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Sunday 05/June/2016 17:01 PM

Germany’s rash rush for Russian gas

In the right circumstances, we can all be gullible fools – which will be the case if the European Union welcomes the Nord Stream 2 project to double the...

Sunday 05/June/2016 14:54 PM

Confronting the global threat to democracy

Across the world, populists are attracting votes with their promises to protect ordinary people from the harsh realities of globalisation. The democratic...

Sunday 05/June/2016 14:27 PM

‘Foreign aid: dump it’

For decades now, Pakistan’s economy has been driven by foreign dole. Since it comes carrying global or regional political/economic designs of the donor,...

Saturday 04/June/2016 22:26 PM

Buy local, for the sake of Omani economy

Oman needs to successfully implement its In-Country Value (ICV) policies to revitalise its economic programme by re-positioning and better re-utilising its...

Saturday 04/June/2016 17:43 PM

Spurring private investment for development

Successful economic development has hewed to a well-known pattern. Lifting a country out of poverty and placing it on a path of sustainable growth requires...

Saturday 04/June/2016 17:19 PM

Secret of Putin’s survival

Two years ago, a long process of growing authoritarianism and isolationism under President Vladimir Putin culminated in Russia’s annexation of Crimea....

Saturday 04/June/2016 17:09 PM

The high stakes of hypertension

Most of us know about hypertension – at least we think we do. We understand that abnormally high blood pressure puts us at greater risk of heart attacks...

Saturday 04/June/2016 16:46 PM

Trump's missing support

Where is the Republican pushback to Hillary Clinton’s vicious attack on Donald Trump’s foreign-policy qualifications? It's virtually absent, as...