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Schadenfreude capitalism
By Harold James PRINCETON: The protracted financial and economic crisis discredited first the…
Peril or Promise in North Korea?
By Javier Solana MADRID: Two days after Kim Jong-il, North Korea’s leader, died…
Europe is not the United States
By Martin Feldstein CAMBRIDGE: Europe is now struggling with the inevitable adverse consequences…
Macedonia’s man of peace
By Christopher Hill DENVER: Angelina Jolie’s new film, “In the Land of Blood…
Egypt’s Salafi challenge
By Omar Ashour CAIRO: “We want democracy, but one constrained by God’s laws.…
India’s anti-corruption contest
By Shashi Tharoor NEW DELHI: India ended 2011 amid political chaos, as the…
The decline and fall of the Euro?
By Daniel Gros BRUSSELS: Great empires rarely succumb to outside attacks. But they…
COLUMN: Goldman’s sukuk: Is the criticism fair?
By Asim Khan Goldman Sachs' maiden foray into capital-raising utilizing sharia-compliant mechanisms has…