How to Help the Middle East (Ishac Diwan, Project-Syndicate)

https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/how-to-help-the-middle-east-by-ishac-diwan-2016-09

The Silent Arab Majority Must Speak Up (Ishac Diwan, Project-Syndicate)

Since the United Nations Development Program began work on the Arab Human Development Reports (AHDR) in 2001, the situation in many Arab countries has gone from bad to worse. In fact, today the region cannot even come together to publish a new report. This is unfortunate, because finding a new shared vision for Arab people, especially Arab youth, is a prerequisite for ever achieving peace and prosperity in the Middle East and North Africa.

https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/arab-majority-must-break-silence-by-ishac-diwan-2016-07

Saudi Arabia’s Reform Path (Ishac Diwan, Project-Syndicate)

Nearly two years after oil prices began their precipitous decline, leading global producers are facing the prospect of major adjustments that will have far-reaching economic, social, and political consequences. While such adjustments will surely be enormously challenging – especially for middle-income countries like Saudi Arabia, which lack the massive wealth funds of, say, the United Arab Emirates – they present these countries with an important opportunity to consider more productive ways to organize their societies.

https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/saudi-arabia-vision-2030-reform-plan-by-ishac-diwan-2016-04

Economic Growth After the Arab Spring (Ishac Diwan, Project-Syndicate)

Five years after the Arab Spring uprisings began, Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, and Tunisia have achieved reasonable levels of political stability. Yet economic growth remains tepid, and the International Monetary Fund does not expect the pace of expansion to exceed 1.5% per capita this year. Given the region’s large catch-up potential and young workforces, one must ask why this is so.

http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/arab-spring-countries-economic-growth-by-ishac-diwan-2016-03