The Cost of the Arab Spring: A Roadmap for G20/UN Support

Oct, 14, 2011
The popular protests this year in North Africa and the Middle East - known as the Arab Spring - have cost the region more than $50bn, a new report says. The report, by consultancy group Geopolicity, says Egypt, Syria and Libya paid the highest financial price. It warns that without a regio...
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Israel and Palestine: Beyond the Impasse

Jun, 12, 2011
War does not determine who is right - only who is left! Last week a number of Israeli’s were killed by Palestinian’s and a number of Palestinian’s were killed by Israelis. An vicious cycle of loss leading to ever more loss, with each grave an obstacle on the path towards peace and...
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Ending Piracy on the High Seas

Jun, 12, 2011
Pirates are the very essence of profit maximising entrepreneurs described in neoclassical economics. Yet, whilst films such as The Pirates of the Caribbean and Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid have gone a long way to popularise both pirates and outlaw behaviour, the truth of the matter is that pir...
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  • Jun
    15
    2011

    The Secret Power of Time

    Brilliant overview of the different values of 'time' by Philip Zimbardo. Sure, we all experience time in different ways, depending on our cultural values, economic ideology, idiosyncratic circumstances, life phase,  religious beliefs and histori...
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  • Jun
    10
    2011

    The New Silk Road Strategy

    The much talked about 2014 US Security Drawdown from Afghanistan could have dire, if not catastrophic implications for the Afghan economy; contraction, current account deficits, balance of payments crisis, fiscal policy and even high unemployment. &n...
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  • May
    13
    2011

    Somali Piracy Costs US$8.3 Billion A Year

    See our story on the BBC. My company Geopolicity has been leading research into the economics of piracy. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-13392537 Piracy off the Somali coast costs the international community up to $8.3bn (£5.1bn) a...
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  • Apr
    01
    2011

    The Merchants Off Somalia: Piracy and Privateers

    The surge in piracy from a low base in 2007 has taken the world by surprise. With the average pirate working for 3-5 years, and with an annual income of over US$100,000 based on recent research we have conducted, the income differentiation between pi...
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