The Future of the Middle East: Horizons of Challenges and Opportunities

... open new nuclear power plants, such as Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Egypt, Jordan, and Turkey. This could raise regional and global concerns regarding military uses of those nuclear programs. 3. An Urbanized Region The MENA region is characterized by high urbanization: some 60 percent of the population is already urban. And this trend will not be reversed by 2050; cities in this region will host 130 million additional residents. New megatrends include: climate change and environmental degradation that ...