by Dr. Hamad Al-Majid | May 12, 2013 | Opinion
No matter how desperately advocates of the Arab revolutions strive to justify the deplorable conditions in the states where these uprisings erupted, there is an unmistakable sense of frustration caused by their end results. This sense prevails even among some of the...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 16, 2013 | Business
London, Asharq Al-Awsat—The states of the Arab world must create millions of new jobs for their young people if they are to avoid serious economic and political problems, a new UN report warned this week. The organization’s annual Human Development Report was launched...
by Ali Ibrahim | Jan 22, 2013 | Opinion
The relationship between the economy and politics is like that of the chicken and the egg; which came first? On the one hand, there cannot be genuine and realistic economic development unless there is political and security stability, yet on the other hand the most...