As oil prices topped seventy dollars per barrel in 2006, it became clear that the world was entering a period of historic transition with increased focus on new energy policies and energy security. The record-high oil prices led Peter Mandelson, the European Union's top trade official, to call...

The forces of globalization during the past two decades have been particularly powerful, but for many reasons, countries in the Arab region have not participated in globalization to the extent found in other regions of the world. Whereas most regions of the world experienced a significant...