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EU's democracy promotion in Egypt before and after Arab uprisings

Zahran, Alaa Hosny - In: Review of economics and political science : REPS 8 (2023) 6, pp. 605-621

assesses to what extent the EU succeeds to promote democracy in Egypt. Design/methodology/approach - The EU pursues its policy … democracy promotion that witnessed some successes but with extremely modest results in some areas compared to the costs of the …, and the EU has not an effective role in promoting democracy in Egypt. …

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The effect of political risk and corporate governance on bank stability in the MENA region : did the Arab Spring uprisings matter?

Diab, Ahmed; Marie, Mohamed; Elgharbawy, Adel; … - In: Cogent business & management 10 (2023) 1, pp. 1-27

This study examines the impact of political risk and corporate governance mechanisms (CGM) on bank stability. The research problem was addressed using a sample of 954 bank-year observations from 14 Middle East and North Africa (MENA) countries during the period 2010-2018 to take into account the...

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Political unrest, the Arab Spring, and FDI flows : a quantitative investigation

Al-Shammari, Nayef; Willoughby, John; Behbehani, Mariam S. - In: Cogent economics & finance 11 (2023) 2, pp. 1-17

The Middle East region is recognized by observers as one of the most politically unstable areas worldwide. Due to the significant growth of foreign direct investment in the MENA region during the period before the recent political turmoil, this study empirically tests the impact of these...

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The impact of the reforms of the 2000s and the Arab Spring of 2011 on the performance of the Egyptian banking sector

Ahmed, Ahmed L. M. - In: Journal of banking and financial economics 1 (2021) 15, pp. 44-58

This paper aims to assess the current condition of the Egyptian banking sector, based on the past reforms of the 2000s. This analysis is based on data from the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE), data from the Egyptian banking sector and the literature review. The main fi nding is that despite many...

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Of friends and foes: Israel and Iran in the Maghreb : perceptions and instumentalisation

Werenfels, Isabelle - Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik - 2024

, two of the most controversial regional actors in the MENA region. Only Morocco has official relations with Israel, only … Algeria and Tunisia with Iran. A systematic analysis of news agency reports and social media shows that political elites in … the Maghreb exploit public sentiment on Israel and Iran for their own domestic and foreign policy ends: distracting from …

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Civil War Risk in Democratic and Non-Democratic Neighborhoods

Raleigh, Clionadh - 2012

This study questions the extent to which domestic conflict is influenced by national, regional, and international relationships. It is designed to answer specific questions relating to the effects of neighboring characteristics on a state's risk of conflict and instability: What is the...

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Change or continuity? : exploring post-revolution state - building in Ukraine and Armenia

Terzyan, Aram - In: CES working papers 12 (2020) 1, pp. 20-41

The paper focuses on the post-Maidan and post-Velvet Revolution state-building in Ukraine and Armenia. Examining the cases of Ukraine and Armenia, the qualitative, comparative analysis presented in this paper uncovers some of the similarities and differences between the two post-Soviet...

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The impact of Arab Revolution on the security of the Arabian Gulf : the Yemeni Revolution as a model

Al-Otaibi, Saleh Zaid - In: Review of economics and political science : REPS 5 (2020) 2, pp. 136-148

Purpose - This study aims to analyze the impact of Arab Revolution on the Arabian Gulf security by applying on Yemeni Revolution. This can be achieved by analyzing the threat of Arab Spring Revolutions to the national security of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries after the breakout of...

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Inequality, uprisings, and conflict in the Arab world

Lanchovichina, Elena; Mottaghi, Lili; Devarajan, Shantayanan - 2015

The short-term prospects for a growth recovery in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) are slim in the context of low oil prices and conflict escalation. Regional GDP growth, estimated at around 2.8 percent in 2015, will remain weak if current circumstances persist. In fact, since the Arab...

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The impact of political instability driven by the Tunisian revolution on the relationship between Google search queries index and financial market dynamics

Trichilli, Yousra; Abbes, Mouna Boujelbène; Zouari, Sabrine - In: Journal of capital markets studies 4 (2020) 1, pp. 61-76

Purpose This paper examines the impact of political instability on the investors' behavior, measured by Google search queries, and on the dynamics of stock market returns. Design/methodology/approach First, by using the DCC-GARCH model, the authors examine the effect of investor sentiment on the...

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