tailieunhanh - The Future Security Environment in the Middle East Conflict, Stability, and Political Change phần 8

đặc biệt là các nhà phân tích dầu ở Trung Đông, và có ý nghĩa ma sát mới giữa người sản xuất và người tiêu dùng trong tương lai gần, với giá dầu trong phạm vi $ 50/barrel một khả năng riêng biệt. Một trường thứ ba nhìn thấy vấn đề phát sinh từ thị trường bất động, thay vì hơn so với tình trạng khan hiếm. | 240 The Future Security Environment in the Middle East One exception to this trend is that the government of Saudi Arabia retains unusual control over what appears in the mass-market media. Because Saudi consumers represent the most attractive target for regional advertisers and because Saudis connected to the royal family directly own so many of the regional advertisers the Saudis have a unique ability to shape stories of high interest to them. This ability is not total and al-Jazeera and al-Quds al-Arabi have often loudly tweaked the Saudis to demonstrate their independence. Osama bin Ladin finds an outlet for his anti-Saudi message on alJazeera and al-Quds al-Arabi sometimes airs the views of dissident Saudi Prince Talal bin Abdelaziz who muses on Saudi democracy in its pages. Still offending Saudi sensibilities is a business decision that is not entered into lightly whereas broadcasters and writers need not care nearly as much for the sensibilities of surrounding states. LIMITED ASSIMILATION OF HIGH-TECH While mid-tech is rampant high-tech faces significant barriers to widespread adoption. In the first place the educational systems in the region stress rote memorization rather than problem solving. As a result they do not prepare their students for information-rich environments in which mental agility is more important than memorizing Private education in many countries provides an alternative but it is restricted to those with considerable means. A second problem is that many Arab countries have been slow to develop the technical skills that they would need to support a more developed high-tech infrastructure. Interlocutors in the region noted that many computers are glorified desk ornaments as they are not connected to networks and their users do not know the capabilities of the software. Maintenance is also a problem as there is not a base of highly trained personnel. In the absence of an educational system 22See UNDP Arab Human Development Report .