Opinion

Tuesday 21/June/2016 15:40 PM

"Rexit" is bad news for India

All too often, the stewards of India’s economy have been short of credibility. Politicians’ promises of economic reform are rarely fulfilled,...

Tuesday 21/June/2016 15:04 PM

Europe’s wake-up call

There’s a silver lining to the dark clouds of populist Euroskepticism crowding in on the European Union. In Brussels and a number of Europe’s capitals,...

Tuesday 21/June/2016 14:44 PM

Here’s to you Benazir Bhutto

It doesn’t take Benazir Bhutto’s birthday to make one think of her in so many ways. The question I get asked most, though, is what it was like working...

Monday 20/June/2016 22:31 PM

Most refugees ever since World War II

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...

Monday 20/June/2016 15:49 PM

Trump gives Clinton her cause

The political context around Hillary Clinton has changed. Until now, complaints about her have pervaded public commentary, usually with a predictable...

Monday 20/June/2016 15:16 PM

Brexit in context

I do not believe that foreigners contribute usefully by issuing strong opinions about how a country’s citizens, or those of a larger unit like the...

Monday 20/June/2016 14:58 PM

Trump-style politics comes to India

The decision by the widely respected economist Raghuram Rajan not to seek a second term as Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI, the central bank) is...

Monday 20/June/2016 14:42 PM

Panama, what Panama?

Tahirul Qadri may huff and he may puff, Aitzaz Ahsan, Khursheed Shah, Shah Mehmood Qureshi may huff and they may puff, Imran Khan and his assorted minions...