Former Saudi Arabian Oil Minister Sheikh Ahmed Zaki Yamani, who shot to international fame during the oil embargo of 1973, says that a US-led war on Iraq would be about everything but weapons control. US president George Bush’s true motivations, Yamani said, are controlling world oil supplies,...
Did the organisers of the Cairo International Book Fair (CIBF) know what they were signing up for when they invited Sheikh Ahmed Zaki Yamani, Saudi Arabia's former oil minister, to speak about the coming war, oil, United States President...
In the same week that European Union (EU) leaders met in Thessaloniki, Greece to discuss migration issues, a vessel carrying African migrants trying to enter Europe sank off the coast of Tunisia, killing some 70 people. This was one of the many vessels operated by illegal immigrant-trafficking...
The tragic sinking last week off the coast of Tunisia of a vessel carrying African migrants highlights the challenge faced by the European Union in relation to African immigrants. There were only three survivors, some...
The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a lawsuit on a US intelligence program that collects, tracks and stores telephone-record megadata, The US defended the program in a letter to a federal court by pointing out the program – was “approved” and “rigorously overseen” by the executive,...
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The trends in globalization of business and trade come and go, and long-term investment is a challenge in competitive global markets. Companies that fail to adjust suggest that globalization is falling apart. In an article for the Washington Post, Jeffrey Rothfeder describes multinational firms...
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Saudi Arabia has long valued continuity, reducing uncertainty by planning leadership transitions years in advance, preparing individuals for their future roles. But King Salman bin Abdul Aziz, crowned this year, has made many changes, including removing his predecessor’s choice for crown prince and...
A fledgling prince and war: Saudi Arabian Deputy Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman meets Russian President Vladimir Putin in St. Petersburg (top); Houthi rebels in Yemen challenge Saudi power
WASHINGTON: In less than six months since the death of...
Often, examining the past sheds light on events of the present. It is in this vein that Abdel-Moneim Said, in Al-Ahram Weekly, explores a crucial issue: "Is jihad a reaction to colonial oppression?" Using China's turbulent history as a basis for comparison, Said finds that...
Many readers, writing to the editor, note that columnists spend a great deal of time describing problems but then stop short of presenting a solution. This is true. More often than not, writers have no solution to offer...
Workers in the wealthy nations like the US are not losing jobs to immigrants or outsourcing, suggests globalization analyst Daniel Altman in “The International Herald Tribune.” However, intense competition among global labor markets, along with rising health-care costs in the US, could be keeping...
How much truth is there to the conventional wisdom about globalization and labor? There is no doubt that jobs are being moved en masse from wealthy countries to the developing world, whether to call centers in Bangalore...
Chile has formed a Constituent Assembly, charged with proposing a new constitution. Bruce Ackerman, constitutional law professor of Yale University, offers guidance and maintains that the assembly should not include delegates who are members of the existing government. “If you allow the existing...
"One of the great ironies of the Chilean situation is that its Constitution was imposed by a military dictator and yet the country has conducted seven entirely fair presidential elections over the past thirty years.” – Bruce Ackerman, Sterling...
