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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…
AN ISRAELI VIEW: Six months to September: The wages of Palestinian ambiguity
By Yossi Alpher "I'll speak in vague sentences," stated Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas…
Demographics, war for resources and state-directed capitalism
By Ron McMillan and Graham Hayward The future of the banking industry remains…