Opinion

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...

Friday 03/June/2016 17:21 PM

Russians in Syria show no signs of leaving

It seemed almost impossible to many of the journalists who had travelled to Russia's airbase near the Western Syrian coastal town of Latakia last mobth:...

Friday 03/June/2016 17:09 PM

Modi government flatters to deceive

In the two years since coming to power, India’s Narendra Modi government has flattered to deceive on several fronts. Modi, who led the Hindu-nationalist...

Friday 03/June/2016 16:58 PM

Indonesia's dangerous trash tax

Indonesia is drowning in plastic trash. Bottles pollute its beaches, bags congest its waterways and instant-noodle cups overflow its garbage bins. It's...