IBDE

EXCHANGE: The Magazine for international Business and Diplomacy, No. 3 Spring 2011

Inside this issue:

Special Reports on the Gulf States 

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Editor’s Letter

... the political unrest in the Arab world in general, and Bahrain in particular, has raised fears of a spillover effect which could have a negative impact on trade and foreign direct investment. However, most Gulf States will continue to remain an attractive region to invest in, with United Arab Emirates in particular offering the most business friendly and politically stable environment. More here

Winds of Cooperation - A Positive Change of Course for the Gulf 

Editorial

Exclusive interview with the Rt Hon Alan Duncan MP

UK Minister of International Development

Lessons in Leadership, and in its Opposite

By Jacques Couvas: Exchange Associate Editor, Visiting Professor of Management at Ozyegin University, Istanbul and Senior Lecturer of Strategic Management at Bilkent University, Ankara

Reformation in the Middle East - the Implications of the Region's Political Unrest for Foreign Direct Investment

By Khalid Almezaini: Rsearch fellow at the Department of Middle Eastern and Asian Studies, University of Cambridge

GCC States’ Economic Ascendance - an Opportunity

By Abdullah Baabood, Director, Gulf Research Centre, University of Cambridge, IBDE Advisory Board Member

Debt Crisis - Déjà Vu? Brazil in the '80s

By Charles de Chassiron, Former British Ambassador, IBDE Advisory Board Member

The Transformation of Diplomacy - Why do Diplomats Need to Understand How the Business World Operates?

By Didzis Klavins, a Ph.D. student in Political Science at the University of Latvia

Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods - An Example of Successful International Commercial Diplomacy

By:  Matthew A. Peluso, Esq.

Kosovo - the "Reset Button" on Foreign Aid: A report from "The Support Project on Economic Diplomacy" - Kosovo

By Ivan S. Abrams, Chief of the USAID-funded Kosovo Ministry of Foreign Affairs Support (KMFAS) Project. 

Robert McDaniel, Senior Economic Diplomacy Advisor to the KMFAS

Arben Sh. Gashi, Lawyer working with the Economic Diplomacy Project

China’s Investments in Europe - To Save or Not to Save the Euro?

By Nasos Mihalakas: Assistant Professor of International Trade Law, New York University, Tirana

China’s Investments in Greece - Creating Economic Opportunities for both Nations

By: Nasos Mihalakas: Assistant Professor of International Trade Law, New York University, Tirana