The Middle East and East Asia: A tale of two economic trajectories
The Middle East and East Asia: A tale of two economic trajectories
- August 11, 2015
- Etel Solingen, political science professor and Tierney Chair, gives perspective Washington Post op-ed
From The Washington Post:
Looking back 50 years, the Middle East faced challenges of postcolonial state and
nation-building, low per-capita income and heavy-handed authoritarianism. East Asia
faced much of the same, yet today has become the epicenter of the global economy.
How could similar conditions lead to such disparate outcomes? … Etel Solingen is the
Thomas T. and Elizabeth C. Tierney Chair in Peace Studies at the University of California,
Irvine ….
For the full story, please visit http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/monkey-cage/wp/2015/08/11/a-tale-of-two-economic-trajectories/.
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