Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. XLVII

No 27

05-July-2004

Political Risk Fallout Of US Policy And Investment Decline Dominates London Conference

Political uncertainty in the Middle East, much of it a result of US policy in Iraq, has been a major factor behind recent high crude oil prices. At the Political Risk 2004 conference, organized in London on 28-29 June by the Royal Institute of International Affairs and the Berne Union, delegates heard how the full economic impact of the US-led invasion of...