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Imagining the Future Is Just Another Form of Memory

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Privatization in Iraq’s Economy

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Economy

2019-08-21

IMF Executive Board Concludes 2019 Article IV Consultation with Iraq

An improved security situation and the recovery in oil prices have improved near-term vulnerabilities

Articles

2019-08-18

Democracies in Danger

Recent unilateral decisions by the Indian, American, and British governments are part of a worrying trend in the worlds leading democracies.

Articles

2019-08-18

Muslim Causes Versus National Interest: Muslim Nations Make Risky Bets

Saudi attitudes towards the plight of thousands of illegal Rohingya in the kingdom fleeing persecution in Myanmar and squalid Bangladeshi refugee camps help explain Saudi support

Politics

2019-08-15

America’s Superpower Panic

History suggests that a global superpower in relative decline should aim for a soft landing, so that it still has a comfortable place in the world once its dominance fades. By contrast, US President Donald Trumps incoherent, confrontational approach towar

Economy

2019-08-15

How Blockchain Can Win the War Against Plastic Waste

Start-ups are making incremental use of blockchain to reduce plastic waste, but the technology’s power to drive real change is yet to be realised.

Articles

2019-08-15

What if all guns disappeared?

Take the politics out of it. By the numbers, what would we gain – and lose – if all firearms suddenly were wiped off the face of the planet?

Articles

2019-08-11

Kuwait charts new path in changing region

Kuwait is carefully positioning itself among its Gulf neighbors as a regional trading hub looking to enter the Chinese and Asian markets, while maintaining its regional relationships and alliance with the West.

Articles

2019-08-09

Speaking Truth to Power

Many partisans accused President George W. Bush of lying and pressuring the intelligence community to produce intelligence to justify a war that Bush had already chosen

Economy

2019-08-05

What About Rochester?

There is much to be celebrated in the rise of modern megacities, especially in developing countries.

Politics

2019-08-05

Bahrain’s Perception Problem

New demonstrations, executions, and diplomatic quarrels threaten to undermine the island’s efforts to improve its pro-Western profile amid the Iran crisis.

Politics

2019-08-03

Quieting the Home Front

Saudi Arabia has used a variety of means to neutralize domestic opposition to the war in Yemen.

Economy

2019-08-03

The Inequality of Nations

Markets are mechanisms of social choice, in which dollars effectively equal votes. those with more purchasing power thus have more influence over market outcomes

Politics

2019-08-01

Iran’s threats are an attempt to negotiate

Iranian officials now appear to be negotiating and rather than using back-channels, they are doing it in plain sight.

Politics

2019-08-01

U.S. Senate Targets Saudi Nuclear Technology

The bipartisan bill follows the revelation that a longtime Trump advisor was pushing for lucrative nuclear deals with Riyadh.

Politics

2019-07-31

Russia in the Gray Zone

In its ongoing efforts to influence world affairs, Russia is waging campaigns both bloodless and bloody. A significant number of its tactics fall in the space between routine statecraft and direct and open warfare, a space sometimes referred to as the gra

Articles

2019-07-30

Boris Johnson and the Triumph of Gullibility?

The success of populist politicians such as US President Donald Trump and new British Prime Minister Boris Johnson suggests that voters are becoming increasingly gullible.

Economy

2019-07-30

Lagarde’s ECB Checklist

After years in which the European Council acted as if there were no qualified women to lead the European Central Bank, it has finally abandoned that ludicrous excuse and appointed Christine Lagarde to the position.

Politics

2019-07-28

Why this political movement is turning its back on the Iraqi PM

Ammar al-Hakims National Wisdom Movement, which once supported Adel Abdul Mahdi for the premiership, has turned against the prime minister, organizing protests against his government.

Articles

2019-07-28

A New Direction for the Planet’s Sake

according to the sustainability organization Global Footprint Network, humanity will have used up the Earths resource budget for the entire year.

News

2019-07-22

From Moon Walk to Space Wars

It is easy to get caught up in escalating strategic competition and conflict on Earth. But, 50 years after the Apollo 11 mission reached the Moon

Politics

2019-07-22

Sanctions on Iraqi Political Figures: Shaping the Impact and Message

The United States is now designating politicians who place personal or Iranian interests above the needs of the Iraqi people, but these efforts could go awry if locals don’t understand the justification or consequences.

Economy

2019-07-22

Iraq plans to launch pipelines to export oil through Jordan, Syria

Iraq plans to diversify its oil exports via new pipelines through Jordan and Syria

Articles

2019-07-21

Almost HALF of Tory members want to 'reduce Muslims coming to UK', shock poll shows

A poll for Hope Not Hate has alarming revelations about the 160,000 Conservative members who will choose our next Prime Minister

News

2019-07-21

Where the Periphery Dominates

After the defeat of the Islamic State, the balance of power in Iraqs Nineveh Governorate is changing.

Articles

2019-07-20

The Age of Cynical Voters

Voters who support populist parties and leaders are making political choices that they know to be risky because they feel as though they have nothing to lose.

Religion

2019-07-17

The truth about Muhammad

Publishing the Quran and making it available in translation was a dangerous enterprise in the 16th century, apt to confuse or seduce the faithful Christian

Economy

2019-07-17

How an AI Utopia Would Work

After centuries of industrialism, we are now on the cusp of a technological revolution that has the potential to abolish all necessary work, giving rise to societies built around leisure and a classical ideal of freedom. The biggest hurdle to realizing su

Politics

2019-07-17

There’s a Deal to Be Had Between the U.S. and Iran

If Tehran agrees to extend the JCPOAs sunset provisions and curtail its activity in Syria and Lebanon, Washington may be willing to lift the nuclear sanctions and create a special-purpose vehicle.