Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LIII

No 52

27-Dec-2010

POLITICAL COMMENT

Political Comment (27 December 2010)

Iraq finally has a government, but a number of important issues remain to be resolved. Iran has announced in advance that it intends to ignore the verdict of the tribunal investigating the assassination of former Lebanese prime minister Rafiq al-Hariri.

Iraq's New Government

On closer scrutiny, the government headed by Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki which was approved by the Iraqi...