Economic factors often drive geopolitical instability, according to House of Lords member Catherine Ashton, who called for greater international collaboration to tackle today’s problems.
Speaking at the Future of Investment Festival today (4 June), Ashton, who served as the European Union's first high representative for foreign affairs and security policy between 2009 and 2014, explained the real world impacts and links between economic pressures and geopolitical decisions. Taking the Arab Spring as an example, Ashton said this was a period where political uprisings took place following mounting economic grievances at the time. She recalled conversations with several young people demonstrating against the corrupt regime of former president Ben Ali, with protestor...
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