This IHT article on how the Gaza War has kept Arab countries from progressing on other important issues in the region — including illiteracy, education, unemployment, and food and water supplies — reminded me that I’ve been meaning to write up a report from the Strategic Foresight Group titled, Cost of Conflict in the Middle East. The report (.pdf summary here) essentially does a detailed economic analysis of the opportunity costs of Middle East conflict, and I thought I’d pass on some of the eye-opening highlights from the summary they sent me: – The countries in the Middle East that […]

This IHT article on how the Gaza War has kept Arab countries from progressing on other important issues in the region — including illiteracy, education, unemployment, and food and water supplies — reminded me that I’ve been meaning to write up a report from the Strategic Foresight Group titled, Cost of Conflict in the Middle East. The report (.pdf summary here) essentially does a detailed economic analysis of the opportunity costs of Middle East conflict, and I thought I’d pass on some of the eye-opening highlights from the summary they sent me: – The countries in the Middle East that […]