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Heard someone from the BBC last night describe the Middle East as "more unstable than it's been for years".
Oh yeah? Surely the Middle East is actually one of the most stable places on the planet?
Forty years on, Egypt, Syria, Saudi et al are still run by the same gangs. Elsewhere, state players still support various nasties to wage nastiness by proxy.
Stagnating economies. Oil oligarcies. Little democracy. Limited property rights. And, of course blaming Israel for, you know, existing. What's changed?
Since I was born in 1971, every corner of our planet has seen transformative changes for the better. Elected governments in Africa. Trade liberalisation in Europe (sort of) and the US. Economic take off in Asia. The collapse of Latin American dictators. The fall of the Soviets.
What's the one part of our planet that's changed the least? Perhaps that's the problem....
