Middle East - Economics and Politics

OPEC and Oil Prices

http://www.economist.com/news/finance-and-economics/21722182-cartel-fighting-not-just-shale-producers-futures-market-markets

Economic Factors and Radicalization

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/acts-of-faith/wp/2017/05/21/why-trumps-speech-on-terrorism-was-such-a-missed-opportunity/

Infrastructure Woes in the Middle East

http://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/the-lights-are-going-out-in-the-middle-east

Saudi Arabia Ties Economic Reforms

http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/saudi-arabia-experiments-with-reform-amid-economic-downturn-a-1147485.html

Israel’s Economy – Startup nation or left-behind nation?

http://www.economist.com/news/special-report/21722037-dazzling-high-tech-firms-divert-attention-serious-productivity-problem-israels

American Foreign Policy - Selling Weapons Overrides Human Rights Concerns

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/20/world/middleeast/rex-w-tillerson-saudi-arabia-human-rights.html

A Short History of U.S. Presidents Explaining Islam to Muslims

https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2017/05/american-presidents-explain-islam-to-muslim/527415/

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Roger Cohen’s take on the Middle East mess:

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/28/opinion/roger-cohen-middle-eastern-zen.html