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Indonesian example counters fears of radical religious states in Tunisia/Egypt
By Testriono JAKARTA: Many scholars are pessimistic that Tunisia’s Jasmine Revolution and the…
Learning to float
By Yu Yongding BEIJING: Despite shaky economic fundamentals, US government securities are usually…
Measuring the revolutionary wave
By Ian Bremmer NEW YORK: A prediction three months ago that popular protests…
Gambling with the planet
By Joseph Stiglitz DUBAI: The consequences of the Japanese earthquake — especially the…
Inflationary angst
By Harold James PRINCETON: Can central banks contain inflation? We once thought they…
Democracy at the local level in Pakistan
By Geoffrey Weichselbaum and Katherine Vittum ISLAMABAD: While Pakistan has made significant gains…
Deconstructing Saleh
By Mai Yamani LONDON: Ali Abdullah Saleh is finished as Yemen’s president. Popular…
A PALESTINIAN VIEW: Six months to September: Returning to our references
By Ghassan Khatib Palestinians look at the approaching September deadline as a very…