Opinion

Friday 18/March/2016 22:41 PM

Korean conundrum

Times of Oman designers depict a world around them through illustrations everyday, either to enhance the visual elements of a story or as a standalone...

Friday 18/March/2016 15:56 PM

The new generation gap

Something interesting has emerged in voting patterns on both sides of the Atlantic: Young people are voting in ways that are markedly different from their...

Wednesday 16/March/2016 22:46 PM

Cheaper way to battle recession

What should the US government do to fight recessions? What should it do to fight slow growth? This is the eternal question of so-called countercyclical...

Wednesday 16/March/2016 22:17 PM

Why is change so hard for China?

Economic reforms are much like New Year’s diet resolutions: easily announced and easily forgotten. So perhaps it shouldn’t be surprising that the...

Wednesday 16/March/2016 16:16 PM

Trump’s long romance With Russia

When Donald Trump talks about his desire to have good relations between the US and Russia, it’s not a recent attraction. Trump’s attempts to expand his...

Wednesday 16/March/2016 16:02 PM

Pakistan’s nuclear security resolve

National Command Authority (NCA) — the apex national body overseeing Pakistan’s strategic programme under stewardship of political, military and...

Wednesday 16/March/2016 15:39 PM

The do's and don'ts of trusting science

It’s been a tough year for science. The American Statistical Association just issued a statement scolding scientists for misusing statistical analysis....

Tuesday 15/March/2016 23:19 PM

Keeping Germany's Trumpists at bay

The outcome of Sunday's elections in three German states wasn't good for Chancellor Angela Merkel, but it also provided an example of how a...