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South Africa And The Arab World: Facing Common Challenges, Marcus Noland, Howard Pack
South Africa And The Arab World: Facing Common Challenges, Marcus Noland, Howard Pack
Marcus Noland
Today the Arab countries of the Middle East face a challenge familiar to all South Africans: to create jobs for the large cohort of young people reaching working age. Over the next decade or so, the region may experience population growth of 150 million people—the equivalent of adding two Egypts (table 1). In demographic terms, the task is similar to that facing South Africa—only larger. Rising labor force participation by women only increases the pressure. The task is immense, and the stakes are high.
Augmenting Israel’S Qualitative Military Edge, William Wunderle, Briere Andre
Augmenting Israel’S Qualitative Military Edge, William Wunderle, Briere Andre
William Wunderle
In this article, we analyze the historical evolution of Israel’s strategy of maintaining a qualitative military edge and the ways in which Israel’s and the United States’ conceptualization of QME have diverged over time, discuss how the emergence of Iran as an existential threat to both Israel and the Arab Gulf States has fundamentally altered the QME calculus, propose an interim analytical framework to help guide U.S. arms sales in the region, and discuss other political and strategic decisions that may impact Israel’s QME over the near and long-term.
U.S. Foreign Policy And Israel’S Qualitative Military Edge: The Need For A Common Vision, William Wunderle, Andre Briere
U.S. Foreign Policy And Israel’S Qualitative Military Edge: The Need For A Common Vision, William Wunderle, Andre Briere
William Wunderle
The U.S. commitment to maintain Israel's qualitative military edge (QME) -- that is, the technological, tactical, and other advantages that allow it to deter numerically superior adversaries -- is a longstanding tradition that every president since Lyndon Johnson has reiterated. Today, however, Israel's relations with Arab countries are more complicated, and some moderate Arab states have even become strategically aligned with Israel due to Iran's growing regional ambitions and nuclear activities. How does this new regional calculus affect American military aid to both Israel and Arab states? And how can Washington advance U.S. strategic needs in the Middle East while …
Arab Economies At A Tipping Point, Marcus Noland, Howard Pack
Arab Economies At A Tipping Point, Marcus Noland, Howard Pack
Marcus Noland
The Arab world is experiencing an economic boom of historic proportions. The tiny Persian Gulf emirate of Dubai is emblematic. Boasting the world's only seven-star hotel, its massive land reclamation project, allegedly the only man-made structure visible from the moon, is whimsically creating parcels shaped like continents and palm trees. With oil hovering above $90 a barrel and the Egyptian stock market up 1,800 percent in the last five years, one might ask what problems World Bank President Robert Zoellick perceives that would justify making the economic revitalization of the Arab world one of the cornerstones of his new administration.1 …
The East Asian Industrial Policy Experience: Implications For The Middle East, Marcus Noland, Howard Pack
The East Asian Industrial Policy Experience: Implications For The Middle East, Marcus Noland, Howard Pack
Marcus Noland
Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan are regarded as primary examples of countries that have derived great benefits from increasing integration with the international economy, without surrendering national autonomy in the economic or cultural spheres, by pursuing decidedly nonneutral policies with respect to the promotion of specific sectors and activities. This working paper addresses a series of questions in an attempt to assess the relevance of their experiences for the contemporary Middle East: Was industrial policy a major source of growth in these three economies? Can these outcomes be duplicated in the Middle East today, or do special circumstances or changes …