Paul Rivlin

Paul Rivlin is an economist and Senior Research Fellow at the MDC for Middle Eastern and African Studies. He studied at Cambridge, London and Harvard Universities. He is the author of five books: The Dynamics of Economic Policy Making in Egypt; The Israeli Economy; Economic Policy and Performance in the Arab World; Arab Economies in the Twenty First Century and The Israeli Economy from the Founding of the State to the Twenty-First Century, as well as monographs, papers, reports and contributions to books on economic development in the Middle East, international energy markets, defense and trade economics.

He has taught courses on Middle East economics at London and Ben Gurion Universities and has been a visiting professor at Emory University. Dr. Rivlin co-authors and edits Iqtisadi, the Center's bi-monthly publication on the Middle East Economy.

MAIN AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Economy, Trade, Energy and Climate Political Reform, Democracy and Governance Society and Culture

EDUCATION

PhD, University of London

Articles

• The Ukraine War and the Middle East: The Rich Get Richer and the Poor Get Poorer
• Russia invades Ukraine: The economic fall-out and consequences for energy markets
• Zero-Sum versus Win-Win in the Middle East
• How the Taliban Re-took Afghanistan
• The Forgotten Crises in the Gulf: Electricity and Water in Iran and Iraq
• The UAE and Israel: Developing Relations and the Challenge Ahead
• Changes in Oil Markets and New Technology: The Effects of COVID-19 and Climate Change
• The Impact of Covid-19 and Conflict on Middle Eastern Economies
• Israel and the UAE: Old New Friends
• Iran’s Battered Economy
• Lebanon, Iraq, and Syria: sinking together?
• Coronavirus, Oil and the Middle East
• Sudan’s Predicament and the Israeli Connection
• Turkey, Libya and the Mediterranean Carve Up
• The Iranian Empire Cracks, at Home and Abroad
• The Politics of Lebanon’s Economic Collapse
• Iraq: Oil Wealth and Multiple Crises
• Iran attacks Saudi Arabia
• Middle East Demographics to 2030
• The Kushner Plan: Economics or politics, which comes first?
• Ethiopia: Economic Development in a Harsh Environment: Part 2
• Ethiopia: Economic Development in a Harsh Environment: Part 1
• The Oil Market Swings: Shale and Geo-politics
• China: Economy, Energy and the Middle East
• Tunisia 2019: The Success and Failures of the Arab Spring
• The Middle East economy in the last decade
• The Sanctioned States: Economic Crises in Iran and Turkey
• Turkey’s pre-election economic crisis
• Gaza in Crisis
• Syria: towards reconstruction or deconstruction?
• Egypt’s economy: Turning the corner, standing still or in retreat?
• What Saudi Arabia, Iran and Tunisia have in common: The Economy, Stupid!
• What's happening in the Oil Markets?
• The Saudi Sheikh Up
• Kurdistan’s Economic Woes
• Demographics between the Mediterranean and the River Jordan
• The Qatar Crisis
• Changes in the oil markets and their implications for Gulf producers
• The Crisis in Gaza
• Turkey's Economy is Paying the Price
• The Egyptian Economy: The Plot Thickens
• The Arab Human Disaster Report, The Arab World Five Years After: Part 2
• The Arab Human Disaster Report: The Arab World Five Years After: Part 1
• How Jordan Survives: Part 2
• How Jordan Survives: Part 1
• Will Low Oil Prices Force Change In the GCC?
• Egypt's Economy: The Agony Continues
• Brexit: England's Arab Spring
• Saudi Arabia's Plans for Change: Are they feasible?
• The Dominoes Fall: The War in Syria, Europe and Turkey
• Saudi Arabia's Multiple Crises
• The Saudi Predicament: Low Oil Prices and Strategic Threats
• Climate Change Has Happened: The Middle East's Climate Crisis
• The Good News from Egypt – and the Bad
• Middle East Uncertainty and Oil Price Stability
• Turkey: Politics and Economics Come Together
• The Libyan Crisis and its Regional Implications
• The Blame Game, Part 2
• The Blame Game, Part 1
• The Humanitarian Catastrophe in Syria and Iraq
• Oil Prices Crash: The Trillion Dollar Question
• Egypt's Economy: Sisi's Herculean Task
• Money Makes the World Go Round: A Middle East Round-up
• Economics and the Gaza War
• Iraq - Economics and the Collapse of the State
• Sisi as Sisyphus: Egypt's Economic Emergency
• Tunisia: What Ben Ali Stole
• The Syrian War: 10 More Years?
• Will China Replace the U.S. in the Middle East?
• Why Is Turkey's Economy Sliding Again?
• $800 Billion and Rising: The Costs of the Arab Winter
• The Significance of Gas in the East Mediterranean
• Egypt's Agony
• Syria's War of Self Destruction and Its Regional Implications
• Qatar: The Economics and Politics
• The Oil Market: Dramatic Changes, but Not in Prices
• The Arab Spring and the Economic Winter
• Have Mercy on Morsi: Islamic Options for Egypt's Economy
• Winners and Losers in the Middle East Economy
• Egypt's Economy after the Elections
• The Libyan Economy and Oil Prospects as the War Ends
• The Palestinian UN Bid: Economy in Crisis, The Politics and Economics of the Arab Spring,
• Erdoğan's Election Victory and the Turkish Economy, Jordan: Economic Challenges and Strategic Ramifications
• The Socio-Economic Crisis in Syria, “The Gates of Gaza” and the Economic Power of Hamas
• Israel's Trade with Turkey, Economic Causes of the Uprising in Egypt, and Trade with Jordan
• Tel Aviv Notes: Behind the Tensions in Syria: The Socio-Economic Dimension
• Tel Aviv Notes: High Oil Prices and The Middle East Strategic Balance
• Poverty, Inequality and Unemployment in Egypt (VLJI)
• The Oil Food Price Spiral in The Middle East
• The Uprising in Egypt: Poverty: Inequality, and Unemployment
• By Bread Alone (Calcalist)
• Two Middle Eastern Inflations: Israel and Turkey 1980-2001