Tarek Osman

Writing for PS since 2013
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Tarek Osman is the author of Islamism: What It Means for the Middle East and the World and Egypt on the Brink.

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The Arab World’s Coming Challenges
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The Arab World’s Coming Challenges

Jun 13, 2017 Tarek Osman identifies four key trends that are brewing a new set of problems for the Middle East.

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The Religion Question in the New Year
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The Religion Question in the New Year

Jan 23, 2017 Tarek Osman says the Middle East's young people can learn from religious history to move their region forward.

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Arab Prospects Beyond the Arab Spring

Arab Prospects Beyond the Arab Spring

Jan 21, 2014 Tarek Osman assesses the Arab world's prospects three years after the uprisings that shook the region.

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The Saudi Spring?
Dean Rohrer

The Saudi Spring?

Nov 13, 2013 Tarek Osman on Saudi Arabia as a constitutional monarchy.

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The Past in Egypt’s Present
Paul Lachine

The Past in Egypt’s Present

Jul 25, 2013 Tarek Osman

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Tarek Osman on the Arab World’s Coming Challenges

Tarek Osman on the Arab World’s Coming Challenges

Sep 19, 2017 Tarek Osman speaks with PS editors on four likely Middle Eastern trends.

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The Economic Consequences of Automation

Robert Skidelsky

Economic theory does not provide a clear answer regarding the overall impact of technological progress on jobs. And even if automation has traditionally been beneficial in the long run, policymakers should never ignore its disruptive short-term effects on workers.

Jerome Powell’s Dilemma

Carmen M. Reinhart & Vincent Reinhart

There is a reason that the US Federal Reserve chair often has a haunted look. Probably to his deep and never-to-be-expressed frustration, the Fed is setting monetary policy in a way that increases the likelihood that President Donald Trump will be reelected next year.

Brexit House of Cards

Mark Malloch-Brown

Following British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's suspension of Parliament, and an appeals court ruling declaring that act unlawful, the United Kingdom finds itself in a state of political frenzy. With rational decision-making having become all but impossible, any new political agreement that emerges is likely to be both temporary and deeply flawed.

Tarek Osman

The Arab World’s Coming Challenges

The Religion Question in the New Year

Arab Prospects Beyond the Arab Spring

The Saudi Spring?

The Past in Egypt’s Present

Tarek Osman on the Arab World’s Coming Challenges

Asia’s Multilateral Balancing Act

The Economic Consequences of Automation

The Return of Fiscal Policy

Jerome Powell’s Dilemma

Can Direct Democracy Defeat Populism?

Strengthening Land Rights Will Curb Migration

Islands of Climate Ambition

Brexit House of Cards

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