Opinion

Sunday 14/January/2018 21:10 PM

The Pakistan conundrum

Harold Brown, the US defense secretary under President Jimmy Carter, was reported to have described the arms race between the United States and the Soviet...

Sunday 14/January/2018 21:03 PM

Good times at last?

In February 2017, I wrote an optimistic commentary called “The Global Economy’s Surprising Resilience.” The piece came as a surprise to those who saw...

Sunday 14/January/2018 15:23 PM

In defense of economic populism

Populists abhor restraints on the political executive. Since they claim to represent “the people” writ large, they regard limits on their exercise of...

Sunday 14/January/2018 14:24 PM

Saving America from Trump’s tax reform

US President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans had an opportunity – and a responsibility – to reform the US tax code to address three major...

Sunday 14/January/2018 14:15 PM

The danger in today’s good economic news

As 2018 begins, things are looking up for the global economy. Over the last six months, growth projections by official institutions like the International...

Sunday 14/January/2018 14:11 PM

Accelerating Africa’s energy transition

For much of Africa, the transition from fossil fuels to cleaner forms of energy is seen as an environmental imperative. With fossil fuels comprising a...

Saturday 13/January/2018 20:58 PM

Russian hackers

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...

Saturday 13/January/2018 15:23 PM

A Bangladeshi prescription for cholera

By now, cholera should be history. For decades, health officials have understood how to prevent the disease, doctors have known how to treat it, and...