A recent trip to Cairo has confirmed many of Business Monitor’s core views on the short and long-term outlook for the Egyptian economy. Key concerns for many investors include the upcoming parliamentary elections, recurring strike activity, in addition to the security situation throughout the country. This week Mark Schaltuper, Head of Europe Country Risk &… [Read more]
Following the release of two recent reports on Business Monitor Online, on the geopolitical implications of the souring diplomatic relationship between Turkey and Israel, Mark Schaltuper, Head of Europe Country Risk and Financial Markets hosts a panel of Europe, Middle East and North Africa analysts, as well as Business Monitor’s Head of Political Risk Analysis,… [Read more]
The Turkey-Israel alliance, until recently one of the pillars of Eastern Mediterranean and Middle Eastern geopolitics, is under strain like never before. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has threatened to send warships to accompany humanitarian aid vessels aimed at breaking Israel’s blockade of the Gaza Strip. This raises the spectre of a tense stand-off… [Read more]
While investors’ attentions are naturally focused on the meltdown in global financial markets, there are several other noteworthy developments taking place around the world that could add to the sense of global risks. The following are in no particular order: Tensions are once again rising on the Korean Peninsula. North Korea is conducting military exercises,… [Read more]
Russia has arguably emerged as a key beneficiary of the current political crises in the Middle East and North Africa, mainly because events there have undermined the United States’ geopolitical position, sown divisions with NATO, and driven up oil prices. At the same time, the Japanese earthquake will probably increase Japan’s dependence on Russian energy… [Read more]
Hosni Mubarak’s resignation from the Egyptian presidency on Friday marked just the beginning of Egypt’s transition to democracy. Certainly, Mubarak’s departure after 30 years in office was a tremendous victory for Egyptian ‘people power’, and it will have sent a loud message to authoritarian rulers throughout the region – and beyond – that public unrest… [Read more]
Egypt is entering a pivotal time in its modern history, as my colleagues and I explain today in Business Monitor Online. Popular protests against President Hosni Mubarak, inspired by those in Tunisia, are a major risk to his regime. However, even if the protests fail to dislodge Mubarak now, his advanced age (82) would appear… [Read more]
