1. Political Comment (29 August 2011)

    ...Middle East Economic Survey VOL. LIV No 35 29-Aug-2011 Political Comment (29 August 2011) Although fighting continues in Libya, Col Qadhafi is on the ropes after rebel forces moved into Tripoli. In both Syria and Yemen, opposition movements have failed to agree on a common fr...

    Volume: 54
    Issue: 35
    Published at Mon, 29 Aug 2011
  2. Political Comment (22 August 2011)

    ...Middle East Economic Survey VOL. LIV No 34 22-Aug-2011 Political Comment (22 August 2011) The US has finally called openly for Syrian President Bashar al-Asad to go and the Europeans ha...

    Volume: 54
    Issue: 34
    Published at Mon, 22 Aug 2011
  3. Political Comment (15 August 2011)

    ...Middle East Economic Survey VOL. LIV No 33 15-Aug-2011 Political Comment (15 August 2011) In a damaging blow to Syria's increasingly beleaguered President Bashar al-Asad, King 'Abd Allah of Saudi Arabia has publicly denounced events on Syria as unacceptable and recalled th...

    Volume: 54
    Issue: 33
    Published at Mon, 15 Aug 2011
  4. Political Comment (8 August 2011)

    ...Middle East Economic Survey VOL. LIV No 32 8-Aug-2011 Political Comment (8 August 2011) The trial of former Egyptian President Husni Mubarak and his two sons has begun. The UN Security Council has issued a statement expressing “concern” at the “deteriorating situation” in Sy...

    Volume: 54
    Issue: 32
    Published at Mon, 08 Aug 2011
  5. Political Comment (1 August 2011)

    ...Middle East Economic Survey VOL. LIV No 31 1-Aug-2011 Political Comment 1 August 2011) Iraqi politicians are expected shortly to end months of dithering and decide whether to ask US troops to stay beyond the end of 2011. Iraq and Kuwait are at loggerheads again – over the bu...

    Volume: 54
    Issue: 31
    Published at Mon, 01 Aug 2011
  6. Political Comment (24 August 2009)

    ...erican plans to withdraw all combat troops from Iraq by August 2010 and to leave the country altogether by the end of 2011. Hamas Confronts Salafists With the Palestinian leadership already divided between the secular nationalists of Fatah in the West Bank and the Islamists of Hamas in Gaza, a fu...

    Volume: 52
    Issue: 34
    Published at Mon, 24 Aug 2009