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says -- at least until it proves we should. David Pollock is the Kaufman fellow at The Washington Institute, focusing on the political dynamics of Middle Eastern countries. The Cairo Review of Global Affairs The Fruit of Revolution Nabil Fahmy January 24, 2012-- Little over a year ago, no political analyst

ism retooled for the 21st century look like? More regulation? Or less? State Capitalism, like that practiced by China, Russia and many countries in the Middle East? Well, no one has quite figured that one out yet. But a surprising number of attendees (and these are the world's most direct beneficiaries of the

the World Economic Forum are interested in the Arab Spring as a matter of paramount global importance. (That said, among the regular attendees, the Eurozone is of far more interest. At one panel discussion I attended on "The Future of North Africa," the auditorium was about 10% full. For a "Future of th

our destiny at the mercy of events," Mr. Romney said. As The Washington Post Editorial Board pointed out in Talking tough — without specifics — on the Middle East, the weakness of his speech lay: It was hard to detect what tangible new steps the challenger would take. On Syria, Mr. Romney said he would "ensure

consumed with Presidential Politics or who was eliminated on the latest episode of X FACTOR, few Americans noticed that somehow it appears that the Eurozone will avoid coming apart and the Euro collapsing German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Saturday that Greece (the most serious basket case in Europ

k 26 Pace of Federal Reserve Tightening 27 Low Expectations of a US Recession 28 29 30 30 31 33 Rising Influence of Populist Parties in the Eurozone Geopolitical Hot Spots Get Hotter Terrorism Escalates Cyberattacks Continue China Submerges Under Its Debt Burden and Capital Outflows US-China Re

wth of 4.6%, aided by healthy domestic growth, and a particularly well-capitalized® banking sector that has a lower nonperforming loan ratio than the Eurozone bank average. Furthermore, Spain is unlikely to face the same political uncertainty as Germany, France and Italy in 2017. We expect high single-digit

Union. Outside the Eurozone, the 2016 Brexit vote in Great Britain has been interpreted as a populist vote against immigration from Eastern Europe, the Middle East and North Africa, as well as against the bureaucracy of the European Union. The increasing enthusiasm for populist parties in Europe raises two ques

36 UBS Economy The successful formation of a Greek government after the June 17 elections has reduced the risk of an imminent Greek exit from the Eurozone. However, the Euro debt crisis persists, and further reform and consolidation efforts in Spain and Italy are needed. In the US, economic data weakene

ural commodities, especially for corn, should still weigh on the grain complex towards the end of the year. Some short-term price support from dry US Midwest weather conditions in recent weeks is not altering our negative stance. Soft commodities are also battling with higher inventories, which will not bo