The risks of withdrawal
BERLIN: Entering a war is easy; getting out of it is the hard part. That axiom is particularly true for the United States today, as it muddles through three wars…
Hebron area sealed off after deadly attack against settlers
HEBRON: Israeli forces on Wednesday sealed off parts of the West Bank while Palestinian security forces arrested scores of Hamas supporters after four settlers were gunned down just ahead of…
A rising Turkey without Europe?
LONDON: In the midst of European antipathy regarding Turkish accession to the EU, Turkey is attempting to chart an alternative path to secular democracy and economic prosperity. Yet Turkey should…
Obama’s ‘No, we won’t’ moment in Iraq
The US political and military establishments have made numerous grave errors in judgment when it comes to Iraq policy, foremost of which is the choice to invade and occupy the…
Is low-wage China disappearing?
BEIJING: Reports about labor shortages, wage disputes, and wage increases for migrant workers in China have abounded of late. They naturally raised concerns, or expectations, that China’s labor-cost advantages may…
The single mother makeover
NEW YORK: In the 1992 United States presidential election, George H. W. Bush’s campaign made a political splash by going after the television show Murphy Brown — one of the…
Minister’s bodyguard attacks reporter before questioning on Van Gogh theft
CAIRO: The Egyptian Center for United Journalists called on Egypt’s Minister of Culture Farouk Hosni to take all necessary action against one of his bodyguards for attacking a photo…
Interior Ministry re-arrests Shia Egyptian despite 5 release orders
CAIRO: The Ministry of Interior arrested and detained Egyptian Shia Mohamed Farouk El-Sayed on Sunday for the sixth time in a little more than a year, the Egyptian Initiative for…