An Economic Ultimatum for the Arab World
If Middle Eastern countries do not start making real progress on fundamental political and economic reforms, further regional turmoil is inevitable. With the region's decades-old rentier systems now at a breaking point, policymakers must begin the difficult, but not impossible, process of establishing new social contracts.
WASHINGTON, DC – If Middle Eastern countries do not start making real progress on fundamental political and economic reforms, further regional turmoil is inevitable. With the rentier systems that governments have maintained for decades now at a breaking point, policymakers must begin the difficult, but not impossible, process of establishing new social contracts.