Samir Makdisi

Samir Makdisi is Professor Emeritus of Economics and Founding Director of the Institute of Financial Economics at the American University of Beirut (AUB). He has served as Lebanon's Minister of National Economy and as Deputy President of AUB. He is co-editor ( with Ibrahim Elbadawi) of 'Democracy in the Arab World: Explaining the Deficit' (Routledge, 2011) and 'Democratic Transitions in the Arab World' (forthcoming, Cambridge University Press).

The political economy of the Arab Spring: searching for the virtuous circle

No matter how tragic the short and medium-term consequences of some of the uprisings, their outbreak might eventually lead the Arab world to enter steadily the trajectory to democracy and good governance.

By Paul Aarts and Samir Makdisi

/ 28 Jul 2016