1. Western Influence on Economic Development and the Arab Spring
Maria Hamdouchi
De'Ahna Johnson

2. The Question
The West
The Middle East
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3. Progressive or Detrimental?
The Debate
Respecting Sovereignty
Opposing Debates
What does it all mean?

4. Monitoring Economic Growth
Trade
GDP Per Capita
Foreign Investment Factors

6. Arab Spring Why did they fail/succeed? Debate Selection problem
Hypocrisy

7. Reasons for Involvement
Oil
Israel
Islamist movements

8. What We Expect to Find...

9. Takeaways Western Influence We expect to find a positive correlation
Economic Development
Arab Spring
We expect to find a positive correlation
Growth vs. Western Interference
Success rate of Arab Spring relies on Western Interference
Therefore western interests dominate the Middle East.