Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LIII

No 3

18-Jan-2010

Political Comment (18 January 2010)

A proposal to ban a leading Iraqi political party from participating in the March parliamentary elections has brought a threat to boycott the polls from the secular Iraqi National List coalition. Turkey's relations with Israel are under increasing strain. Syria and Saudi Arabia have been discussing Arab reconciliation.

Pre-Election Maneuvers In Iraq

Iraq's image as a nascent democracy...