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...

The current fiscal imbalances and fragilities in the Southern and Eastern Mediterranean countries (SEMC) are the result of decades of instability, but have become more visible since 2008, when a combination of adverse economic and political shocks (the global and European financial crises, Arab...