The opening session assessed the history and status of U.S. engagement in the Mediterranean region. The United States has been a Mediterranean power for nearly 200 years, and has become an established actor in the region in the economic, diplomatic, military and cultural sense. […]
2014 will be a year of global economic recovery—but only for some. And the perception of economic stagnation may trump the reality of economic growth. […]
Unskilled migrants offer many economic advantages for recipient countries in the West. As Europeans get richer and older, they will need more and more unskilled immigrants. […]
Summary:
Two years after the democratic revolutions in several Arab countries, the economic situation in the region remains precarious. […]
The number of passenger cars in circulation can act as a direct measure of the middle class in developing countries. […]
The Arab Spring has toppled three governments and galvanized change across the Middle East. But fiscal, external and labor market imbalances are widening, and both new and old governments are under pressure to deliver simultaneously on political, economic, and social fronts. […]
Given the economic problems facing both sides of the Atlantic, Europe and the United States can best support democratic transitions in Arab countries through enhanced trade agreements that improve market access and maximize job-promoting reforms. […]
To gain the popular legitimacy needed for a sustained political transition, Egypt’s government will need to show progress on the economic front. What happens in Egypt is pivotal in determining the course of the rest of the region. […]
The Middle East and North Africa have seen more change in the last three months than in the previous fifty years and the current turmoil will have far-reaching and, in the short-run, adverse economic implications both within the region and beyond. […]
The international community must provide support to countries across the Middle East in order to contain the numerous financial and economic risks created by the current unrest. […]
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