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Any academic or policy literature examining how to transform resource wealth into genuine social and economic development is bound to encounter the buzz word: resource curse.
After months of uncertainty about Ali Abdullah Saleh’s sincerity to step down from his post as Yemen’s president, he was confirmed on 22 January 2012 to have left the country to seek medical treatment in the US.
Reports in the press this week suggested that German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, had been won over to the idea of introducing a tax on financial transactions at the European level.
On February 12th the Venezuelan opposition is due to hold internal or primary elections to elect the candidate who will face...
The Financial Times recently launched a series of articles on “Capitalism in Crisis”. As we enter the fourth year of the global banking collapse and the long depression in real output for the major capitalist economies, the strategists of capital are trying to understand...
The reputational crisis of credit rating agencies is ongoing and is putting into question whether CRAs are playing a credible role in eurozone financial markets.
With minimal media debate, at a time when Americans were celebrating the New Year with their loved ones, the “National Defense Authorization Act"
The presence of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in Europe is fast becoming a prism through which the Turks view their ties with Europe, especially in Germany.
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Having appeared on Arab TV channels such as Al Jazeera and Al Arabiya to express Turkish support of political opposition in revolutionary Arab countries, Turkey’s Foreign Minister, Ahmet Dayutoglu, is now a... Read more
by SEYED ALI ALAVI
In the 21st century, China is going to become one of the most important states in the international system. With a population of over 1 billion people, it represents nearly 20% of the global population... Read more
by GEORGI IVANOV
Needless to say, there is an element of the Arab-awakening syndrome injected into such reporting, but my sources tell me there is no cause for excitement in Russia. The Putin-Medvedev... Read more
By SUAT KINIKLIOGLU | Dec 2011
Two world-historical events in 2011 changed the world as we knew it. In the Middle East, the Arab uprisings have revolutionised our understanding of Muslim societies. Arab demonstrators - men and women, with and without beards... Read more
By DR. KEREM OKTEM | Dec 2011
Azerbaijan stands at the crossing point of Western Asia and Eastern Europe. It is a resource-rich country and it is located on very important energy and transportation corridors; so Azerbaijan is one of the most...
By FATİH EREN | Dec 2011
Kenya is the most developed and the most influential country in East Africa; and, Nairobi is the most populous and one of the most prominent cities politically and financially in this region. The Republic of...
By FATİH EREN | Sep 2011
News reports about the Cyprus issue make me yawning. The vicious circle of the dispute does not bring something new to the agenda and the media usually evaluate the topic by today’s discussions and miss the historical context. Indisputably, books and documentaries covering the issue present detailed political and historical...
By ALAADDİN F. PAKSOY | Dec 2011
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What are the stories right now that you think people either aren’t paying enough attention to, or about which we have the wrong view? Generally the historical and political-economic continuities between the global inflation crisis of the 1970s, the widespread public debt crisis of the 1980s, the internationally agreed consolidation and financial deregulation policies of the 1990s, and the worldwide private debt crisis of the 2000s, with its commutation into...
By THE CURRENT MOMENT | Jan 2012
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