The US Foreign Aid Policy to the Middle East: The Political Economy of US Assistance to the MENA Region

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hilton L. Root ◽  
Yan Li ◽  
Kanishka Balasuriya
Keyword(s):  
Political Economy ◽  
Middle East ◽  
Foreign Aid ◽  
The Political ◽  
Mena Region ◽  
The Us ◽  
Aid Policy

The US foreign aid policy to the Middle East

2014 ◽  
pp. 38-50 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hilton L. Root ◽  
Yan Li ◽  
Kanishka Balasuriya
Keyword(s):  
Middle East ◽  
Foreign Aid ◽  
The Us ◽  
Aid Policy

scholarly journals Political Economy of Rentierism in the Middle East and Disruptions from the Digital Space

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 54-89
Author(s):  
Sameena Hameed
Keyword(s):  
Political Economy ◽  
Middle East ◽  
North Africa ◽  
Rent Seeking ◽  
The State ◽  
The Political ◽  
Mena Region ◽  
Digital Space ◽  
Economic Elites ◽  
Digital Commerce

Rentierism in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region had emanated both from significant external rent and from the statist model of development feeding each other, where legitimacy was secured through rent distribution. The rent-led resource imbalance between the state and the society, as well as intra-societal inequalities in the region, has been less recognized and studied. The flow of external rent in tandem with internal rent-seeking has perpetuated the wealth and power of the political and economic elites and limited economic opportunities of the larger population. The rentierism that bred on vertical controls and network of privileges is set to be disrupted from flows and connectivity generated in the growth of digital commerce in the region.

The Political Economy and Political Aesthetics of Military Maps

2019 ◽  
pp. 184-205
Author(s):  
Catherine Lutz
Keyword(s):  
Political Economy ◽  
Environmental Impact ◽  
The Political ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Island Populations ◽  
Political Aesthetics ◽  
The Us ◽  
Representational Power ◽  
The Impact

This chapter explores the representational power of maps and the violence inherent in removing volume with two-dimensional ‘objectivity’. The focus is on maps, norms and militarist institutions in Guam, foregrounding underexplored aesthetic dimensions in reports on the environmental impact of the US presence. The impact of overseas US bases is striking, a global archipelago of military infrastructure that impacts on ‘strategic and disposable’ island populations. This chapter recognizes the layers of security available even in ‘transparent’ maps.

5. Oil and Political Economy in the International Relations of the Middle East

2019 ◽  
pp. 107-131
Author(s):  
Giacomo Luciani
Keyword(s):  
Political Economy ◽  
Middle East ◽  
International Relations ◽  
Political Development ◽  
Primary Source ◽  
The United States ◽  
The Political ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Rentier States

This chapter looks at the role of oil in the political economy and the international relations of the Middle East. Oil is commonly considered a political commodity. Because of its pivotal importance as a primary source of energy, governments are concerned with its continued availability and seek to minimize import dependence. Historically, interest in oil — especially in the United Kingdom and the United States — strongly influenced attitudes towards the Middle East and the formation of the state system in the region, following the collapse of the Ottoman Empire. Oil also affects the power balance within the region. The polarization in the region between oil-rich and oil-poor states is thus an essential tool of analysis. The parallel distinction between rentier and non-rentier states helps to explain how oil affects the domestic political development of the oil-rich states and influences their regional relations.

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