The Middle East Economic Strategy Group, formed in 1995 and chaired by Paul Volcker and comprised of economic experts, former central bankers and leaders of the financial community, has examined the efficacy and viability of new regional cooperative arrangements and institutions and has offered policy recommendations for regional economic development.
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OBAMA MUST BROKER A NEW MIDEAST PEACE
As a new Middle East has begun to be shaped by citizens in individual countries, one issue appears conspicuously unaffected, at least on the surface: the Arab-Israeli dispute over Palestine.The US has more direct interests at stake in ensuring a lasting peace between Israel and Palestine than it does in the outcome in most other countries in the region, writes General Brent Scowcroft. Remaining silent on deadlocked negotiations over a two state solution, while encouraging greater democratisation in other countries, suggests a double standard that damages America’s image in the Middle East and the broader Muslim world.
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