An argument demanding a second look
Many Saudi visitors to the UAE on their return to the Kingdom are heard to mutter: Why them and why not us? The country...
U.S. economy slows sharply as oil and gas slump deepens Kemp
The U.S. economy eked out anaemic growth in the final three months of 2015, and the struggling performance of the oil and gas sector...
Who's afraid of the big bad recession? We all are
If there were any suggestion that the fears that have gripped stock markets since the start of 2016 were the isolated stuff of paranoid...
The tragedy of Europe Location, location, location
For years, skeptics warned of multiple threats to the European project. The strains of the single currency, they said, would rip it apart. Excessive...
A dangerous moment for Ukraine's fragile ceasefire
Behind the scenes, U.S. diplomats are rediscovering Ukraine as a foreign-policy priority.
On Jan. 15, Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Nuland met with a key...
China threatens sanctions against U.S. companies Is this the future?
China's recent threat to impose sanctions on U.S. defense companies that sell arms to Taiwan should come as no surprise to American officials or...
Donald Trump becomes the choice of the Republican establishment
The 2016 presidential campaign is being driven by two politicians whose names are not on any ballot: Barack Obama and Bill Clinton. The Republican...
The truth about the Saudi executions
Saudi Arabia's execution of 47 accused terrorists on Jan. 2 drew extensive condemnation in the United States. Further, because four of the men executed...
Middle East economic slowdown will cut oil demand growth
The Middle East was the fastest growing region for oil consumption except China over the last decade as young populations and booming economies simulated...
Putin is the closest thing to a friend Israel has ever had in Moscow
Love him or hate him, Russian President Vladimir Putin's military intervention in Syria unquestionably upended Middle Eastern politics. Putin supported Syrian President Bashar al-Assad,...
