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Hassan Hakimian

Hassan Hakimian

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Hassan Hakimian, Director of the London Middle East Institute and Reader in Economics at SOAS, University of London, is a co-editor of Iran and the Global Economy: Petro Populism, Islam and Economic Sanctions.

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  1. Seven Fallacies of Economic Sanctions
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    Seven Fallacies of Economic Sanctions

    May 7, 2019 Hassan Hakimian thinks one reason such measures fail so often is that governments lack a compelling rationale for imposing them.

  2. Can Trump’s Sanctions Break Iran?
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    Can Trump’s Sanctions Break Iran?

    Sep 3, 2018 Hassan Hakimian asks what makes this round of restrictions any different from the many that came before.

  3. What’s Driving Iran’s Protests?
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    What’s Driving Iran’s Protests?

    Jan 6, 2018 Hassan Hakimian suggests that reformers have failed to manage rising economic expectations, particularly among young people.

  4. Iran’s Long Economic Journey
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    Iran’s Long Economic Journey

    May 24, 2017 Hassan Hakimian considers the economic challenges that await President Hassan Rouhani in his second term.

  5. Why Economists Missed the Arab Spring
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    Why Economists Missed the Arab Spring

    Mar 20, 2017 Hassan Hakimian criticizes conventional thinking about the relationship between political stability and prosperity.

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    The End of Georgia’s European Dream?

    Salome Samadashvili

    Initial evidence suggests that the victory of the pro-Russian Georgian Dream party in the recent parliamentary election reflects widespread fraud. If the West fails to support democratic opposition parties in challenging the results, Georgia’s 30-year-old democracy could come to an end.

     urges Western leaders to take steps to halt the country’s slide into authoritarianism.
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    Belarus in the Dock

    Gabija Grigaitė-Daugirdė & Aarif Abraham explain why Lithuania is requesting an International Criminal Court investigation into its neighbor.
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    Where Financial Innovation Meets Sustainable Development

    Jordan Schwartz explains why new instruments must be standardized and integrated into developing countries’ economic policies.
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    No President Can Revive US Manufacturing Employment

    Robert Z. Lawrence explains why there is no going back to the heyday of middle-class factory jobs for low-skilled workers.
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    Is Political Polling Broken?

    Michael A. Bailey urges pollsters to stop thinking in terms of random samples and instead focus on diagnosing non-response bias.
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    Don’t Dismiss the BRICS

    Joschka Fischer thinks it would be a serious mistake for Western strategists to ignore the bloc and what it represents.
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    Can India Become a Developed Economy by Mid-Century?

    Anne O. Krueger urges policymakers to resume key structural reforms and streamline regulations that stifle business activity.
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    Why Many Workers Now Vote Republican

    Eric Posner explains how the failures of neoliberalism came to benefit the traditional party of business.
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    Japan’s Electoral Stalemate

    Takatoshi Ito considers the political and economic implications of the ruling bloc’s loss of its parliamentary majority.

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