Economics
03.04.2013
The Economic Challenges of the Arab Spring
The political situation in North Africa was characterized by a lack of prospects before the “Arab revolutions” broke out, and…
02.04.2013
Qatar is Russia’s chief rival in the natural gas market
Qatar recently announced that it plans to compete with Russia in Southern Europe’s natural gas market. Qatari Prime Minister and…
19.03.2013
The Syrian Crisis Reaches beyond the Country
Syria’s civil war, which has turned its cities into ruins and taken the lives of more than 70,000 people, is…
17.03.2013
The New Role of the Arab League in Regional and International Relations
The League of Arab States was formed after World War II, and after 68 years it is the oldest organization…
03.03.2013
Islam Karimov’s Currency Reform
Uzbekistan’s rules for buying and selling foreign currencies changed in early February. President Islam Karimov approved a proposal by the…
29.01.2013
The Events in Mali. Part 1
The media understand current events in Mali in the following terms. First of all, the political situation in Africa is…
21.01.2013
North Korea’s Rocket “Miracle”
Something momentous happened with North Korea’s space program on December 12, 2012: An Unha-3 (“Milky Way-3”) rocket successfully launched a…
15.01.2013
Problems Arising from China’s Development. Part 6
Some conclusions. I make no claim to cover China’s problems completely in this article. Nevertheless, the issues I discuss allow…
29.12.2012
Problems Arising from China’s Development. Part 4
Problems of political stability § 1. China’s chief domestic political stability problem is its ethnic heterogeneity. Unlike the European Union,…
05.12.2012
Problems Arising from China’s Development. Part 3
Military-strategic issues. China’s military-strategic objectives derive from the many needs of its foreign trade and the foreign policy issues that…
01.12.2012
Problems Arising from China’s Development. Part 2
Foreign policy problems. China’s main foreign policy problem is that no threat nation wants to reduce it to a pathetic…
28.11.2012
Problems Arising from China’s Development. Part 1
“An island economy.” With each year that passes, China’s economy comes more and more to resemble that of an “Island…
