Opinion

Tuesday 01/March/2016 15:38 PM

The end of big banks

After nearly a decade of crisis, bailout, and reform in the United States and the European Union, the financial system – both in those countries and...

Tuesday 01/March/2016 14:35 PM

What a new Iran means for Oman

Oman watched with great interest the Iranian elections on February 26, 2016. After all, under the keen guidance of His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said,...

Monday 29/February/2016 16:02 PM

From Mussolini's slogan to Trump's soundbite

Donald Trump is getting lots of flak for allegedly retweeting a Benito Mussolini quote -- after a Gawker journalist set an elaborate Twitter trap for him....

Monday 29/February/2016 15:35 PM

The G-20 misses its Sputnik moment

The global economy needed this weekend’s Group of 20 meeting in China to produce a “Sputnik moment.” Instead, and despite growing awareness of the...

Monday 29/February/2016 15:19 PM

Recognise Kosovo or pay the price

Eight years after Kosovo declared its independence from Serbia, five European Union states still refuse to recognise it. They need to relent. They are...

Sunday 28/February/2016 14:55 PM

Interest rates: Less than zero in Japan

In a bold attempt to reflate the Japanese economy, the Bank of Japan has now pushed interest rates on deposits into negative territory. Though this policy...