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SUMMARY:John Sfakianasis\, Chief Economist Gulf Res. Center\, Riyadh\, spe
 aks on political uncertainty and instability in Middle East - John Sfakian
 akis\, Chief Economist and Head of Research\, Gulf Research Center
DTSTART:20200218T170000Z
DTEND:20200218T183000Z
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CONTACT:Ela Moussa
DESCRIPTION:About this Event\nThe Middle East has entered a phase of polit
 ical chaos unprecedented since the collapse of the Ottoman Empire. Yemen\,
  Libya\, and Syria have turned into failed states\, while Iraq and Lebanon
  face deep political crises. This has created profound misery for the gene
 ral populace whose social grievances have escalated with widespread unempl
 oyment and outmoded developmental models. Shrinking fiscal base and rising
  public debt have limited the options of regional governments to restructu
 re their economies. Geopolitical uncertainty will only make matters worse 
 and force the region into greater instability.\n\nBook your ticket here: h
 ttps://www.eventbrite.com/e/middle-east-political-economy-of-lost-opportun
 ities-chaos-and-uncertainty-tickets-88863044759\n\nSpeaker's Bio\n\nJohn S
 fakianakis\, is Chief Economist and Head of Research\, Gulf Research Cente
 r in Riyadh and a Visiting Scholar at Pembroke College\, Cambridge Univers
 ity. He is also an associate fellow with the Middle East Program at Chatha
 m House.\n\nPreviously he was Middle East Director of the Ashmore Group (F
 TSE 100 firm) in Riyadh. His other former positions have included chief in
 vestment strategist at MASIC\, a Saudi family-owned investment company\; c
 hief economic adviser to the Saudi Ministry of Finance\; group general man
 ager and chief economist\, Middle East North Africa region for Credit Agri
 cole C.I.B.\; chief economist\, Saudi British Bank (SABB/HSBC)\; and chief
  regional economist\, Samba Financial Group. He also has served as adviser
  at the Ministry of Economy and Planning in Saudi Arabia and as economist 
 at the United Nations (UNDP) and the World Bank.\n\nJohn has advised with 
 public and private institutions in Europe\, the US and the Gulf region\, i
 ncluding BCG\, PwC\, McKinsey\, KPMG\, Berkley Research Group and Burohapp
 old. He studied at the London School of Economics\, University of London a
 nd Harvard. His doctorate was supervised by Roger Owen (Harvard) on the po
 litical economy of Egypt.
LOCATION:Caius College\, Cambridge
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