Middle East Economy

Paul Rivlin analyzes the problematic economic trends in the Middle East, which in part contributed to the 2011 Arab Spring.

Senior Research Fellow Paul Rivlin analyzes how economic problems have come to a head in three very different states in the region: Saudi Arabia, Iran and Tunisia. As a result, unrest has developed with social and political consequences.

Senior Research Fellow Paul Rivlin analyzes recent trends in the global energy markets and how they reflect, and influence, regional events in the Middle East.

Paul Rivlin, in the second part of the Arab Human Disaster, examines what has happened to young people in the Middle East, trends revealed in the UN's Human Development Report 2015, and analyzes health issues in the Eastern Mediterranean.

Paul Rivlin examines the diverse economic effects of conflict on Arab countries five years after the Arab Spring.

Dr. Paul Rivlin analyzes the impact that rising oil prices is having on the power-balance in the Middle East.

Senior Research Fellow Dr. Paul Rivlin discusses the economic impacts of the uprising in Egypt.