World awaits a ‘day of rage’

Political unrest across the Middle East and North Africa has been a drag on markets around the globe, as investors fear it will hamper growth in the global economy. Those fears will become much more intensive if unrest in Saudi Arabia escalates—which may very well happen tomorrow on what is being called the “day of rage.”

Internet activists have called on citizens to take to the streets for anti-government rallies. But what do the potential protests mean for the future of the Middle East and North Africa?

“The pattern of the region is inevitably going to some form of constitutional monarchy,” Ali Dizboni, a professor of politics and economics at Royal Military College, tells BNN. “This kind of regime has to adapt to the 21st century and the highway for information.”

“A large scale military crackdown [of tomorrow’s protests] would have a spillover effect,” he says.