The Washington Institute for Near East Policy reported his comments.

华盛顿近东政所报道了他的评论。

But the colder water near East Africa means they get less rain and even drought.

但是东非附近较冷的水意味着他们得到的雨水更少，甚至干旱。

He is the director of the Turkish Research Program at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy.

他是美国华盛顿近东政所土耳其项目的主任。

Soner Cagaptay is the director of the Turkish Research Program at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy.

索内尔·恰阿普塔伊是美国华盛顿近东政所土耳其项目主任。

Now, I asked a Turkey expert, Soner Cagaptay of The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, about all this.

我采访了华盛顿近东政所的土耳其专索内尔·恰阿普塔伊，他就这些问题发表看法。

Michael Knights is with the Washington Institute for Near East Policy and specializes in Iraqi military and security affairs.

米歇尔·奈特斯是华盛顿近东政所的伊拉克军事和安全事务专。

This is indispensable in a region like the Near East, where the scarcity of water prohibits further agricultural expansion.

对于近东这样的区域来讲，这是极为必要的，在这里，水的短缺限制了农业的扩展。

We can read of things that happened 5,000 years ago in the Near East, where people first learned to write.

我们从书中可读到5,000 年前近东发生的事情，那里的人最早学会了写字。

The Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas made remarks at the meeting call to discuss this week's demolition of Palestinian buildings near East Jerusalem.

巴勒斯坦总统马哈茂德·阿巴斯在电话会议期间做了讲话，讨论了本周东耶路撒冷附近巴勒斯坦建筑遭到拆毁的事情。

Former U.S. Ambassador James Jeffrey, who is now at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, says intercepted communications are hard to analyze.

前美国大使詹姆斯·杰弗里目前就职于华盛顿近东政所，他说很难分析截获的通信信息。

But the two big players are from the Near East and Egypt.

但这两个大玩来自近东和埃及。

It began thousands of years ago, in the Near East, where farming started.

它始于几千年前的近东，那里是农业发源地。

And the Near East cats landed in East Africa, likely as first century seafarers.

近东猫在东非登陆，很可能是一世纪的海员。

James Jeffery is with the Washington Institute for Near East Policy and a former diplomat.

詹姆斯·杰弗瑞 (James Jeffery) 供职于华盛顿近东政所，曾任外交官。

Patrick Clawson is an expert on Iran at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy.

帕特里克·克劳森 (Patrick Clawson) 是华盛顿近东政所的伊朗问题专。

Barbara Helwing, director of the Pergamon's Near-East collections, explains the trouble started below ground.

佩加蒙近东藏品总监芭芭拉·赫尔温 (Barbara Helwing) 解释说，问题是从地下开始的。

But farm cats from the Near East weren't the only ones to be tamed and to travel.

但是来自近东的农猫并不是唯一被驯服和旅行的猫。

The Sumerians were the people who lived in Mesopotamia–the land between the Tigris and Euphrates River–in the ancient Near East.

苏美尔人是居住在古代近东美索不达米亚（底​​格里斯河和幼发拉底河之间的土地）的民族。

He spoke in English rather than Hebrew because he has an audience of one, says David Makovsky, a scholar at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy.

“他说的是英语而不是希伯来语，因为他的听众只有一个，”华盛顿近东政所的学者大卫·马科夫斯基说。

The Chinese government is providing emergency humanitarian assistance to the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East and the Palestinian National Authority.

中国政府正在向联合国近东巴勒斯坦难民救济和工程处和巴勒斯坦民族权力机构提供紧急人道主义援助。