Entries for the ‘Middle East’ Category
Wed Sep 1, 2010 16:18 BST |
US President Barack Obama’s formal declaration of the end of US combat operations in Iraq on August 31 is a good a moment as any to reflect on the war, the United States’ global position, and Obama himself.
Iraq War: Have The Goals Been Achieved?
First, let me address the Iraq War itself. There were several publicly [Read more...]
Tags: Afghanistan, Bush, Iran, Iraq War, mid-term elections, military, Obama, objectives, oil reserves, Superpower
Posted in: General, Geopolitics, Middle East, Political Risk, US, oil and gas
Tue Aug 24, 2010 18:01 BST |
For some years now, social scientists and some economic historians have spoken about how cities are displacing nation-states as the most important actors on the world stage. The latest edition of Foreign Policy magazine carries an article along these lines, with the tag ‘The age of nations is over. The new urban age has begun’. [Read more...]
Tags: city state, mega region, Parag Khanna, Robert D Kaplan, Torbuffchester, urbanisation
Posted in: Africa, Asia, China, Emerging Europe, General, Geopolitics, Latin America, Middle East, Political Risk, US
Mon Aug 23, 2010 16:20 BST |
Infrastructure has shown resilience in the face of the economic downturn, and investment in the sector was used to boost aggregate demand during the global recession of 2009. However, governments around the world are now moving from stimulus to austerity. As the dust settles on the new initiatives used to attract private (rather than public) [Read more...]
Tags: competitive landscape, growth potential, infrastructure, market access, Markets, Opportunities, PPPs
Posted in: Asia, Emerging Europe, FDI, General, Latin America, Middle East, US, infrastructure
Wed Aug 18, 2010 17:07 BST |
At long last, the Iraq War appears to be over.
The US has been winding down its troop presence in Iraq for many months now, and will have reduced this to 50,000 by the end of August from a peak of 170,000 at the height of the ‘surge’ against the insurgency there in 2007. Under a [Read more...]
Tags: insurgency, Iraq, military presence, sectarian violence, terrorism, troop withdrawal, US
Posted in: General, Geopolitics, Middle East, Political Risk, US
Mon Aug 9, 2010 16:51 BST |
Corruption is a major problem for most emerging markets, and in truth, quite a few developed states. Time and time again in BMI’s analysis on emerging markets, my colleagues and I have written on how governments need to crack down on corruption, if they want to attract greater foreign investment and prosper. However, this is [Read more...]
Tags: consequences, Corruption, impact, implications, Institutions, investment, police, trust
Posted in: Africa, Asia, China, Emerging Europe, FDI, General, Latin America, Middle East, Political Risk
Fri Aug 6, 2010 17:00 BST |
On this week’s podcast, we return our attention to emerging markets, highlighting opportunities beyond the BRICs in EMEA- Europe, Middle East and Africa. Business Monitor’s Head of Country Risk and Financial Markets Justin Patrie, discusses the outlook for Egypt, Ghana and Turkey with Mark Schaltuper, Head of Europe Analysis, Liz Martins, Head of Middle East [Read more...]

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Tags: actionable strategies, Banking, consumer spending, demographics, Egypt, emerging markets, Equities, finance, Ghana, investor outlook, macroeconomic outlook, oil and gas, Opportunities, Political Risk, risks, sectors, Turkey
Posted in: Africa, Currencies, Emerging Europe, Equities, FDI, Financials, General, Geopolitics, Middle East, Podcast, Political Risk, oil and gas
Wed Aug 4, 2010 17:29 BST |
Last year, I mentioned that if Emerging Markets are truly to dominate the 21st century, then they would have to capture the world’s imagination through ‘soft power’, which I defined to mean cultural appeal. While I expect this will be a long-term process, evidence of Emerging Markets’ ability to transform Hollywood was apparent in a [Read more...]
Tags: American films, Asia, blockbusters, censorship, China, emerging markets, foreign audiences, Hollywood, movies
Posted in: Africa, Asia, China, Emerging Europe, General, Latin America, Middle East, US