Opinion

Saturday 09/April/2016 16:14 PM

Sowing the seeds of Syria’s future

We are at risk of producing a lost generation of young Syrians. Nearly six years of civil war have displaced them from their homes, denied them the chance...

Friday 08/April/2016 16:50 PM

Dutch voters snub Kiev, not Brussels

It's easy to discount the outcome of Wednesday's Dutch referendum on Ukraine's association agreement with the European Union as another sign of...

Friday 08/April/2016 16:43 PM

Western mistakes, remade in China

The Chinese economy faces an enormously challenging transition. To achieve its goal of joining the world’s high-income countries, the government has...

Thursday 07/April/2016 10:46 AM

So to speak: Out to make a quick buck

We all agree that Oman has come a long way in terms of development. Thousands of accolades have been showered on the country, but it is time we stopped in...

Wednesday 06/April/2016 17:12 PM

Will Britain choose irrelevance?

When voters in the United Kingdom go to the polls on June 23 to decide whether their country should leave the European Union, the issues they will have to...

Wednesday 06/April/2016 16:51 PM

The Soviet Union is falling apart again

Armenia and Azerbaijan have announced a truce after three days of fierce fighting in the secessionist region of Nagorno-Karabakh, but the flare-up is proof...