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Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center

Unveiling the Domestic and Geopolitical Consequences of Economic Failings in the MENA Region

Tue. January 16th, 2024
Virtual

The Middle East and North Africa have been hit by food, energy, and debt crises that have exacerbated structural economic weaknesses of low- and middle-incomes countries, particularly Egypt, Tunisia, and Lebanon. These crises have increased the pressure on domestic political orders, as incumbent regimes are currently facing acute policy dilemmas since the restructuring of their economies could entail social and political costs that might ultimately undermine their authority. At the same time, these crises have exacerbated the geopolitical marginalization of Egypt, Tunisia, and Lebanon, while bolstering the power of hydrocarbon exporters.

The Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center is organizing a webinar to launch a co-authored paper by Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center fellows, Nur Arafeh and Hamza Meddeb, entitled: “Misfortune to Marginalization: The Geopolitical Impact of Structural Economic Failings in Egypt, Tunisia, and Lebanon.” The speakers are Manal Shehabi, Amr Adly, Nur Arafeh and Hamza Meddeb. The event will take place virtually on January 16, at 5:00 P.M. Beirut time, 10:00 A.M. EST.

The discussion will be held in English and moderated by Maha Yahya, the director of the Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center.

Viewers may submit their questions to the panelists using the live chat feature on Facebook and YouTube.

For more information, please contact Najwa Yassine at najwa.yassine@carnegie-mec.org

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event speakers

Amr Adly

Nonresident Scholar, Middle East Center

Adly is a nonresident scholar at the Carnegie Middle East Center, where his research centers on political economy, development studies, and economic sociology of the Middle East, with a focus on Egypt.

Nur Arafeh

Fellow, Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center

Nur Arafeh is a fellow at the Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center, where her work focuses on the political economy of the MENA region, business-state relations, peacebuilding strategies, the development-security nexus and Palestinian-Israeli affairs.

Hamza Meddeb

Fellow, Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center

Hamza Meddeb is a research fellow at the Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center in Beirut, where he co-leads the Political Economy Program

Manal Shehabi

Manal Shehabi is an associate faculty member of the Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Oxford and the founding director of SHEER Research and Advisory Lt. She is also a research associate at the Economic Research Forum and a member of the Institute for Climate, Energy & Disaster Solutions at the Australian National University. Her work examines the intersection of economic, energy, and climate sustainability and policy in developing resource economies, focusing on the Middle East and North Africa. Among others, she is an expert with the UNFCCC and addressed, by invitation, COP28’s First Annual High-Level Ministerial Round Table on Just Transition, to help guide the Just Transition Work Programme. She is also a consultant to the International Energy Agency and is the Publish What You Pay (PWYP) MENA Just Energy Transition Working Group Consultant.

Maha Yahya

Director, Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center

Yahya is director of the Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center, where her research focuses on citizenship, pluralism, and social justice in the aftermath of the Arab uprisings.