Economic integration is crucial in order to achieve rapid and sustainable growth. However, instabilities in the Middle East and North Africa and the recent plunge in oil prices may stifle economic progress. […]
The politics of raising fuel taxes and simultaneously giving American households an income tax break may be impractical, but the economic logic of doing so remains compelling. […]
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. […]
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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. […]
Using car ownership as a proxy for purchasing power indicates that the global middle class is about 50 percent larger than typically assumed, with important implications for geopolitics and economics. […]
With tighter sanctions on Iran scheduled to go into effect in the second half of this year, global oil prices could spike further, adding uncertainty to fragile global economic prospects. […]
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. […]
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