Opinion | Columnists
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Wednesday Jun 12
Elections unlikely to bring any change in Iran
Conservatives may split their vote as several Khamenei loyalists continue to be in the race for tomorrow’s presidential vote
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Wednesday Jun 12
Erdogan has lost the plot
With no political and few institutional checks on his wilfulness, he appears to regard himself as consubstantial with the nation — alongside Ataturk
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Wednesday Jun 12
Iran sanctions an exercise in futility
US has not enforced or handled them effectively
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Wednesday Jun 12
Africa must pick and choose its economic model
Locking itself to one development model will place continent at severe risk
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Tuesday Jun 11
Of deepening fault lines and a messy leadership row
Advani’s open and vitriolic anti-Modi posture is one reality that India’s principal opposition party had to confront sooner than later
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Tuesday Jun 11
Less change than what meets the eye
Having top aides who tend to come down on opposite sides of momentous foreign policy issues fits Obama’s style and from that perspective, US stance on Middle East and Syria is likely to remain the same
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Tuesday Jun 11
If only Israel were smarter
Kerry and the revised API present the possibility of perpetual peace to the Jewish state, but Tel Aviv remains as ever obsessed with pursuing perpetual war
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Tuesday Jun 11
UAE’s Algeria outreach means more than just business
The opportunities for enhancing bilateral trade and cooperation are extensive, making both states ideal partners for each other
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Tuesday Jun 11
Security not synonymous with invasion of privacy
Governments ought to come clean and ensure that while they protect citizens, they also respect them
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Tuesday Jun 11
Why China credit boom won’t get out of hand
State in control of financial and banking systems as shadow banking set-up faces heat
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Tuesday Jun 11
When lying becomes a force of habit
Being known as one will not do you any good at home or the workplace
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Tuesday Jun 11
It will not just be about politics
Upcoming Iranian election will have an economic imperative for rest of the world
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Monday Jun 10
Obama’s foreign policy reset
Rice’s worldview is a lot like the US president’s. Rice believes in using US power, but rarely unilaterally
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Monday Jun 10
The key to preserving Turkey’s democracy
It is decidedly not in Europe’s interest for a neighbouring country of 80 million and an important economic partner to drift inexorably from the values that many Europeans and Turks hold dear
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Monday Jun 10
Sinister undertones of elitist gathering
The lack of transparency gives rise to doubts that Bilderberg is one arm of a secret global government plotting a New World Order serving elites
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Monday Jun 10
Egypt can still bank on a nationalist spirit
The inability of secular liberals and the Islamists to cooperate is a political handicap that the fledgling democracy can well do without
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Monday Jun 10
Connecting minds — creating the future
When we proposed to host Expo 2020, we promised to astonish the world. Today, we pledge to breathe life into our slogan: We will bring minds together for a better future
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Monday Jun 10
Nations are chasing the illusion of sovereignty
States share an unavoidable interest in replacing the old order with new arrangements to recognise mutual as well as national goals
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Monday Jun 10
Does Qusayr really matter?
The fall of Qusayr to the Syrian army is unlikely to affect the situation in Syria's north and south
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Monday Jun 10
Standing to benefit from cancelled flights
Dubai’s aviation sector a key beneficiary from Germany’s no night flights diktat
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Sunday Jun 9
Dubai Design District: Building a sustainable economy through design
Project will be beneficial to the UAE and provide a greater sense of identity
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Sunday Jun 9
Gujarat Chief Modi is a divisive figure in BJP as well
Congress expects the resistance to Gujarat chief minister in the right-wing camp will finally scuttle his prime ministerial hopes
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Sunday Jun 9
Europe: A body without a head
The continent is both a supranational state whose fiscal austerity policy borders on the dystopian, and a group of nations whose various conceptions of common security are downright chaotic
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Sunday Jun 9
Urgent need to stem Shiite-Sunni sectarian conflict
Schism is being fanned by Iran’s shenanigans and meddling in the affairs of many Arab states
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Sunday Jun 9
Making a case for deficit spending
Such an environment exists now and need not pile on debt burden in the bargain
Opinion Editor's choice
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It’s time for another ‘Arab awakening’
Despite one’s insistence on optimism, current political discourse is hateful
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The ‘red lines’ over Syria have not been crossed
A few weapons, more or less, will change nothing in the Syrian conflict
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Finally, Iranians got the chance to party
Message from Iran’s voters is not one of ‘resistance’ that their leader sought
