Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Office of Israel and Palestinian Affairs