Cheapest Gulf Stocks May Get Cheaper as Oil Retreats
If anyone’s got any Middle Eastern stocks I would be taking this opportunity to sell," Chowdhry, F&C’s head of emerging-market equities, said …
Robert Gates: As Bad As Rumsfeld?
"As Bad As Rumsfeld?" The title jars, doesn’t it. The more so, since Defense Secretary Robert Gates found his predecessor, Donald Rumsfeld, …
View From Dubai: Winning Hearts and Minds Saudi Style
If King Abdullah wants to lead — and he has the integrity and credibility to do so — he needs to fly …
Time for Strong-Arm Tactics in Fighting Piracy
Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal slammed the attack. "Obviously this is a very dangerous thing … Piracy, like terrorism, is a …
Iran and Obama’s ‘New’ America
AHMADINEJAD DID THE UNEXPECTED — By all standards, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (shown here) appears to be an unlikely interlocutor in any …
Closing Guantanamo is Only First Step
U.S. President-elect Barack Obama’s reported decision to close Guantánamo is a long-awaited and necessary measure that will contribute to improve the U.S. …
The Rights of Women as Casualties of War
MISSING THE POINT — The U.N.’s Global Gender Report ignited media frenzy more appropriate for a beauty contest – winners and losers. …
Saudi Arabia Is Protected Against Economic Crisis
“The economy at large has been very well protected,” Al- Jasser said. “We’ve built up reserves and pursued counter- cyclical policies to …
Obama and the Rogue Regime
Barack Obama is receiving lots of advice from many people these days about the collapse of Wall Street, the sinking economy and …
Threats won’t tame Iran, experts say
President-elect Barack Obama, plotting his strategy on Iran, is getting this advice from a panel of American diplomats and other experts: Don’t …
Don’t Expect Much From G-20 Summit
The IMF has been systematically flouted by its inventors and vilified by its customers in recent years and has thus lost much …
First Unofficial Obama Positions on New War Strategies
The first post election statements made by Obama sources – incorporated into a Washington Post article by Karen DeYoung published on Nov. …
Who will finance America’s deficit?
A comparison of Obamanonomics and Reaganomics is instructive. Even in the unlikely event that the Obama administration were to adopt Reagan-style incentives …
Planning an Invasion of Lebanon?
The whole strategy of finding excuses to re-invade Lebanon is little by little being put in place. The most ominous signs were …
SPECIAL REPORT: Al-Qaida’s Deafening Silence
The one noticeable silence, however, comes from al-Qaida and its leader Osama bin Laden who refrained from commenting either way. The total …
Obama’s Daunting Middle East Challenge
Mr. Obama faces an incredible challenge to end the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan honorably, to restore hope to the Palestinian people, …
A Promising U.S. Policy Toward Iran
Tehran was informed of the U.S. offer after rumors began to circulate about it last summer, The Seattle Times reported on Oct. …
Obama, Emanuel and Israel
In the first major appointment of his administration, President-elect Barack Obama has named as his chief of staff Congressman Rahm Emanuel. In …