Epstein Secrets

longest-serving rulers (known at FP as the committee to destroy the world). Not only did angry publics force out aging strongmen in Tunisia, Egypt, Yemen, and Libya -- who had ruled for a combined 116 years -- but a surprising number of dictators from all over the world have kicked the bucket since O

in its "functioning of government" score, one of the five metrics on which countries are rated. Progress On Peace Measuring world peace is, as the Economist has pointed out, akin to describing "how happiness smells." Nonetheless, the Australia-based Institute for Economics and Peace publishes an annual

rship, in our view. More questions than answers at this stage Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s initial suggestion in an interview with The Economist that a Saudi Aramco IPO could be considered has raised market expectations. Ensuing comments from Aramco’s management did not make clear whether a li

of SAR2Obn last year. It is unclear to us if all of the regional military costs have been recognised on-balance sheet. A negotiated settlement to the Yemen conflict through the ongoing political negotiations in Kuwait could help contain security spending near-term. 22 GEMs Paper #26 | 30 June 2016 3S Me

dom House, 2014), https://freedomhouse.org/sites/ default/files/Freedom%20in%20the%20World%202014%20Booklet.pdf. 7. “Chinas Internet: A Giant Cage,” Economist, April 6, 2013, http://www.economist.com/news/special-report/21574628-internet- was-expected-help-democratise-china-instead-it-has-enabled. 8. Jess

gional rivals, chiefly Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, have responded with more direct foreign interventions of their own, most notably in Yemen. The recent embrace of more overtly repressive policies stems in part from the common structural flaws of the modern authoritarian model. The questi