China’s five-year plan and global interest rates
By Martin Feldstein CAMBRIDGE: China’s new five-year plan will have important implications for…
Violent Afghan protests serve as Pakistani warning
By Qazi Abdul Qadeer Khamosh ISLAMABAD: As I followed the bloody demonstrations in…
China should import deflation
By Yao Yang BEIJING: With China’s inflation — and inflation expectations — rising,…
Democracy or finance?
By Robert Skidelsky LONDON: “Shorting” is a tactic well known among the financial…
The bear of Bretton Woods
By Barry Eichengreen BERKELEY: This is the season for international monetary conferences. In…
Muslims #1 victims in terrorist attacks
By Hussein Abdallah DOHA: Late last month, Yemeni officials claimed that Al-Qaeda-affiliated gunmen…
Helping Muslim youth realize their ambitions in the UK
By Jonathan Freeman LONDON: The last decade has seen growing concern around the…
Moody’s puts Egypt banks on negative outlook
CAIRO: Moody's on Tuesday revised its outlook on Egypt's banking system to…
In Syria, a wild and far-fetched idea
By Alon Ben-Meir Will Assad have the courage and the vision to rise…
A sensible future
By Mennat Maassarani The democratic awakening that has crept through most Arab countries…