In October, I attended a panel presentation on the Middle East after the Arab Spring at Chicago Ideas Week. You can see a video of the discussion; I had some thoughts on it from an investment perspective. It was a strong group of speakers: Bobby Ghosh of Time International, Eric Davis of Rutgers University, Rula… [Read More]
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Tunisia: “Mediterranean Winter” by Robert D. Kaplan
Tunisia is a small country, with a population of about 10 million people. It was also long considered more stable than Morocco, with its constantly changing colonial relationships, and Algeria, which held a revolution against France. But in recent years, Tunisia’s citizens have been protesting against high unemployment, corruption, and rising food prices. it culminated… [Read More]
Morocco: “In Morocco”, by Edith Wharton
Morocco is in the northwest corner of Africa, so it gets to kick off my African education project. Morocco is an constitutional monarchy, and King Mohammed VI has been fairly accommodating of democratic reforms in the wake of the Arab Spring. The economy is closely tied to Europe, though, so the problems in Europe are… [Read More]
Middle East North Africa Update
Several months ago, I had the bright idea of writing a series of blog posts about all of the changes resulting from the Arab Spring and how they affected investors. I didn’t get very far. There’s simply too much going on to make for me to write any sort of useful blog post. And so,… [Read More]
Emerging Markets Update: Bahrain
In Emerging Markets For Dummies, I have a summary of each of the markets in the MSCI Emerging Markets and Frontier indexes. Since publication in January, no markets have changes as much as those of the Middle East and North Africa, so I’m writing updates. The first installment: Bahrain. Type of government: Constitutional monarchy Major… [Read More]
