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Western Influence on
Economic Development and
the Arab Spring
Maria Hamdouchi
De'Ahna Johnson
The Question
The West
The Middle East
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Progressive or Detrimental?
1. The Debate
2. Respecting Sovereignty
3. Opposing Debates
4. What does it all mean?
Monitoring Economic Growth
Trade
GDP Per Capita
Foreign Investment Factors
Arab Spring
Why did they fail/succeed?
Debate
Selection problem
Hypocrisy
Reasons for Involvement
Oil
Israel
Islamist movements
What We Expect to Find...
Takeaways
•
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Western Influence
o
Economic Development
o
Arab Spring
We expect to find a positive correlation
o
•
Growth vs. Western Interference
Success rate of Arab Spring relies on Western
Interference
o
Therefore western interests dominate the Middle East.