They spurn the cultural and geographic stories of their forebears in favour of an approach rooted solely in institutional economics, which studies the impact of political environments on economic outcomes.

ECONOMIST: Creating economic wealth

Straddling three parliaments, in London, Dublin and Stormont, without getting tangled up in the contradictions of three different political environments, would take a certain agility... but it could bring considerable rewards.

BBC: Numbers game

This is the ultimate test of economic diplomacy and arguments about the peace dividend: does trade, once established politically, have the power to sustain itself and to maintain peaceful, open borders even as political environments change?

FORBES: Assorted Questions about Egypt