http://www.weforum.org 08.06.2011
The Arab Spring: Impact and Implications
How will the popular uprisings in the Middle East and North Africa reshape political agendas and business strategies, both within and beyond the region?
The following dimensions will be addressed:
- Institutional reform
- Impact on politics of the region
- Potential ripple effect beyond the Arab world
- Security and migration flows
Khalid Abdulla-Janahi, Honorary Chairman, Vision 3, United Arab Emirates; Regional Agenda Council on the Middle East & North Africa
Mustapha Kamel Nabli, Governor of the Central Bank of Tunisia
Ahmet M. Oren, Chief Executive Officer, Ihlas Holding, Turkey
Tarik M. Yousef, Dean, Dubai School of Government, United Arab Emirates; Regional Agenda Council on the Middle East & North Africa
Valdis Zatlers, President of Latvia
Chaired by
Raghida Dergham, Senior Diplomatic Correspondent and Columnist, Al Hayat, USA; Global Agenda Council on Conflict Prevention
European powers, as early as the Pax Romana, have considered North Africa, and later the whole of Africa, as "their" granary, as the provider of free raw materials, free/cheap labour. Things got worse in the last 50-80 years with the help of the USA. Help from Europe and the USA was/is as usual: military intervention, fomenting "democratic revolutions", as soon as their interests are threathened, like what is going on in Libya right now, and in the whole region!
Otherwise sunshine is free!
MoLahBel 9 months ago