The Middle East and North Africa 2021

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Europa Publications regional publications are compiled by a team of editors and researchers with introductory and country-specific material provided by specialists in their field: Issam Abdo Ahmad. Research Assistant Department of Economics Lebanese American University Beirut Lebanon. Shireen AlAzzawi. Lecturer Economics Department Leavey School of Business Santa Clara University Santa Clara CA USA; and Research Fellow Economic Research Forum Cairo Egypt. Abdulaziz Alghashian. Lecturer in International Relations University of Essex Colchester UK. Liam Anderson. Professor of Political Science Wright State University Dayton OH USA. David Barchard. Independent scholar and former Financial Times correspondent in Turkey. Claire Beaugrand. Lecturer in Sociology of the Gulf and Arabian Peninsula Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies University of Exeter UK. Benedetta Berti. Senior Advisor and Head of the Policy Planning Division of the Office of the Secretary-General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Brussels Belgium. Dana Blander. Research Fellow Israel Democracy Institute Jerusalem Israel. Natália Calfat. Ph.D. Candidate Department of Political Science University of São Paulo Brazil. Jad Chaaban. Associate Professor of Economics American University of Beirut Beirut Lebanon. Charles Charalambous. Independent communications consultant and journalist; formerly financial correspondent for the Cyprus Mail. Kristian Coates Ulrichsen. Fellow for the Middle East Baker Institute for Public Policy Rice University Houston TX USA and Associate Fellow Middle East and North Africa Programme Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House) London UK. Jill Crystal. Professor of Political Science Auburn University Auburn AL USA. Gianni Del Panta. Post-Doctoral Research Fellow in Political Science Scuola Normale Superiore Florence Italy. Vincent Durac. Associate Professor School of Politics and International Relations University College Dublin Ireland. Ali Fakih. Associate Professor and Associate Chair Department of Economics Lebanese American University Beirut Lebanon. Courtney Freer. Assistant Professorial Research Fellow Middle East Centre London School of Economics UK. Richard German. Writer and researcher on international political and economic affairs. Cengiz Gunes. Associate Lecturer in Politics and International Relations Faculty of Social Sciences Open University Milton Keynes UK. Mohammad Hammad. Research Assistant Department of Economics Lebanese American University Beirut Lebanon. Gareth Jenkins. Non-resident Senior Fellow with the Silk Road Studies Program based in stanbul Turkey. George Joffé. Visiting Professor Kings College London UK; Lecturer on the Middle East and North Africa Department of Politics and International Studies University of Cambridge UK; and former Deputy Director of the Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House) London UK. Marc Jones. Assistant Professor in Middle East Studies and Digital Humanities Hamad Bin Khalifa University Doha Qatar. Amir Magdy Kamel. Lecturer Defence Studies Department and Fellow Institute of Middle Eastern Studies Kings College London UK. Moundir Lassassi. Researcher and Division Manager Centre de Recherche en Economie Appliquée pour le Développement (CREAD) Algiers Algeria. Robert Looney. Distinguished Professor Department of National Security Affairs Naval Postgraduate School Monterey CA USA. Simon Mabon. Senior Lecturer Department of Politics Philosophy and Religion and Director of The Sectarianism Proxies and De-sectarianisation Project (SEPAD) Lancaster University Lancaster UK. Philip McCrum. Chief Economist Middle East and North Africa and Director Economic Advisory EY Dubai UAE. Fiona Mullen. Director Sapienta Economics Nicosia Cyprus; and former economy adviser to the United Nations Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on Cyprus. Muhamad S. Olimat. Professor of International Relations and Middle East Studies Emirates Diplomatic Academy Abu Dhabi UAE. James Onley. Director of Historical Research Qatar National Library Doha Qatar; and Editor of the Journal of Arabian Studies (Routledge). Francis Owtram. Honorary Research Fellow Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies Exeter UK; and Gulf History Specialist The British Library London UK. Nigel Parsons. Senior Lecturer Politics Programme Massey University Palmerston North New Zealand. Neil Partrick. Writer and analyst on the Arabian Peninsula and wider Middle East. David Roberts. Assistant Professor and Lecturer School of Security Studies Kings College London UK; Adjunct Faculty Paris School of International Affairs Sciences Po Paris France; and former Director of the Qatar office of the Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies. Charles Schmitz. Professor and Chair Department of Geography & Environmental Planning Towson University Towson MD USA. Assaf Shapira. Director Political Reform Program Israel Democracy Institute Jerusalem Israel. Moin Siddiqi. Independent economist specializing in macroeconomic developments and the banking sector in the Middle East and Africa; also advises on trends in petroleum markets. Katrin Sold. Research Fellow Center for Near and Middle Eastern Studies University of Marburg Germany; and Associate Fellow Deutsche Gesellschaft für Auswärtige Politik (German Council on Foreign Relations) Berlin Germany. Andreas Stergiou. Associate Professor Department of Economics University of Thessaly Volos Greece. Ronald Bruce St John. Independent scholar specializing in the political economy of developing states. Denis J. Sullivan. Professor of Political Science and Director Middle East Center Northeastern University Boston MA USA; and Director of the Boston Consortium for Arab Region Studies. Elizabeth Taylor. Writer and researcher on international political and economic affairs. Mehmet Uur. Professor of Economics and Institutions Department of International Business and Economics University of Greenwich London UK. Marc Valeri. Associate Professor in Political Economy of the Middle East and Director of the Centre for Gulf Studies University of Exeter UK. Alice Verticelli. Researcher in Middle East Politics and Doctoral Candidate Department of Political Science Northeastern University Boston MA USA. Edward Wastnidge. Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Studies Open University Milton Keynes UK. Eyal Zisser. Vice Rector and Yona and Dina Ettinger Chair in Contemporary History of the Middle East Tel Aviv University Israel.