Category Archives: Interests
Oil Games: What is the Nash Equilibrium for Iran and Saudi Arabia? #OilGames #
Dear Pita-consumers: We are trying to include both the Saudi Arabia stock exchange index, Tadawul (Tasi) and Iran’s stock exchange index, Tepix, within the PITAPOLICY blog so that you can read and critique our posts while getting updated about the … Continue reading
Managing Socio-#Econ|omic Expectations #IranElections #ImplementationDAy
“We intend to re-open trade with all our neighbors…. and begin cooperation.”~President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Hassan Rouhani Earlier this month, 78.4 million Iranians saw the economic sanctions lifted, which were imposed in 1979 after Iran underwent a … Continue reading
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How would you name a luxury good product to target Lebanese market?
Happy Holidays! PITAPOLICY is tracking product names in Lebanon and the Arab Gulf Countries. Which brandnames experience the most success in the Lebanese marketplace? Which brandnames experience the most success in Arab Gulf countries, like Kuwait? Is product success in … Continue reading
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This Disease Needs to be Fought with Good Education & Economy
The total terrorism in the region is the fruit of terrorism by authoritarian regimes [across the Middle East & North African region]~Sheikh Rachid Ghannouchi On October 28th, Sheikh Rachid Ghannouchi of Tunisia offered his perspective to the U.S. Institute for … Continue reading
Economic growth doesn’t translate as citizen growth. #GDP #Wellbeing
The World Bank’s Middle East & North Africa division released a report “Inequality, Uprisings, and Conflict in the Arab World” (included below along with the report link) that confirmed what many non-economists living in Tunisia, Syria, Yemen and Egypt suspected … Continue reading
If We Don’t Compare MENA Countries’ Fiscal Fragility, Then How Will Gather Lessons Learned?
Breaking bread, hence sharing a meal with anyone, symbolizes the conscious and informal way of engaging in respectful conversation. Moreover, if one can “break bread” with another, they have taken the first step towards engagement, and building more concretely upon … Continue reading
United Nations General Assembly Speeches Underline #SyriaCrisis
The Annual United Nations General Assembly Summit is convening in New York. The good news: the UN Secretary General –the highest office within the multilateral organization–Ban Ki Moon expressed support by looking forward to raising the Palestine flag like other … Continue reading
Algeria Shows Symptoms of Resource Curse
“Oil settles below $39 a barrel for the first time since Feb. 2009″~MarketWatch Given the dramatic decrease in oil prices, Saudi Arabia could cut investment spending, estimated to be about $102 billion dollars this year, by about 10 percent or … Continue reading
Leveraging Cultural Practices of Hospitality in the Hospitality #Biz
The three hubs of Dubai, Abu Dhabi, and Doha are blessed with fortunate commercial geography: They are a four-hour flight to one-third of the world’s population and an eight-hour flight to two-thirds. Any self-respecting McKinsey study would have told … Continue reading
