|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
 |
|
|
|
Another summit at hand
The Arab summit, it was decided, will be held in Tripoli between March 27 and 28. While the agenda for the summit is still being worked out, there are few reasons to believe that the meeting will depart much from the traditional approach to Arab and regional issues.
|
|
|
|
|
 | What’s in a hand shake | |
|
By Hassan A. Barari
Over the last few years, Israel has been working hard to lure Saudi Arabia to open communication channels and political contacts. Despite the continuous American demand that Saudi Arabia consider the Israeli demand, the Saudi declared position remained unchanged: no contacts whatsoever with Israel until the latter responds positively to the Arabs’ quest for peace. | | |
| | Spoiling a big idea with bigotry | |
|
By James J. Zogby
T Boone Pickens has a big idea. It may even be a good one. But when Pickens stoops to using fear and bigotry to sell this idea, it becomes small and unsavoury. | | |
| | Roots of China’s rapid recovery | |
|
By Gang Fan
China’s GDP is estimated to have grown 8.7 per cent year on year in 2009-once again the highest rate in the world - with the fourth-quarter increase reaching 10.7 per cent, compared to 6.3 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2008. | | |
| | Economics critical mass | |
|
By Yusuf Mansur
Reform efforts seem to be addressing many aspects of the economy and making improvements, albeit at a varying pace, everywhere. However, at least one sector in Jordan has to reach a critical mass in terms of quantity and quality (a cluster of interrelated investments that flourish globally through competing and complementary entities). |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
