Opinion

Saturday 19/March/2016 16:38 PM

What's the matter with Hong Kong?

A little more than a decade ago, Hong Kong was the world's busiest port. Giant vessels competed to get into the city's berths, waiting to load and...

Saturday 19/March/2016 16:30 PM

The right targets for global health investment

If the global media were your only source of information, you could be forgiven for thinking that the world’s biggest health concern right now is the Zika...

Friday 18/March/2016 22:41 PM

Korean conundrum

Times of Oman designers depict a world around them through illustrations everyday, either to enhance the visual elements of a story or as a standalone...

Friday 18/March/2016 15:56 PM

The new generation gap

Something interesting has emerged in voting patterns on both sides of the Atlantic: Young people are voting in ways that are markedly different from their...

Wednesday 16/March/2016 22:46 PM

Cheaper way to battle recession

What should the US government do to fight recessions? What should it do to fight slow growth? This is the eternal question of so-called countercyclical...

Wednesday 16/March/2016 22:17 PM

Why is change so hard for China?

Economic reforms are much like New Year’s diet resolutions: easily announced and easily forgotten. So perhaps it shouldn’t be surprising that the...

Wednesday 16/March/2016 16:16 PM

Trump’s long romance With Russia

When Donald Trump talks about his desire to have good relations between the US and Russia, it’s not a recent attraction. Trump’s attempts to expand his...

Wednesday 16/March/2016 16:02 PM

Pakistan’s nuclear security resolve

National Command Authority (NCA) — the apex national body overseeing Pakistan’s strategic programme under stewardship of political, military and...