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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

h many cities in the West Bank, Hebron's economic vitality centers around the millions in foreign dollars that have poured in, including money from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). An April 2011 World Bank er port noted that real economic growth in the West Bank and Gaza reached 9.3 percent of gross domestic product i

ommunications, energy and investment support. He also advises clients on market entry and geopolitical risk. Dr. Melby’s primary regions of focus are the Middle East and Asia. Dr. Melby was a senior staff member on the National Security Council from 1987 to 1993, during which he participated in bilateral and mult

Economic Affairs, responsible for trade and energy issues. Previously, he worked at the International Energy Agency in Paris. He has also served with the U.S. Agency for International Development and was a Peace Corps Volunteer in the Philippines. Dr. Melby received his BA from Haverford College and his MA and PhD from the Johns Hopkins Unive

ric Persian ambitions and also played on sharply anti-Western sentiments in the region. Iran's clerical regime worked to spread the revolution across the Middle East; Saudi Arabia and its allies worried that it would succeed. For a time it looked like it might. There were large demonstrations and purported antigov

90s saw the growth of a host of international organizations capable of monitoring elections and the funding of the Democracy and Governance branch of the U.S. Agency for International Development to the tune of almost $1.5 billion annually. By the late 1990s, there was some degree of convergence in the agendas of economists and political scie

ht schools -- some of them built with the help of the U.S. Agency for International Development -- a "huge park," a convention center, an 850-sea

mers and foreign donors, for the creation of a social and economic existence in the West Bank that's de-coupled, insomuch as currently possible, from the Middle East's tense and labyrinthine politics. It would also help solidify the benefits of the current cessation in hostilities. Indeed, Palestinian leader Mahmou

ht schools -- some of them built with the help of the U.S. Agency for International Development -- a "huge park," a convention center, an 850-sea

mers and foreign donors, for the creation of a social and economic existence in the West Bank that's de-coupled, insomuch as currently possible, from the Middle East's tense and labyrinthine politics. It would also help solidify the benefits of the current cessation in hostilities. Indeed, Palestinian leader Mahmoud